Susan's Pendulum

We're making arrangements for Maggie to be evaluated by the public school.  It's one of those things we never wanted to do, but we s...

Pastor Suelflow was the installer. President Suelflow, Pastor, Deacon, and Gary. The ones Gary confirmed. All but one of my kids we...

Go read Scott's reflections on being the dad of a kid with Down Syndrome! And then, don't be a burden.

Surely you couldn't take things for granted as much as I do.  Surely not. The post-communion prayer we've used recently speaks of...

Well, maybe not the absolute best thing.  But really really good. The author of the article recognizes that life is not a bed of roses, ...

Saints.  "Forgiven sinners." Contrary to what is taught in some parts of Christendom, saints are not the super-holy ones whose v...

There was no such term when my kids were little. But it explains what I did.  And it also explains why I was so different from other frien...

The Latin teacher at our school decided to have a party last week for the Ides of March.  Nearly the whole day was spent with ancient Roman ...

All winter: no screens on the windows. Sleeping with the bedroom door shut, and kitties on the outside . During the night, we slept . No...

When house hunting, we looked closely for mildew.  Our realtor couldn't believe how many times I found tiny signs of mildew.  And when w...

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...