Classes start on Monday. I have two classes this semester, CS 383 Software Engineering, and CS/Math 385 Theory of Calculation. When I said to Clint that CS 385 didn't sound so hard, he just leaned back and laughed at me. I have since begun to surmise that it might be more of a weed-out class. Doesn't really matter, they kind of all are to me.
I'm feeling particularly fuzzy-headed and ill-prepared for the new semester. No use in worrying.
I've been reading The Soul of Science, by Nancy Pearcy and Charles Thanxton. It's a history of science that is also to some degree about the history of science. The authors are putting the Christian and philosophical context of the development of science back into the history, noting where and why it has largely been left out. I'll have to get back to this, it's a good book and worth more comments.
"The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him," --Psalm 25:14
EC Bell has pointed out in several sermons that what we actually fear reflects what we do not wish to lose, and that the right way to look at 'the fear of the Lord' is as a fear of losing him. Evan Wilson has more of an old-school view of 'the fear of the Lord' as a fear of being destroyed by his Judgement. Those views are probably more complementary than not, reflecting basically the same thing.
I think I'm more determined this year to spend some time sharpening my philosophical and poetic and musical skills. Just because I'm not here to only be an engineer. Off to bed, and then tomorrow, it's back to being way over my head in Math and Engineering.
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