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The lecture last night was interesting. Dr. Shaefer spoke for about 2 hours. The crowd was so big that they moved the lecture from the fellowship hall to the santuary. I went in under the pulpit (glad they hadn't started yet) and was looking for John Fender so I could sit with him. Well, I saw Scott Powell and while I was waving a familiar voice called my name. I wasn't expecting my dad to be there. I guess when you leave "home" you loose communication on where people are going to be. Caroline was in the back row, too. I saw a bunch of people that I knew.

The topic, the relationship of Christianity and science, was an interesting one. Shaefer gave many, many examples of great men of science and said that historically the only environment in which there is sustained scientific progress is a Christian one. He gave examples of Christian scientists who had no problem with the cohabitation of Christianity and science and non-believing scientists who saw no purpose in life and also those who held that the there is a reason the universe is understandable.

The one thing that I disagreed with was his belief in an extremely old earth. He didn't say he was right, just that he believed that it was some billions of years old. There are some sovereignty issues associated with that but I had to get home after the meeting let out at 9.

This weekend, Jenny's on call and we may take a trip to Savannah for gas and a huge yard sale in the civic center... and maybe some geocaching.