Susan's Pendulum

Karin writes about things moms know. It shouldn't be funny. It's too real . But that's why it's funny!

Janelle and Susan Maggie and Leah Some dear friends are moving away. We'll miss them but are looking forward to seeing them next summer...

In Matthew 13, Jesus says, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all ...

If you've been around the Lutheran cyberworld, you have run into the Quote Wars. Somebody quotes the Bible or the Confessions to suppor...

This week's collect (in the three-year series ... a similar one is in the one-year series for the next-to-last Sunday of Trinity season)...

I can't remember much of anything; there's just too much to keep track of. If I wanted to wash sheets every single Tuesday, probabl...

Hitting the grocery store or the hardware store at 8:00 is awesome! This week I left for my errands early, at breakfast time, instead of mi...

Teachers give us the three R's: Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic. But one starts with a W. Another starts with an A. Only one starts wit...

People ask, "So, do you work today?" If I'm scheduled the next day at the bank, I might respond, "I'm off today. I ...

It's that season of the year when I can't ever find a clean glass. We're not often using plates right now. Lunch might be a pie...

Kids pick at their owies and tattle on other kids. Grown-ups aren't that different. Pastor Stuckwisch has written a most excellent littl...

If you've read Bo Giertz's Hammer of God , you were probably impressed by the scene in the second story where Fridfeldt decides to l...

John, your older brother and best friend, is hosting a bonfire at his house. He's asked you to come over a little early to help him set...

It's Lion Daze weekend here. Nanna and Zoe in the shade at the parade: Katie, Alia, and Gary watching the parade pass by: Alia's fav...

The other day Maggie was practicing decorating a cake. I think we may have to find her a teacher that's not me. There are several reas...

What would Jesus do? He would be called an antinomian. (See Mt 3:2, Mk 2: 16 & 18, Lk 11, Jn 9:16) Interesting...

In the parable of the sower and the seed (Mt 13, Mk 4, Lk 8) Jesus concludes the story by saying that the seed that fell on the good soil y...

Somebody says, "Not everybody is at the same place in his Christian walk. We can't be judgmental if God hasn't brought somebod...

Sometimes you notice something that sets you bouncing and squealing with delight. And then you wonder how many gazillion other subtle allu...

The Ascension hymn calls us to see the Lord "riding on the clouds His chariot, to His heavenly palace gate." I had always thought...