Susan's Pendulum

I cannot scold myself into not being weak. But that doesn't stop me from trying.  Dumb me. It's so hard to know when you're ...

Savings Mr Banks was one we'd intended to see in [gasp!] the theatre .  Like other people.  But we never made it.  So we watched it on ...

Another groaner from Tyler: John really liked Emmaline.  He asked her to accompany him to the prom.  Emmaline accepted.  John was delight...

The beatitudes end with "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake....

Holy Week: church, job, sleep, and working on the bridesmaid dress.  That was about it. After making adjustments to the pattern and cuttin...

Another bad pun from my co-worker -- but read it out loud because I'm not sure this is a joke that can be communicated in writing: ...

"Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect" (Matthew 5) .  Yikey-schnikey!  If you're like me, you can't help but h...

My co-worker Tyler was telling some jokes today at lunch.  At their Easter dinner, his family got going on a run of Bad Joke Telling.  Here...

But a rotating fan gathers LOST of dust! I learned something about dust one day in confirmation class.  (That was not the pastor's p...

Extra services. Pastors have many sermons to prepare. Some pastors have services to write too.  In congregations that don't use the l...

In a few years, Joey will grow to be 16.  Imagine his dad gives him the car keys.  Joey takes the car and drives stupidly and wraps the car ...

If anyone confesses Me before men, him also I will confess before My Father who is in heaven. But if anyone denies Me before men, him also...

According to Exodus 26, the veil of the tabernacle was made of linen.  It was woven with the colors of blood. On Good Friday, the veil is ...

It felt like a bit of deja vu this morning.  I'd just heard Judas tell the high priest that he had sinned in betraying innocent blood.  ...

Maggie and I have been sewing this week.  We started this project last spring when we found the oh-so-exciting fabric for half-price.  Jul...

Okay, so it's a six-week-old picture  that I should've posted a long time  ago.  I'm behind...

"You know, Dad, I really don't want to do this whole suffering thing.  Don't you suppose I could get out of it?  It'll hurt...

Are you a parent?  You are ruining your child's life.  Yes.  Yes, you are.  Go check out Beth Woolsey's blog to see how terrible yo...

My posture has gone downhill significantly in the last couple of months.  I keep noticing how slumpy I am while driving, how my shoulders dr...

ice cream and sherbet pudding and yogurt mashed potatoes fruit smoothies scrambled or over-easy eggs tomato soup chicken-noodle soup ...