Susan's Pendulum

BEFORE: It was stained when we moved in, but it's stained worse now. I think I used the wrong kind of cleansers on it. The edge of the...

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. House? On a pilgrimage? Part of the characteristic of being on a pilgrimag...

A friend's daughter came up with the cutest way to say something when she couldn't remember the right words. Check out Meghan's...

After Jesus told the parable of "The Sower and the Seed," the disciples came to Him, saying, "Huh? We don't get it. Exp...

All through the Psalter, especially in 119, we pray, "I keep Your word" and "I keep Your commandments." Being creatures...

Almost four months:

One of the collects uses the verse from Isaiah 55 ("'My thoughts are not Your thoughts, nor are My ways your ways,' declares th...

In Psalm 103, where it says that the Lord "knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust," this is not merely an intellectual kno...

Main lesson learned -- This job should be done in cooler weather! BEFORE: This is how the driveway looked after my multitudinous patching jo...

A young friend mentioned a yowza point from one of the organist workshops she attended. It's a very cool thing to notice in "Salv...

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...