People who have comeback capabilities are the ones who face their failures, learn from their mistakes, and begin moving forward. You see this in sports. No quarterback wins every game. Every quarterback misses a read and throws an interception -- and sometimes it may cost them the game. But the next week will find the good quarterbacks watching film, making notes, and rehearsing how they would do it differently when they face the same situation again. The same is true in healthy marriages (except there may not be as much film to watch). Having a healthy marriage doesn't mean the husband will never say anything stupid; sorry ladies, but it doesn't even reduce the odds. But in a good marriage both partners face up to their mistakes and move on. Winston Churchill once said, "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." To turn…
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After writing a previous post about using sandboxes in church, I got to thinking about another topic that piques my interest: open source software. For years, I have been a big fan of open source software. In web development, the first content management system (CMS) I used was Mambo -- an open source CMS that used PHP and MySQL. When Mambo transformed into Joomla, I followed along. The componenets, extensions, and modules were created by fellow Joomla users who made their work available free of charge. Open source software is simply software where anyone can contribute to its development. Many projects may feature a core team of developers who do much of the heavy lifting. However, one of the great benefits of open source software comes through the community that is created around the software. With the best software, its often the community that surrounds the software that finds bugs,…
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