Susan's Pendulum

A set of jokes about grammar and punctuation. A sample is: A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves. Okay, so mayb...

Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15) . Some people say that this...

She has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins . (Isaiah 40) From Sunday's sermon, "Double for her sins...

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low (Isaiah 40) . "By the preaching of Law and Gospel, John the Foreru...

Maggie connived me into watching an episode of Psych with her. ( Bad Maggie! Naughty Maggie! Bad girl!) (Boy, it seems I have no powe...

A few years ago I wrote about my favorite Santa story , where Santa punched out Arius.

Too many people had been asking me, "Aren't your feet cold ?" Yes, wearing flip-flops in November did indeed make my feet co...

So the kids and Pastor are reading & discussing A Little Book of Joy . They meet twice a month on Friday afternoons. This week, they f...

We're refinancing the house. Y'know, lower interest rates these days, and all. So yesterday I'm talking to the mortgage office...

Do normal people shampoo the floor mats in their cars? Maybe I've been perpetually neglecting a basic task. I've been getting the v...

Later than all retail stores, and later even than the other branches of our bank, our branch's Christmas music finally hit the airwaves ...

Lora linked to an article about the younger generation discovering do-it-yourself domestic pursuits. Katie and Rachel fit in the age-ra...

Remember the story in Matthew where the lord gives treasure to some of his servants to manage while he's gone? One receives five talen...

How can a person not smile in response to such a happy picture? (Zoe is nearly 8 months old now.)

Rachel and Matt arrived Wednesday evening. Although Matt had to go home to go to work today, we kept Rachel. We've enjoyed having them...

Zoe loves to have somebody help her stand and walk! Alia wants to play Pandemic too. Tired of the board game; let's read stories. Crawl...

Our math textbook is from the early 80's. Maggie was doing a lesson on graphing. So there's a graph of TV-watching habits of the k...

Our hymn this week is "The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us." I am, naturally, stumbling over the LSB translation. Normally, I sing ...