Susan's Pendulum

Remember "tights"?  Winter tights were like thick socks that little girls wore, but they went all the way up to your tummy instead...

So there's the active obedience of Christ.  He followed rules.  He did what He was supposed to do.  And there's the passive obedienc...

My sister's baby was born.  He was a few weeks early and spent time in NICU because he just can't seem to stay warm. Gary's mo...

I'm trying not to be paranoid. There are people who are nice to me.  At least, they're nice to my face.  But I hear them talk behi...

I guess we'll be buying them this year instead of eating delectable homegrown ones.   After that warm spell in early March, the weathe...

Death's flood has lost its chill since Jesus crossed the river. Lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver.  (LSB 482) A choi...

Warm days.  Need shorts. Rather than doing the usual quickie clothes-switch, I did it right this time.  No grabbing a couple of things out...

It's been about three and a half years since I stopped jogging every day.  Gaining weight and changing shape is one result.  But what...

 "So why would a priest give out the Lord's Prayer for punishment ?" -- Asked by Maggie today as we were reading chapter 37...

In one of our Bible stories this week (1 Samuel 5) the ark of the covenant was captured by the Philistines.  All sorts of bad stuff happened...

In Luke 24, we hear about the Emmaus disciples whose eyes were restrained, and they didn't recognize Him. In John 20, we hear about Ma...

In the Old Testament, when people die, it often says, "He was gathered to his people."  I always thought that meant his soul went ...

It makes me so gosh-darn proud when my kid's recommendation gets somebody a job! Katie got her job at Burger King because the manager...

There's some standard of what it is to "look professional."  Although I am aware of it, I don't value it.  There is a dres...

"One size fits all."  HA.  Big fat lie.  HA. I have discovered two possibilities for those of the lanky-leg problem. First, th...

Easter hymns are full of phrases about how we want to sing for joy; or that Jesus rose from the dead so we sing alleluia.  Lots of the lines...

Maggie's been coughing for nearly four weeks.  A small cough took a turn for the worse when she picked up more germies from somebody at ...

Our catechism portion for the week includes: "Husbands, be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the...

What's up with the ghost stories?  Several of my co-workers are interested in ghosts.  One went haunted-house hunting.  They read books...

The question was posed tonight: "Why was it the women and not the apostles who first saw the resurrected Lord?" Several answers ...