Susan's Pendulum

Joe has been accused of being a pietist .  He wonders, "Am I?"  What's the solution? Usually the person cusses, gets drunk...

Mr Photogenic Matthias weighed down with medals. Philip's height provides a grrreat view. Papa and some children. ...

Church's choirs singing with the symphony orchestra. Alia and Zoe -- shepherds in the SunSch Christmas pageant.

Broken car.  The deer ran into it. Broken brain.  Who knew there was an aneurysm waiting to burst? Broken garden.  But Katie helped. Br...

At Lessons and Carols the other night, we sang the LSB version of a Gerhardt Christmas hymn: Children, from the sins that grieve you, you...

Pie-filling spilled over on Saturday night.  The oven was smoking. Maggie and I have snotty, coughy colds. First item of business Sunday ...

I need to watch my whining around my daughters.  I express any dissatisfaction over what needs to be accomplished and how unable I am ... an...

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord ! For what good is the day of the Lord to you? It will be darkness, and not light. Is not the d...

Interesting what we find back-to-back in Matthew. Chapter 25 -- the parable of the wise and foolish virgins.  They slept.  They were suppos...

Pastor is always talking about rejoicing, even in the midst of trouble.  So. Hard. To. Understand. In my mind, the opposite of "rej...

It's Luke that tells about the two criminals crucified with Jesus (23:39-43) .  Luke -- who was connected to the apostle Paul.  Paul -...

Those who like apologetics tend to think of faith as having an intellectual foundation.  They use reason to "prove" why the Bible ...

We all could use a little more calmness in our lives, right? On that note, here's a message from a friend: "Here's some simp...

During certain bits of the church year, we have daily services.  Even though I cook supper and vacuum and go to work on those days, even tho...

Should he divorce her? Or should he go through with the marriage? I heard it again!  Many people think that Joseph was trying to decide w...

Zachariah to Gabriel: "How shall I know this?  For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years." Mary to Gabriel:  ...

In the story of the Emmaus disciples (Luke 24), the disciples are listening to Jesus preach to them all that the Old Testament taught about ...

7 months ... and it is no longer "boy hair"

It's so dry in Texas that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes, the Presbyterians a...

Samson was off to visit his heartthrob.  He killed a lion on the way.  When he returned for his wedding, he found the beehive in the lion...