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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sem título
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
O poder e a igreja
"— Como vocês sabem, os governadores dos povos pagãos têm autoridade sobre eles, e os poderosos mandam neles. Mas entre vocês não pode ser assim. Pelo contrário, quem quiser ser importante, que sirva os outros " - Mateus 20.25b,26
(Nota de rodapé do K-fé ao ouvir a entrevista com Douglas Rezende, prestes a ser divulgada no podcast do Renovatio Café.)
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Deus é brasileir@
On the perception of Brazil abroad
Ian said that the images of Brazil that come to mind are:
- half-naked women on the beach
- the figure of Christ looking down
- more half-naked women
- Christ again looking at everything, smiling and consenting
My interpretation:
Brazil is perceived as the land of beautiful women, where it's "ok to sin" with no moral guilt.
There's probably a God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
"Change in Tide" - part 4
Translation of the article "Mudança de Maré", published by "Cristianismo Hoje" (Christianity Today), issue #9, in Brazil, written by Sulamita Ricardo.
Translation by Gustavo K-fé Frederico.
( See part 1 here. See part 2 here. See part 3 here.)
Continuing. Part 4:
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"Tired" - The [business] administrator Luís Fernando Batista - host of the site Renovatio Café, which makes content available related to the movement, points out that the Emerging Church should not be used as a pretext for the believer not to get involved in a local church. "Many that speak about the movement have no true involvement with the mission and only act because of hurts with some traditional church, what triggers wrong observations". "They are only admirers of any evangelical thing outside the model of [a] traditional church, of which they are tired". Batista says that he saw in the web site of a church in the United States an announcement of three worship services Sunday morning: the first one traditional with hymns and the organ; the second one with a contemporary focus with PowerPoint presentations and drama. The third one was the emerging serice, with candles and alternative rock. "Congregations that insist in presenting themselves as emerging want to position themselves this way as the churches that follow the latest fashion".
However, he bets that soon there will be a post-evangelical generation which will reject the church without abandoning the respect for the person of Jesus. "It is for acting in this area that revolutionary movements appear, not only interested in changing the form of the church, but in leaving the mark of Christ in society". For Sandro Baggio, the challenge of the emerging movement is to pass the initial stage, in which, he believes, it is still found. "The Emerging Church needs to move on from the deconstruction phase to the edification phase", he points out.
Dan Kimball, in turn, another leader of this alternative way of making church, prefers not even to use the terminology of the movement. For that reason, he and professor Scot McKnight formed a new network, temporarily called Origins. In his opinion, the Emerg[ent] Church developed amidst many theological branches. "The definition of what is emerg[ent] changed", he maintains. "However, I will continue to defend and to work for the ideals of the Emerg[ing] Church, for it represents evangelism and missions for a new generation rising."
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"Change in Tide" - part 3
Translation of the article "Mudança de Maré", published by "Cristianismo Hoje" (Christianity Today), issue #9, in Brazil, written by Sulamita Ricardo.
Translation by Gustavo K-fé Frederico.
( See part 1 here. See part 2 here. )
Continuing. Part 3:
" But for pastor Baggio, the concept of Emerging Church is much greater than that. "It would be the place for those who are tired of the methodology of the current churches and are seeking alternatives", he defines. For the emergents, the labels have no importance. "It is not this recognition that motivates people inolved with this trend, but with a sincere desire to live and to communicate the Christian faith in this world in transition", he explains. According to him, the movement in Brazil is not strong yet. However, some isolated actions throughout the country start to be known, such as La Red del Camino, that functions in the south of the country, and the Tribal Generation, that had many conferences. "What we have is people in many places that show interest for the subject and try to know what it is about. The emerging churches are more families than institutions, more communities than gatherings", concludes the leader.
Pastor Carlos Oswaldo, leader of the Organização Palavra da Vida [Word of Life Fellowship], says that the principles defended by the Emerging Church are not new. "Some of the general propositions of the movement were recycled some times in the last 40 years", he points out. He is worried with some of the methods used by the group for achieving its goals - including many concessions to the postmodern thought. "Some of the voices of the movement adopt an attitude that could be called 'evangelical agnosticism', as contradictory as the expression may be ", criticizes he.
