Susan's Pendulum

Matt had board-certification tests this week.  He takes them in Milwaukee instead of Chicago.  That meant Rachel had a couple of days to kil...

When God says something, it happens. What He says doesn't merely give information. His word makes stuff happen. When He said, "Le...

Perennial onions and cilantro are poking up in the garden. Maggie and I are working on identifying trees in the pine family. Almost every...

Verses 1-9 Asaph says that he keeps praying, but it sure looks like God doesn't care. Verses 10-14 He says he will remember what Go...

We went to the science museum last week. Alia peeking through the window of the boat. Zoe could have hung out at the aquarium for hours...

I have car seats in my back seat. And a cell phone in my front seat. But I was a good nanna and gave the cell phone back to its owner.

After 15 months, I finally had a month where my drawer at work was balanced every day, there was no need to contact customers to correct err...

Psalm 78 tells what God had done for His people: He brought them out of Egypt, fed them manna, gave them water to drink in the wilderness, d...

We recently watched the Jimmy Stewart movie about the fellow who had a 6'-tall invisible rabbit for a pal.  Watching something like that...

The news is not good. It's debatable whether the state church in Sweden is even Christian.  Some of the pastors who love their Lord an...

Jesus kept telling them, "Tell no one."  After miracles.  After the confession of Peter.  After the transfiguration.  "Tell n...

Cover the heart with water and soak overnight in the refrigerator. Drain.  Trim away the connective tissue and any other icky stuff.  Chop...

Pastor Wiest told the story of chatting with a few Wiccans one day. They had noticed his funny-lookin' pastor-clothes, and so they aske...

11 months old:

So, there are people in this country who are opposed to drilling for oil or building nuclear power plants.  Man is the bad guy.  Man ruins t...

Pastor's always telling us that God never tells us to pray for something unless He promises to give it.  It sounds reasonable.  God prom...

Shouldn't Christians overcome sin? You'd think so.  We're not in favor of sin.  The Spirit dwells in us.  Shouldn't we jus...

At last Saturday's graduation ceremony, Milwaukee School of Engineering gave the Very Influential Person Award to some homeschooling par...

It's 9:45 pm. I wash the dishes. I wipe the counters. By 10:00 the sink is empty and clean and spiffy . And this is what I wake up t...

In Psalm 58, we read about some bad guys.  Verse 3 mentions, "The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they ar...