Susan's Pendulum

We have several of those clips for the chip bags. Why? Don't wooden clothes-pins do the job? They're cheaper. They don't hog...

Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received from the Lord...

John the Baptist said he was not worthy to loosen the strap of the Messiah's sandal. Most of us heard that all our lives as "I...

Paul being "hooded." During the ceremony. Being dismissed. His medallion is for graduating magna cum laude.

Corolla. Five years old and 110,000 miles. Stickshift. It came from the village just north of here. Now we have to sell the van; we...

In chapel at Paul's college recently, Gary and I did something outlandish. When the pastor started the service by saying, "In the ...

Milwaukee is on a campaign to stamp out bed-sharing. Several babies have died when sleeping in bed with Mom, Grandma, or Mom's boyfrien...

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...