> <snip> > > I hope to be able to get more involved with other developers who > can/will shape the future of the churches technology efforts. I have > always spent a lot of time on a computer and at one point not too long > ago was sincerely asking The Lord whether I should put those things > away so I can focus more on church service and I got a rather > surprising answer that I should continue to learn and enhance my > skills in this field (without neglecting my first duties of course) > because God gave them too me and he expects me to use them, indeed > they will become useful to the church one day therefore I will be > serving God in that respect.
While I am in complete agreement with your aims, I also feel that any contribution to a decent Free Software project is also of great importance in building the kingdom. You can read some of my thoughts on the matter at: http://ldsoss.org/index.php/Building_Zion But to summarize and rephrase, Free Software such as operating systems, web servers, programming languages, and numerous other useful applications are already being used by the Church and its members. The whole idea of Zion is about working together to build every aspect of our community. Applications that serve a useful purpose are very important in this regard. In saying this I don't mean to demean any of the projects that are more directly related to the Church or its goals; I simply mean to point out that our vision should be wider than such a specific class of programs. Charles -- Ashes to ashes Forests to dust Keep Wisconsin green Or we'll All go bust Burma-Shave http://burma-shave.org/jingles/1949/ashes_to_ashes2 _______________________________________________ Ldsoss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ldsoss.org/mailman/listinfo/ldsoss
