Susan's Pendulum

The only predator left for the whitetail deer in our area: Guns would be much better.  Venison sausage would be much better. Spending t...

Born Tuesday. Baptism scheduled not this Sunday, but next. Mother and baby are both doing fabulously.

So I can find this article later: A young man's explanation of differences between Eastern Orthodoxy and Lutheran teaching, and why he...

The Lutheran approach to [theosis/divination] is categorically opposite from the way the Orthodox tend to think of it. This is the process...

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.  (Ps 51:17) Overall, it's not ok...

Aldi was empty last night when I got off work. The only other time I'd seen the place so vacant was about 8 hours into an ice storm.  ...

Psalm 66 tells us that the Lord "keeps our soul among the living and does not allow our feet to be moved." Then it goes on to te...

Conscience is what preaching is all about in the Lutheran Confessions, from start to finish.   I have come to believe, with absolute firmne...

Common Core increases (yet again) the testing requirements on students.  a) Testing doesn't measure what it purports to measure.  b) Too...

I was always taught that a parable is "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning" and that Jesus told parables to help us understan...

Gluten.  The sticky stuff in pasta and wheat.  The reason you can make paste or glue by mixing water and white flour. GLUten. GLUe. And ...

From Thursday's Bible class -- notes and ruminations: Genesis 45:5, 8   Joseph told his brothers, "God sent me before you" ...

Paul mentioned in 2012 that he'd like a Dr Who scarf for Christmas.  I didn't like what I found online.  So for this Christmas I d...

You know those energy bars that are available at the grocery store?  The ones full of ingredients that sound like you're doing a science...

Snow removal.  Never-ending snow removal. Working extra hours.  Hooray that the office will soon be fully staffed! Fighting illness and ...

Maybe you're not out of it as badly as I am.  My head pretty much stays tucked in the sand, and I'm quite happy living in LaLa-Lan...

the effects of drifting on paw-prints Out roof-raking in the warm sunshine yesterday, I saw the cutest little dimples in the snow.  The...

In Illinois, people "scoop snow."  When we first moved to Wisconsin, people laughed at us.  "You're going to do WHAT w...

You've heard it. The passage is from Luke 14.  Jesus tells us that we take stock of our situation before building a tower so that we k...

My housemates who aren't exactly fond of salmon requested that this recipe be made again!  The original recipe is found here .  My [lazy...