Susan's Pendulum

The angels must have been affected by our sin. I never thought of it before. They're created beings.  The whole creation groans, awa...

Once upon a time, I felt greedy and guilty when people would hand over STUFF when we happened to mention we needed something like it.  Our p...

A lot of us middle-aged people learned about classical music more from Bugs Bunny than we did from school.   Even without formal and systema...

Too.  Much.  Stuff. Although there are plenty of more pressing tasks on the to-do list, I am distracted by my desire to de-clutter.  The y...

So I don't like skits during church.  But is that just my preference, whereas somebody else has a different preference? I figured it o...

You've heard non-apology "apologies":  "If anyone was offended by what happened, then I want you all to know that was nev...

[Yawn ...] Folks talk about post-modernism, and I tune out.  Despite hearing people talk about it ad nauseum and what it means for society...

Driving home from a visit to Mom, we watched the storms passing behind us or to the south of us. Certainly an interesting weather lesson! ...

Maggie answers the phone, knows she can't handle whatever-it-is the stranger is saying, and passes the phone off to Mom.  I pick up the ...

"Praise to You, O Lord"? "Glory be to Thee, O .... Christ???  Lord???  What IS the word?" When I was little, I could ...

I admit it up-front: I don't have a sense for decorating.  I would like a prettier house, but I don't want it enough to figure out w...

"So my friend is gay.  He's a really nice guy, and he goes to church and reads his Bible and everything.  Surely God won't sen...

"So my friend is gay.  He's a really nice guy, and he goes to church and reads his Bible and everything.  Surely God won't send...

After several friends suggested " Mirror Mirror " (a Snow White story) we watched it and fell in love with the movie.  Adventure, ...

Any person who does not know what insecurity is does not know what faith is. Wingren, Luther on Vocation , page 36 referring to Lu...

If you're honest, you point out to the clerk * or the bank teller when you've been given too much change.  But some of us don't...

More pictures are available at the photographer's Facebook page .

Symposium last week.  Lots of friends.  Some fun house guests.  Parties.  Theology lectures.  Good times! Work.  Boy, the job sure gets in...

There is a spiritual kingdom "through the word and without the sword, through which men might become devout and righteous, so that alon...

When the bubble-passer-outers ran out of bubbles, they began gathering petals that the flower girls had dropped during the processional. ...