Susan's Pendulum

So when the rich young ruler comes to Jesus and then goes away sad (Mt 19, Mk 10, Lk 18) and the disciples ask, "Well, who then can be...

During the recent election I kept hearing a radio ad for a certain politician.  The ads contrasted the status quo of one candidate with the ...

"A Little Help from My Friends" Reading Challenge Get a list of book suggestions from your friends.  From those suggestions c...

1.  The color of our purple paraments is rich and beautiful!   2.  When John the Baptist was in prison, he sent some of his disciples...

Having recently been on the receiving end of some good-natured teasing about "being bipolar," I'm pondering this section of wh...

Not like I wear make-up very often.  But I did want to look a little special for Gary's Christmas party at work on Saturday.  I might...

Customers began coming in to the bank, asking if we'd heard the news.  We hadn't.  All through the afternoon, it seemed that people ...

It would be cool if Pastor Esget were more a friend than a friendly acquaintance to me.  I have thoroughly enjoyed the brief times I've...

Gary has been teaching a college class for the local satellite of Concordia University.  It's been quite the challenge time-wise.  It...

The Israelites kept wandering from the Lord. They certainly deserved His punishment. They deserved to be abandoned by Him. But what does...

Pastor commented recently in Bible class about how Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego served the Bad Guy.  They were faithful Jews/...

In Luke 3, in the story of John's preaching and baptizing, we hear three times that different groups of people come and ask him, "...

At the end of the story about John the Baptist preaching repentance, we hear that Herod had been rebuked by John for the shenanigans with He...

I just spent a chunk o' time setting up my 2013 files in the computer for the budget and photos.  If the Mayans are right, I just wasted...

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me, ...   (John 10:27) Pastor pointed out on Sunday:  "I know them."...

In the High Priestly Prayer, Jesus prays, "You gave them to Me,  and they have kept Your word....   For I have given to them the wor...

The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's "own," or "real...

"Marilla really did not know how to talk to the child, and her uncomfortable ignorance made her crisp and curt when she did not mean to...

We do not own an electric can opener.  Our can opener is a quiet little hand-crank thing.  Last night I opened a can of tuna.  Athena was d...