"The Emerging Church will have positive points if it is considered only one more non-institutionalized movement, with no pretension of offering pre-build answers or to present new truths", adds pastor Ed René Kivitz, in turn - the leader of Água Branca Baptist Church in São Paulo. He admits the sympathy he has for the movement, but he recalls that he prefers the context of the Latinamerican theology, on which he has walked on. For Kivitz, the platform of ideas that maintain this ecclesiastic branch must avoid solutions [that would appear] too natural, based on trendy fashion or "how-to" recipies.
"
to be continued...
"Change in Tide" - part 2
Translation of the article "Mudança de Maré", published by "Cristianismo Hoje" (Christianity Today), issue #9, in Brazil, written by Sulamita Ricardo.
Translation by Gustavo K-fé Frederico.
( See part 1 here. )
Continuing. Part 2:
"The most distinct characteristic of the movement, without a doubt, is the emphasis in the communitarian life. Even if the reproduction of the environment in which the First Century Church is an utopia sought from time to time by evangelicals, the Emergent Church appeared with a proposition following this line. "The relationships are highly valued among us", points out pastor [sic] Sandro Baggio, leader of Projeto 242, a very original initiative that is being developed in São Paulo for more than 10 years. The group started the same way that the emerging Americans, led by pastor Brian McLaren: a group of friends that gathers to seek God, more people got interested and soon the space did not hold the quantity of people.
Heterodox behaviours - There are churches abroad that call themselves emerging for the simple fact that they adopt heterodox behaviours, such as candles in services, singing of non-evangelical music and chats about the things of God, instead of the traditional preaching. And these innovations, and what is behind them, that are mainly at the root of a significant part of the betrayers of the movement. "The emerging wave has a ecumenical character, [it] disregards the doctrinal differences", criticizes Mary Schultze, a Penthecostal writter and theologian. According to her, the Emerging Church is affiliated to the Movement of Church Growth. "They preach the mysticism", she points out.
"
Click to continue to part 3.
"Change in Tide" - part 1
Translation by Gustavo K-fé Frederico.
"
The Emerging Church movement reaches its adolescence facing opposition and questioning itself. Having appeared recently and having achieved much strength in the evangelical segment by the late 90s, it already begins to show signs o exhaustion. It is the so-called Emerging Church, announced by its adherents as a kind o answer by postmodern Christianity to questions that bother the people o God for a long time, such as "What does it mean to be Christian?", "What is the function of the Church?" or "What does it mean to make missions in the world today?" After multiplying over the world mainly by virtual means through sites and blogs, the movement reaches adolescence without being able to satisfy the expectations of its most enthusiastic defenders. And it has been identified as a tortuous way that may lead to the secularization of the faith and to relativism of biblical values. Some even speak of a "New Age" in disguise.
In October 31 of last year, the Board of directors of Emergent Village - the umbrella that hosts the movement, decided to lay off its leader, the pastor Tonny [sic] Jones. The decision takes into account the desire by the organization to keep its original purposes, that is, the decentralization. The Emerging Church started with a group of friends that started [sic] to gather in the 90s, disillusioned with the traditional ecclesiastic institutions of the 20th century. For them, living the gospel - worn out by the presumed commodification of mega-churches, would need to be sought again informally, exactly as it happens in a conversation among friends. With time, other people joined the group. The movement grew to the point of yielding books, events, sites and blogs. In 2001, the expression "Emerging Church" was crafted, already as a counterpart to the so-called ecclesiastic system.
