Random

• In honor of Cinco de Mayo we put diced jalapeños in our omelet this evening. ¡Viva Benito Juárez! ¡Viva el Cinco de Mayo!

• The picture above is one which Kay Kindall posted on Monday. I really like the way that she pulls the color to the surface. ~ link

• Warped -- truly warped -- "A county in central China has ordered officials to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes ever year in the hopes of raising tax revenues." ~ link

• Bill Easum -- "Pastoral care is out the window." I am in general agreement with Bill. But part of leadership is modeling what people need to be doing. The challenge is to do that without creating sole-dependency on the pastor. One problem is that many pastors depend on being that needed. ~ link

• We had our last Evangelism & Discipleship class session today -- met at a restaurant over lunch to discuss each student's final project. All I need now is one student's paper and we can turn the grades into the Registrar.

• This must be a mac & cheese cycle -- Kraft Foods profits up 10% ~ link