Quod Scripsi, Scripsi

Sola Scriptura

One of my oldest personal struggles has been the concept of the exclusivity of Scripture. I’m speaking here of the contrast between Protestant primacy of Scripture and the Apostolic/Catholic teaching of Scripture as written tradition.

Actually, I guess I have an ongoing reaction to what I perceive as the sterility and western rationalism of the Protestant movement. This is an interesting problem to have when you’re as deep into apologetics and reason as I am. I used to revile C.S. Lewis as a sterile rationalist who sought to remove the mystery from the faith.

Then I read him. Funny, how so much has been written and discussed about what he actually believed, in terms of the Protestant/Catholic axis. I find myself drawn to Orthodoxy and it’s powerful spiritual tradition, I have some history there and I still maintain that Orthodox Liturgical music is as close as we will get on Earth to hearing choirs of Angels. I still have some serious issues with Roman Catholic doctrine. I attend an Evangelical Protestant church with roots directly in the great revivals of the last two centuries. I’m reading the Philokalia.

Not Learning a Framework

Yeah, so after some digging and trying and working and reading I decided that I’m not going down the framework route in CF. I want to learn more Python, maybe go back to the Objective C stuff I was doing in XCode. There have been a couple of recent posts on CF blogs about the over-complication of a language that was designed to remove complexity for the purpose of building web applications. I have to agree. So I’m focusing on the principles, reuse, encapsulation, readability and not on someone else’s specific pattern and methodology.

Puppy

We adopted a lab/hound mix puppy from a rescue in Mechanicsburg. He’s a cutie, but he’s got a biting problem that we need to work on. It’s been a very stressful couple of weeks, with kids starting new schools, puppy training, wife in classes and projects at work. Modern life, I guess. I’m finishing up Lewis’ Miracles and then taking a break from the heavier stuff for some of Jeff Shaara’s historical novels.

I’ve also started a tech blog on the new PSU blogging service. I think it will be a great way to share ideas and get feedback on things we’re thinking of doing in ES. I think I’ll still post general code and tech stuff here, and stick to PSU and work specific stuff on the other blog.