Click to continue to part 2
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Real World Software Engineering – XXII
It is interesting to note the impression that it is sufficient for one to know what has to be done for it to be done. We just need to list what we need to do and do it. The plan becomes the charter that guarantees success. It gives the illusion that's all there is to do. Often the plan helps give direction, but the tasks not included in the plan are many. And so are the unforeseen events. A list of tasks helps one get organized and identifies what we think we should do in the near future. It does not guarantee success, however.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Perfil da juventude brasileira - notas de rodapé
http://www.projetojuventude.org.br/novo/html/pesquisas.html
Perfil da juventude brasileira
"[a] maior e mais completa pesquisa de opinião sobre juventude já realizada no país"
Notas de rodapé do Pajé Raoni:

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
My daily SharePoint frustration - XVIII
Friday, March 06, 2009
Traduzindo a Conversa Emergente para Português - VI
Anos atrás, um pastor-filósofo chamado Reverendo Christian Bitencourt - a quem estimo e respeito apesar de ter perdido o contato - me perguntou quais eram os pontos dos emergentes. Eu fiquei pensando, apesar de saber logo ao ouvir a pergunta de que não conseguiria responder. Intuitivamente parecia que se eu conseguisse resumir os pontos dos emergentes que estaria criando mais uma teologia destinada a prateleiras e discussões sobre o sexo dos anjos.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Real World Software Engineering – XXI
It appears that the fear of new technologies is a major criterion for not adopting them. This fear is often a product of ignorance of the new technology. Another factor for not adopting new technologies relate to 'peers'. That is, companies want to be as fashion as their peers, but do not want to dare too much. It is usually a miscalculation of risk, as they seldom take the time to assess the new technology.
I conclude that the introduction of new technologies is often related to a culture of innovation within the company. And that is a rare culture, despite the rosy discourses.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Real World Software Engineering – XX
I'm impressed at how quickly some people make decisions on scope and design without taking the resulting customer satisfaction into consideration.
Why is this process so informal again?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Como Detectar Seitas Heréticas
Como Detectar Seitas Heréticas:
1- Seitas heréticas geralmente negam a divindade de Jesus.
2- Seitas heréticas geralmente acham que somente elas estão certas e tudo o mais está errado.
3- Seitas heréticas geralmente negam interpretações históricas da Igreja.
4- Seitas heréticas geralmente adicionam à Bíblia ou modificam-na.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Guia Hermenêutico Eclético, Prático e Sintético
"Estas pessoas estão distorcendo o que está na Bíblia. Estão distorcendo a doutrina verdadeira. A Bíblia é clara ao dizer que ___. "
pare para pensar se a pessoa não está revestindo falsamente sua opinião de autoridade bíblica. Pergunte-se como pode esta pessoa estar tão segura de sua certeza. Finalmente, levante-se e pergunte à pessoa se alguma vez ela já mudou de opinião acerca de alguma interpretação.
Quando você ouvir algo do tipo
"A Bíblia diz que ____ é pecado. "
pergunte à pessoa quem escreveu o texto, em qual contexto histórico. Pergunte à pessoa qual ela acha ser a intenção do autor. Pergunte a ela quais eram os leitores aos quais o autor teria endereçado o texto. Pergunte-se qual é o estilo literário e o estilo de linguagem da passagem. Depois pergunte-se se a pessoa não está forçando uma aplicação atual. Nem todos textos são apropriados para "aplicação". Pergunte à pessoa se por acaso ela não está injetando seus conceitos morais pré-fabricados no texto. Pergunte à pessoa a sua definição exata de cada termo. Depois pergunte-se porque esta pessoa quer tanto identificar uma ação como pecado. Depois pergunte a essa pessoa se ela tem autoridade para interpretar sozinha a Bíblia. Pergunte como a igreja tem respondido à pergunta através da História. Depois pergunte-se o porquê de tanta curiosidade em saber se algo é pecado. Depois pergunte-se se você não quer uma regra simples sobre o que é e o que não é pecado. Afinal, os fariseus e os escribas já diriam é sempre mais fácil adotar regrinhas em vez de pensar nas passagens e nos assuntos com o auxílio divino.
Quando você ouvir algo do tipo
"Devemos analisar o texto e o contexto para não criarmos nenhum pretexto"
pense que a pessoa começou bem a interpretação. Mas pergunte à pessoa se por acaso ela acha que está completamente livre de qualquer desvio linguístico ou de miopia cultural. Se ela disser que sim, não acredite. Pergunte à pessoa se ela lê a Bíblia ou se a Bíblia a lê.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
4 de julio: la masacre de San Patricio
Antes de tudo: veja o filme!
