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[Tim Young]

(grin) I am not planning to quit the list at this point.  I hope my 
email did not convey that somehow.  I am not participating in the 
current discussions, but I realize that a number of people need to talk 
through their stances on many of these topics.  I am OK with it, even 
though I have to hit delete a little more regularly...  :)  And yes, I 
always am saddened when someone does leave due to the onslaught of one 
or more topics that are of high interest to others, but not themselves.  
I am a missionary and have traveled enough to realize that I can be as 
easily ethnocentric, and self-focused as everyone else.  I think that is 
part of being human.

Our project is still coming along well.  We are just about to roll-out 
the first module...  Of course, we have been saying that for a while 
yet.  I am doing data import from their old system to the new one, and 
that is the main hang-up at the moment.

Thanks for asking,

    - Tim Young

Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Tim Young <Tim.Young at lightsys.org 
> <mailto:Tim.Young at lightsys.org>> wrote:
>
> Tim, thanks for the thought to stop and pray before I hit the 
> "archive" button.
>
> I agree, the community is something that shouldn't get lost in the 
> shuffle. I don't come here to learn about linux in a Christian 
> environment. Frankly, I learn a lot more elsewhere because it is 
> specific to the area of open source that is relevant to me at that 
> moment. I come here because I have like-minded brothers who I enjoy 
> being around and learning from. Like many of us, there is certain 
> levels of discussion we ignore. "In real life" I keep my mouth shut 
> around certain subjects. They are typically the same ones I ignore 
> here. Every community worth being a part of comes with annoyances. I'm 
> sure mine are different in this group than some of yours. :) We do 
> have several points to unite around and that unity is appreciated.
>
> We've lost members in the past over similar times of discussion (US 
> national elections seem to be a hot time). I promise that if you 
> weather out the PD talk, it will die down in a month and we'll be back 
> to the community we've enjoyed together prior to the PD stuff. We 
> truly are Christians first and can overlook our political differences. 
> I've always been a bit dissappointed to hear we lost any member, 
> despite the reason. Fortunately some do come back, like Fred mentioned 
> in his own story a few weeks back.
>
> Each active person here affects the experience a little bit. I don't 
> mean by the topics and direction of conversation, but in the 
> personality they bring. We have our imperfections, but what beauty in 
> seeing the body of Christ gather and function, interact and grow 
> together. Perhaps we're like a perennial bulb. We have period where we 
> grow and develop beautiful flowers and then we have times that we die 
> and retreat into the ground, but we always come back. Seems to me 
> that's just the nature of things.
>
> Yama, I'd hate to lose you from our community. You've been here for 
> years and flavor the community with your perspective and personality. 
> The first message from you I found is from 2005. You've been one of us 
> for nearly 3 years. That means, you got in just a year after the last 
> US presidential election. :-) Hang on with us, it's almost over!
>
> http://www.ofb.biz/pipermail/christiansource_ofb.biz/2005-December/029176.html
>
> How's that "Big life Project" going that you mentioned? The sentiments 
> you expressed are certainly a growing concern among the mission world 
> in general. The giant is moving! :-)
>
> Well, I need to go to bed...
>
> JSR/
>
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