Susan's Pendulum

2018 33 Going on Girlfriend, by Monson -- January 3 34 Going on Bride, by Monson -- May 27 He Remembers the Barren, by Schuermann -- Jan ...

Praying Psalm 135 this morning, I kept being distracted by the lines lifted from elsewhere in Scripture. Verse 1 comes from Psalm 113. V...

"Cleaving" is like "flammable."  It can mean the opposite of itself. Sometimes cleaving means clinging, hanging on, be...

We always think of Moses as the Law-giver.  It's true.  The law did come to us from God through Moses.  But what else did Moses do? He...

Peter and John got themselves arrested when they healed the paralytic (Acts 3) and preached to the people about the forgiveness of sins.  It...

Sometimes we look at the way Christians worship in other lands and think, "That's African Christian culture" or "That...

You cut your finger while making dinner.  It hurts.  For the next few days, you turn the doorknobs and brush your teeth with the sore finger...

In the Reproaches on Good Friday, we pray, "Holy and mighty God." On Good Friday.  When God hangs on a cross, dying. Mighty  ...

Abreva heals cold sores. A person who gets cold sores the size of Rhode Island may think that she's built up a resistance to the medic...

Jesus tells us (in Luke 24) that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and ...

My dad came from a large family.  When the family got together for Christmas at my grandma's house, it would be 40-50 people.  Kids exch...

Christ for Us, by Preus -- fifth re-read in April 2017 (following book layout) Pioneer Girl: The Annotatated Autobiography -- May 3. The B...

Ivan Denisovich, by Solzhenitsyn   -- July 29. Mothering Many, by MacPherson -- August 13. Every Woman's Guide to Foot Pain Relief, b...

How to Respond to  Eastern Religions -- finished Jan 7 Crunchy Cons, by Dreher -- finished Jan 13 Holy Housewifery -- finished Jan 17 Wild S...

When you're tempted to think that the liturgy isn't important, remember that contemporary worship was why Judah and Israel were dest...

When I turned the calendar over to October, the page was nearly blank.  Two long doctor appointments for the girls, and a weekend for Gary a...

It's one thing to sit in the living room and debate living wills, assisted suicide, and medical treatment at the end of life. It's...

I've been too busy to cook.  The last months have been insta-food, burgers, pizza, and even [gasp] eating out at restaurants.  I did it ...

Once upon a time, a homeschool mommy had to decide on curriculum in May.  June at the latest. You had to place your order by 4th of July to ...

There is a certain time of year when neighbors are trying to foist their excess zucchini on friends, co-workers, family, and even enemies. ...