Interview with World Convention President B.J. Mpofu
Craig Brown of the Australian Churches of Christ interviews World Convention President B.J. Mpofu at his home in Zimbabwe. They discuss mostly the relationship between the Australian and Zimbabwean churches but also matters of ministry and mission in partnership that will be of general interest. Igneous Quill

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Tracking Children Via GPS
In his novel "Hominids" Robert J. Sawyer describes a parallel earth where Neanderthals became the dominant species of hominids, and homo sapiens died out.  The near-angelic Neanderthals of this imaginary world are eco-friendly atheists who sterilize rather than execute the criminally violent.  They also have advanced surveillance implants embedded in all members of their society, providing a detailed audio-visual record of everything that goes on in their lives.  This information is transmitted and securely stored at a central archive, accessible only

FOSS, FUD and Freeloaders
The open source community is, in my experience, a fairly friendly place for the most part. Seriously. Only rarely do I run into serious jerks in the FOSS crowd. When I do, though, the circumstances usually follow a pattern.For a long time I walked in religious circles, thinking, talking and writing mostly about Christian theology. In particular I focused on the Stone-Campbell Movement. What I found time and again was that any time I expressed disappointment with the state of affairs among

Blog Comments Policy
Blog comments are just as much a part of the post as the post itself. Comments may agree, disagree or simply shed more light on what a blogger wrote about, and they can create a productive conversation. As such, I consider it well within my rights to take an editorial approach to comments on this blog.Igneous Quill began as my attempt to sort out my thoughts after some unfortunate events took place in my life. Over time the blog has transformed into a place for me to opine about science, technology and life in general. During nearly 4 years of blogging I've only felt the need to delete a handful of comments. Most were spam ads, others were not. It's the "others" I think ne