Before anything: watch the movie!

Citação da entrevista com o Prof. Mariano Pinasco na revista IHU Online:
"Melhor que, diante do que estamos fazendo, fiquem quietos, calem.” Eram frases deste teor que ditadores argentinos lançavam sobre membros da comunidade palotina de San Patricio, no período de repressão que assolou o país, diante de crimes que vão desde tortura até a morte. Um dos motivos para esta perseguição talvez estivesse no comprometimento claro e profético dos palotinos, diante do momento que a Argentina vivia, conforme aponta o Prof. Dr. Pe. Mariano Pinasco, religioso palotino, em entrevista concedida por e-mail à revista IHU On-Line.
Em 6 de julho de 1976, cinco dos religiosos que integravam a congregação foram brutalmente assassinados. Para Pinasco, os assassinos do Massacre de San Patricio, na Argentina, queriam uma Igreja que ficasse quieta, que não denunciasse a tragédia que a sociedade estava vivendo. A memória destes grandes mártires do século XX continua viva, nos dias de hoje. “O sangue derramado por essa comunidade poderá ser o alicerce para a construção de uma nova sociedade com um jeito também diferente de ser igreja. Uma igreja que volte às suas origens, comprometida até a morte com o ser humano.”
IHU On-Line - Por que os palotinos foram assassinados no Massacre de San Patricio?
Mariano Pinasco - Existem várias teorias ou especulações sobre o crime cometido contra a comunidade palotina de San Patricio. Uma delas seria o fato de dar um golpe contra a Igreja Católica em geral, quer dizer, uma mensagem para a Igreja no começo da cruel ditadura militar sofrida na Argentina: “Melhor que, diante do que estamos fazendo, fiquem quietos, calem”. Outra linha de pesquisa nos pode conduzir ao próprio testemunho que a comunidade dos cinco religiosos dava nas tarefas evangelizadoras por eles realizadas, especialmente por alguns dos seus membros, mas certamente não foi um fato isolado dentro do contexto de morte e destruição que a sociedade Argentina vivia a partir da violência sistemática gerada desde um Estado repressor.
IHU On-Line - Que posturas políticas eles tinham para serem perseguidos pela ditadura Argentina?
Mariano Pinasco – Certamente, alguns dos membros dessa comunidade tinham um compromisso claro e profético diante da situação de regime militar que estava se vivendo na Argentina. Qualquer palavra que se dissesse contra os métodos utilizados pela cruel ditadura era praticamente uma condenação de morte. Desde o púlpito da paróquia de San Patricio, se denunciavam os fatos terríveis que estavam acontecendo na Argentina e isso foi feito na frente de uma congregação composta por fiéis que, em muitos dos casos, ocupavam lugares de privilégio na sociedade, num dos bairros mais ricos da cidade de Buenos Aires. Essas denúncias certamente originaram mais de um comentário nos círculos fechados que apoiavam a ditadura militar e isso ajudou para que a comunidade fosse “marcada” para morrer.
IHU On-Line - Quais eram suas atividades na Argentina?
Mariano Pinasco - A comunidade era composta de três sacerdotes que se ocupavam do trabalho pastoral tipicamente paroquial urbano e, além disso, o Pe. Alfredo Kelly, pároco de San Patricio, era o diretor de uma importante escola de catequistas em Buenos Aires. A comunidade palotina de San Patricio estava também composta pela comunidade de formação, ou seja, os seminaristas da congregação, que eram seis – dois deles assassinados. A paróquia era muito ativa, e os jovens ocupavam um lugar de destaque nas atividades paroquiais. Uma das legendas que os assassinos picharam nas paredes da casa paroquial na noite do crime, como um motivo justificativo do horrível fato, referia-se justamente a eles: “por perverter as mentes virgens de nossos jovens”. Isso também indicaria um dos motivos do crime.
