Susan's Pendulum

When Herod wanted to know where to find this interloper, this baby that the Magi were wanting to worship, he asked the dudes who knew the S...

In the movie Passion of the Christ, I really like how we see Christians in Pilate's court and in Herod's court.  They're there,...

My real work --the work at home-- is never-ending.  It's nigh onto impossible to catch up on the cooking, the cleaning, the homeschoolin...

I can't seem to get caught up on dishes this past week.  Nor on laundry.  Nor watering the garden.  Definitely can't keep up with wa...

I wore earrings for about 15 years after my ears were pierced.  Then I began to have occasional infections.  Besides, at that point it was h...

Once upon a time, I was particularly ticked at some shenanigans within our beloved synod.  At the same time, a dear friend of mine kept talk...

Our annual catechetical symposium was last week.  Our congregation hosts, but people come from all over the country (and we even had some ...

With the way we see prayer, it seems kinda goofy for us to pray that God be what He already is .  We usually think of prayer as giving God ...

Maggie doesn't drive.   When she was approaching the age when kids are allowed to take drivers' ed, I couldn't put my finger on ...

Last night, Bethany phoned.  She and Evan were moving.  The day was getting away from them faster than they had expected.  Could we help wi...

I see more paper clips in one day at work than I used to see in a whole year of being a stay-at-home mommy.   On those rare occasions we v...

As we've been reading Mark recently, we keep coming across crowds.  There were crowds of people coming out to hear John preach.  Crowds ...

What a waste of a Friday evening! A romantic comedy.  Set in Italy.  I wanted to see it years ago when it came out.  I kept wanting to see...

After I planted lettuce in April, one of the big rains must have washed some of the seeds to the other end of the raised bed.  Eventually, l...

... give me the creeps. Gary and I were out biking today, trying to build up a little endurance so that we might be capable of biking to t...

During the summer of 1992 (and it seems like it was just the other day, not twenty years ago) the bumper stickers began to appear: "Do...

Along came the perfect job for Gary.  He's tried for other promotions and not gotten them.  But the person who was promoted in those ins...

Mark 3 -- They accuse Jesus of having a demon in Him.  What He's saying is so outlandish.  Acts 2 -- On Pentecost, they accuse the apo...

Gary's at district convention.  Kids are at a pool party.  If I had a car, I'd be getting a second dose of what I had Friday afterno...

On Wednesday I kept finding myself singing The Election Song.  "Trust not in princes they are but mortal.  Earthborn they are and soon ...