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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Lucy you have some 'splaining to do....
I am disappointed only one person has asked questions...what is open source?
Let me avoid answering that by describing how I see christianity on this earth in recent history. Much of what christians do is to draw people to Jesus/salvation...but underneath that is an undercurrent. It is kind of like the pyramid scheme of Amway. This product is great, you should buy it, then decide to use all of your relationships on this earth to sell it...and because I sold it to you, I get a little profit from all of your sales.
Many Denominations (or non denominations) often seem to fall into that trap. I have heard the christian church described as "big business".
So that is the "other side" of the Open Source arguement. That is the definition of how it is currently.
Let me avoid answering that by describing how I see christianity on this earth in recent history. Much of what christians do is to draw people to Jesus/salvation...but underneath that is an undercurrent. It is kind of like the pyramid scheme of Amway. This product is great, you should buy it, then decide to use all of your relationships on this earth to sell it...and because I sold it to you, I get a little profit from all of your sales.
Many Denominations (or non denominations) often seem to fall into that trap. I have heard the christian church described as "big business".
So that is the "other side" of the Open Source arguement. That is the definition of how it is currently.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
How God wants us to live?
My pastor really challenged us to not be like Laodicean's...wealthy, independent, and useless to HIS world.
It really got me thinking about all that is going on in my life (and my wife and kids lives)...I have been challenged to go back to the dreams of my youth...Regina and I always talked about how misssions and our work life would intersect. For a while I pursued "tentmaking" and then life happened, our marriage almost failed, life came at us fast, our church life was stripped down to the simplest levels, and God began restoring in the past 2 years.
So now what? I believe God wants us to be where our passions are at. To that ends and also to not be so focused on "church" I have started volunteering at an inner city 5th grade afterschool program. The teacher and I have been creative to maximize our measly $500 budget, because technology can be so expensive, and we haven't been able to raise any money (only some donations from my employer). We have been using "open source" stuff to extend our effectiveness.
This morning I really sensed that "open source" is essentially God's original design. I remember the righteous indignation I had when a mission organization that had impacted me radically released a 2nd video about transformed communities...and they did a multi-level marketing release. You had to attend an expensive seminar to get the video. It just didn't seem very "christ-like". I understand how expensive stuff is, but if God wants something to be out there, it will happen, regardless of $$$...(Bono says, the God I believe in isn't short on cash).
The Loren Cunningham presentation I attended a week ago has also ignited those "tentmaking" dreams of how God has always had a purpose for my engineering career to intersect with my life's call and purpose.
Since this is getting long I will end here...but God has plans for "open source" meeting technology meeting missions as this world has never seen it!
It really got me thinking about all that is going on in my life (and my wife and kids lives)...I have been challenged to go back to the dreams of my youth...Regina and I always talked about how misssions and our work life would intersect. For a while I pursued "tentmaking" and then life happened, our marriage almost failed, life came at us fast, our church life was stripped down to the simplest levels, and God began restoring in the past 2 years.
So now what? I believe God wants us to be where our passions are at. To that ends and also to not be so focused on "church" I have started volunteering at an inner city 5th grade afterschool program. The teacher and I have been creative to maximize our measly $500 budget, because technology can be so expensive, and we haven't been able to raise any money (only some donations from my employer). We have been using "open source" stuff to extend our effectiveness.
This morning I really sensed that "open source" is essentially God's original design. I remember the righteous indignation I had when a mission organization that had impacted me radically released a 2nd video about transformed communities...and they did a multi-level marketing release. You had to attend an expensive seminar to get the video. It just didn't seem very "christ-like". I understand how expensive stuff is, but if God wants something to be out there, it will happen, regardless of $$$...(Bono says, the God I believe in isn't short on cash).
The Loren Cunningham presentation I attended a week ago has also ignited those "tentmaking" dreams of how God has always had a purpose for my engineering career to intersect with my life's call and purpose.
Since this is getting long I will end here...but God has plans for "open source" meeting technology meeting missions as this world has never seen it!
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