Susan's Pendulum

Sometimes crime victims can avoid becoming a victim.  Recently a kid was shot in our village.  At first it was frightening to think about...

Schools cannot teach everything that a person will need to know.  That's why it's important that students learn to think and to res...

I hate it when people lie to me.  If I catch you in a lie, my respect for you goes down.  If I catch you in several lies, I will be suspicio...

Government is not the Church.  Government is not supposed to forgive sinners.  Government isn't even supposed to take care of people.  ...

I am under no illusion that presidents, governors, justices, and representatives have been above reproach.  Hardly!  But there was a day w...

But WHY?  Why is morality necessary for freedom?  Maybe morality is necessary in the people, but not necessarily in the elected representati...

Freedom cannot long exist without morality. George Washington: Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. George...

My friend Cheryl wrote an article and spoke on Issues Etc about character .  The first question Todd asked was, "Why do you reject th...

Amy Medina is a missionary in Tanzania.  She writes about how American Christians might need to start living as if they were missionaries . ...

The Large Catechism tells us about the Holy Spirit's work: "If the work [of Christ's suffering death, resurrection] remained co...

Mark's Easter account tells us that Jesus "rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart" when He appeared to the disciples-in-...

"You're not really sorry if you keep on committing the sin." There is some truth to that.  A nine-yr-old isn't really s...

Santa and his wife weren't getting along.  They went to a marriage counselor but still could not work out their differences.  They decid...

It's like magic!  Alton Brown said to peel the hard-boiled eggs before they cool.  And it works! With fresh eggs from happy chickens, ...

The "Survivor" version of cooking lessons.  Gary and I have been enjoying watching Worst Cooks in America .  This is much better t...

With the current crop of presidential candidates, American Christians are wondering about voting this November.  Many Christians are saying ...

The last month I've done some things that I hadn't done yet in my post-stroke life.  The garden is tilled and waiting for seeds or s...

Counting calories is hard. Sure, it's manageable IF you're eating food straight out of a box, with a nutrition label that tells you...

I have a pair of jeans. I would like another pair of jeans. I am tall.  My legs are so freaky long that it's hard to buy pants.  I ha...

I can remember so many songs from high-school choir that I'd rather not remember.  But some of what we sang was fantastic.  Two pieces ...