IHU On-Line - Quais foram as circunstâncias em que ocorreu o Massacre de San Patricio?
Mariano Pinasco - O massacre de San Patricio se origina num contexto que não escapa do contexto que a América Latina viveu na década dos anos 1970. A partir de março de 1976, foi derrubado o governo democrático na Argentina - na época, o país era presidido por Isabel Perón e passou a ser comandado por Jorge Rafael Videla - e começou uma sangrenta ditadura encabeçada pelos militares. A partir daí, começa a execução de um plano sistemático de repressão e de extermínio de tudo aquilo que era participação popular na vida política, no mundo do trabalho e na ação de social. Instaurou-se o terrorismo de Estado que reprimiu, desapareceu e assassinou um bom numero de cidadãos, como parte de um plano muito bem pensado. Foi certamente um regime de terror que silenciou e edificou uma sociedade cheia de medos. Anos de terror se instalaram numa sociedade que durante quase oito anos viveu perseguida, silenciada e paralisada pelo medo.
[...]
Notas do K-fé:
Os nomes dos 5 religiosos mortos:
Salvador Barbeito
Alfredo Kelly
Alfredo Leaden
Emilio Barletti
Pedro Duffau
Hugo Bonafina
Entrevistado por El Clarin
"
C> Que papel esta llamada a desempeñar la iglesia en América latina en la actualidad? [1970]
HB> Este es un continente de gente joven.
Y aquí esta el futuro de la iglesia.
En América Latina se va a producir el cambio que la contingencia histórica reclama.
Ese cambio sera a favor nuestro o en contra nuestro. no sabemos. pero sera.
"
Gustavo Gutierrez (Sacerdote - Teólogo), en vídeo:
"La Teología de la Libertación intenta responder a la siguiente pregunta:
como decirle al pobre y oprimido que Dios es amor? Que Dios es padre cuando su vida diaria esta
expressando una negación del amor alrededor de el?"

(Documento citando el Movimiento de Sacerdotes para el Tercer Mundo. )
El sacerdote Carlos Mugica en entrevista en la televisión citando el Populorum Progressio:
"[...] la insurrección revolucionaria -salvo en caso de tiranía evidente y prolongada, que atentase gravemente a los derechos fundamentales de la persona y dañase peligrosamente el bien común del país- engendra nuevas injusticias, introduce nuevos desequilibrios y provoca nuevas ruinas. [...]"
Populorum Progressio, Paulo VI
Roberto Killmeate (sobreviviente por estar en Colombia en esa época)
"Lo que me llama la atención es la ausencia de este tipo de lenguaje hoy. Por lo menos entre el mundo cristiano."
Rodolfo Capalozza
[ sobre Salvador Barbeito:]
"[...] a partir de su pasión por Jesucristo, su pasión era los jóvenes.
El ansiaba una iglesia mucho mas comunitaria. El ansiaba jóvenes mucho mas
comprometidos con el dolor de los demás."

(Religioso de la cúpula Católica de derecha diciendo que el Ejército era un 'ejército de paz')
Diario de Alfie Kelly
1/Jul/76
"Acabo de tener una de las experiencias mas fuertes en la oración.
A la mañana me entere de la gravedad de la calumnia que circula sobre mi
y a el largo del día me fue dando cuenta del peligro que corre mi vida.
Llore mucho. Pero lloré suplicando al Señor que la riqueza de su gracia
que me ha dado a vivir el Señor se la haga a (?) vivir a quien yo he tratado de amar.
Pensé en tantos que reciben gracias por mi intermedio y lloré mucho tener que dejarlos.
Pedi que fuera luz para Jorge [Kelly], para Emilio [Barletti], para los que me odien. Para todos
los que han recibido y reciben de mi. Para hacer florecer vocaciones. Me de cuenta entre mis lágrimas de que estoy muy apegado a la vida. que mi vida y mi muerte su entrega tiene por designo (?) amoroso de Dios mucho valor. en resumen, que entrego mi vida vivo o muerto al Señor. Pero que encuanto (?) pueda tengo que luchar por conservarla.
