Under the Terebinth Tree

The presence of sin is a constant negative, but the mercy of God in Christ is an overwhelming positive.

It was really interesting to see the diaspora of my thoughts reconvene as a new thing after being scattered to various moments since the previous chapter. It was also useful to put together former experiences with more recent research.

There were a few moments when some of my re-scattered thoughts came back, and I worked around with them.

My fingers hit the keys like lightning for Chapter 7, and I wasn't always sure how much charge was needed or how much would be too much, so I'll wait to see if I want to keep its application concurrent with the final project.

Last night there was an evening lecture on campus known as the Poehler lecture. It is an annual lecture about faith and learning. The speaker was professor Wentzel, who spoke from many years experience teaching. I thought his best point was about fact learning versus doing learning.
He was adamant that learning must be done rather than a memorization of facts, and as a general principle I agree. Education as a whole body experience is much more valuable and long lasting than simple cramming and rote resaying.
I was curious though about the poem he chose. It was about 'Old Herman.' He used it in a positive sense, but I thought the poem was actually not positive. Other than that it was very good.