Random

• Ethan Dy has his own website with lots of terminally cute pictures -- all of Ethan! ~ link

• Scot McKnight has begun his new series on the "new perspective on Paul" -- or perhaps we should say "perspectives." ~ link

• The South Korean Navy has thwarted a pirate attack on a North Korean cargo ship off Somalia's coast -- without firing a shot. ~ link

• We're not in the pathways but there are now a couple of tropical storms working in our region. Typhoon Kujira has bounced off the Philippines and is headed out to sea and Tropical Storm Chan-hom in the South China Sea looks like it is headed toward the Philippines. Those poor guys in the PI catch it coming from both directions.