ok, so i had planned to sleep in this morning......my sole day off this week, but alas, i was up bright-eyed and reading the paper by 7:15 am........ah well. the lex-herald leader ran the poem bivowac of the dead, along with pics of the iraqi war dead..........i have read the sign by the courthouse, but hadn't truly read the whole thing until this morning....well...i didn't really read all of it........i am not much into war-dead poetry, but it was moving, the parts that i did read.........we had a lively discussion about tatoos in sunday school yesterday......the topic ws on qualifications for deacons, as set forth by paul.........i mentioned that these qualifications were contextual, relating to the culture in paul's time, and that we must consider our culture in determining who is 'qualified' to be a church leader......case-in-point tatoos.........paul never mentioned them directly, only indirectly spoke of dress and demeanor and reputation..........but the discusion led into the question.......would having a tatoo disqualify someone from being a deacon in our church? right now, at least 5 of my staff have one or more tatoos (most have 5 or more) , which makes me glad that i do not see them in states of undress........but having tatoos says nothing about character......even kathy clark's daughter caitlin has a tatoo, on her foot, of a flower.......anyway, i have no plans to get a tatoo, because they tend to look foolish when a person's skin loses its firmness, a sagging tatoo would be just horrid.........