Susan's Pendulum

Why is it that I can go to a nice resale shop and find all sorts of very nice things that I'm thrilled to buy for Christmas presents .....

We spent a lot of time in Bible class yesterday looking at the canticles of Luke 1-2. We also saw how these songs lifted from the word give...

Usually --but not always-- the winter solstice (the "Official First Day of Winter") lands on December 21. My 2011 calendar says t...

In the resurrection accounts, the women are told to go tell the disciples ... what? In two Gospel accounts, they were to tell that Jesus wo...

In prayer, we don't give God information He doesn't already know. In prayer, we're not trying to get God to change His mind and...

If you are suspicious that wrong names might show up on the petition to Recall Governor Walker, there are two things to look into. First, if...

In theory, if you've already been through something bad once, you should know that you managed to survive it. Then why is it that the p...

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.