Susan's Pendulum

Four-year-old Alia told me, with a sneaky twinkle in her eyes, that "a goose was coming out of my pants leg."  Well, okay.  I wa...

You know those lovely, round, rustic-looking loaves of bread?  I could never pull them off.  I tried making a round ball of dough, let it ri...

"We believe in synergism with regard to sanctification." I've heard it from a variety of people. Some even quote one of the ...

Maggie's echocardiogram today looked great.  Based on how her heart sounded during last year's check-up, the doctor expected some de...

... He gave it to His disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."  ... "Drink of it, all of you ..." Hey!  He g...

Folding socks and hankies and napkins. And they're sticking to my hands.  Like as if my hands are so rough and dry and scaly that they...

Time is money, they say. According to a sample issue of allrecipes (which arrived in my mail this week), you pay more for convenience foo...

Admit it.  We're two-faced about perfectionism.  We say it's bad for us.  We say it's stressful.  We say, "Well, nobody can...

1. My son-in-law Nathan underwent surgery on his ankle yesterday. He fell on ice in the parking lot, resulting in two fractures in his joi...

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

What's the hymn that Mick Jagger sings? "I can't get no satisfaction.  'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try...."...

"Have you practiced this week?" the dancing instructor asks each week.  No, we haven't.  It's hard to practice when we do...

Righteousness is nothing else than believing God when He makes a promise.  (Luther, on Genesis 15:6) Based on Sunday's sermon, I ...

Is it harder to stand up straight when you're tired and weary?  I've been noticing people.  I can't tell if it's just my i...

For real?  But that's what Daniel did.  (Yup, Daniel.  As in "Daniel in the lions' den."  That Daniel.) The story is i...

You know those old stories.  Elijah's ministry was finished.  Elisha was the prophet.  Israel wouldn't listen.  God was trying to ge...

Gift cards. Yup, that's the answer. If you're nervous about the thought of putting your credit-card number out there in cyberspa...

Are you frugal enough to take batteries out of a energy-hogging machine and test them, in case they still have enough oomph to run something...

Because the word-verification system made it hard for my mom to comment on my blog, I removed it.  Whoa -- I started seeing spammy comment...

As I was checking out of the grocery store today, a woman was sitting nearby, holding a sobbing child.  A couple of people inquired if there...