Fat Tuesday

Quote of the Day:
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
—James Branch Cabell, novelist, in The Silver Stallion. Quoted by  Simon J.  Dahlman in the upcoming May issue of Christian Standard in his monthly feature, "Seen and Heard."

Pictures of the Day:
I snapped pictures of some proof pages from the April issue of Christian Standard, which we send to
the printer tomorrow. These are some of the best articles in the issue. I'm looking forward to seeing reactions to it. (I'm even more looking forward to seeing reactions to several pieces in the March issue, which is just now in readers' hands.)
Meanwhile, we had our second meeting with our design consultant Scott Ryan to choose art and layout directions for the May issue (thus the quote above). Scott designed the cover on the April issue, pictured here. The photo is by Tom Patrick, taken at the North American Christian Convention in Louisville last summer.
May's issue will be themed, "I Love the Church!" with a lead article by Bob Russell and his picture on the cover.
I decided this year to try going vegetarian during Lent (except maybe when someone has us for dinner--I'm not going to inflict my choice on them; or maybe when we have someone here for dinner--not everyone LIKES bean burritos!). I had to stop on the way to work this morning to pick up a frozen entree for lunch, and since tomorrow is the beginning of my "fast," my little nod to Mardi Gras was to get an entree with turkey in it! Yeah, I know, Fat Tuesday means much more to many others.

Thank God for Healing

Pictures of the Day:
File this under the category of "It's my diary, I'll be gross if I want to." I decided I wanted pictures of my unfortunate head injury, so I persuaded Evelyn to snap a couple. These are "before" and "after" shots. I got the staples out today, so I now can pass through a metal detector without incident! (Looks like four here, but there were five.)

In case you're wondering, it pinched only a little to have 'em removed, and that only for one or two of 'em. 

Two observations: The body's capacity to heal is marvelous. And readily available, competent medical help is a blessing.

Quote of the Day: 
This quote will appear in the editorial I'm writing now for the March issue of Christian Standard. We send it to the printer Wednesday morning.

"Accepting someone as a brother does not endorse everything he says or does. It's time we admit that grace had better cover errors in belief as well as practice, or we are all in trouble."
—Together Again, by Rick Atchley and Bob Russell.