Susan's Pendulum

Some years ago, we were visiting with our friends Fritz and Carol. Gary and Carol were in the kitchen getting a start on supper, and Fritz ...

Well, okay, so that's not exactly how Paul put it. Do you remember the story in Acts 16? Paul and Silas were preaching in Philippi. ...

The BBC mini-series "Wives & Daughters" is currently available on Netflix insta-play. It's one of those shows that looked...

As we have been studying Acts, we see again and again how Paul preached first in the synagogues. Some of the Jews rejoiced in the message. ...

Watching "Corner Gas" the last few weeks has been a hoot! Jenny recommended it. It's a Canadian sit-com, set in Podunkville ...

Charles Sumner , Republican senator from Massachusetts, announcing that he would vote in 1862 for the Legal Tender Act , even though he bel...

Before I jog for 20 minutes, it's important to go potty. I have often felt irresponsible that I didn't do my Kegel exercises as my...

I have reached the age where happy hour is the hour I get to take a nap.

I'm suddenly feeling rather cranky. I've had a touch of a cold this week. Nothing much. I did have a low-grade fever on Monday, bu...

Wanting to make something that took no effort on a day when I wasn't feeling well, I invented something, in hopes that it would be edibl...

What did Eli Whitney say to his wife? Keep your cotton-pickin' hands off my gin. from Pastor in Bible class last week

One of the common chants for the protests in Madison and elsewhere throughout the state is, "This is what democracy looks like!" ...

In Exodus 6, when God tells Moses to go speak to Pharaoh, Moses doesn't want to go. "How shall Pharaoh heed me, for I am of uncirc...

Stolen from Tammy: How do you stop 14 runners? With 1 Walker .

About a year ago, I was visiting Jane for several days. On Tuesday night, I began to help clean up the kitchen. "No, you don't!...

Why did the Amish woman divorce her husband? Because he just kept driving her buggy. from Sandy, told in Bible class this week

Five quarts of sour milk? When Maggie was sick and banned from milk, we ended up with a lot that soured before we drank it. (That showed u...

Begotten of the Father from eternity, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the ...

I read the label on that bottle. I did. Really. Not carefully enough, though. I saw the words "pure cornstarch" on the label. ...

Self-denial. We think of giving up chocolate for Lent. We think of denying ourselves what the flesh craves: a nice vacation on a beach, new...