Que seré llamado por el Padre en la hora y modo que El quiera y no cuando yo o otros lo quieran.
Ahora justo en este momento estoy indiferente. Me siento feliz de una manera indescriptible.
Ojala que esto sea leído. Servirá para que otros descubran también la riqueza del amor de Cristo
y se comprometan con el y sus hermanos cuando el quiera que se lea. No pertenezco ya a mi mismo porque [he] descubierto a quien estoy obligado a pertenecer.
Gracias, Señor.
"
Reclamación en entrevista televisiva de la señora Concepción, Hna. Carmelita (años después, en otra localidad):
"Para el [Roberto Killmeate] lo principal, lo primordial era, digamos , la cara de cara a la (?) gente. La cosa social. Uno va a la iglesia pues, digamos, a descargarse un poquito, de que el trabaja, escuchar un poco la palabra de Dios. Y voy(?), al mejor, en vez de escuchar la palabra de Dios, pues al el mejor escuchaba - o que sea - un insulto contra fulano que no paga lo justo a la muchacha, o cosa por el estilo. Entonces, uno salia de la iglesia peor que lo que había entrado."
Arturo Cejas (hablando con Roberto Killmeate años después en otra localidad sobre la cooperativa de tierras)
"
Si no hubiese conocido el proyecto, seria una persona nada mejor, normal, sin complicaciones,
pero muy mediocre. Creo que nos sacaste de la mediocridad. Nos propusiste algo distinto.
No solo en lo religioso, sino también este profundizar en otros aspectos de la vida.
"
Para saber mais acesse:
Teología de la Liberación e Historia Argentinahttp://liberacionyperon.blogspot.com/
http://www.cinenacional.com/peliculas/index.php?pelicula=6593
Argentina, Ditadura e Terror - Voltaire Schilling (clique em "Século XX")
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Desconvertendo-se
Vou contar, portanto, meu testemunho (não é verdadeiro) sobre como me desconverti.
Eu me desconverti quando tinha 19 anos. Era crente sincero, devoto. Sentia às vezes que tinha todas as respostas e que nada me faltava. Mas de noite, sozinho, ao deitar na cama - o travesseiro é testemunha - me sentia como que feliz e sem nenhuma dúvida. Me lembro como se fosse ontem: um pregador convidado foi à minha igreja. Nós estávamos sempre acostumados a ouvir hinos, orações na igreja. Era um ambiente celestial. O pregador era uma pessoa simples, e suas palavras eram muito claras. Aquelas palavras do pregador convidado falaram ao meu coração. Quando o coro começou a cantar "Caminhando contra o vento sem lenço e sem documento" me emocionei e senti uma luta interior. Fui à frente chorando de tristeza naquela noite de desconversão. Hoje sou um descrente infeliz, obrigado.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Decência, Conservadorismo, Boa Moral, Bons Costumes
Um problema mal discutido entre evangélicos é a moral. Imagino uma velhinha crente e conservadora à favor da decência, da boa moral e dos bons costumes.
Contrastando com essa velhinha vem minha leitura dos evangelhos. Vejo Jesus contrastando com os fariseus e escribas.
Meu problema francamente é conseguir pôr o dedo na ferida. Mas desconfio que muito frequentemente esse conservadorismo é uma hipocrisia.
Comecei a discernir esta hipocrisia mais nitidamente quando li algo nas entrelinhas de uma simples saudação em uma palestra (se não me engano no Soularize de Spencer Burke):
- Good evening saints. (Boa noite, santos)
- Good evening, (Boa noite) respondeu o auditório.
- Good evening sinners.(Boa noite, pecadores)
- Good evening! - (Boa noite!) respondeu o auditório, distintamente mais forte.
Fico pensando na passagem dos evangelhos em que acusam Jesus de glutão e beberrão. Fico pensando nas passagens em que Jesus cura no Sábado. Lembro-me dos discípulos não lavando a mão antes de comer.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Chicklésia, Adolescentes
Quais são alguns temas que vocês acham que podem ser apresentados a adolescentes brasileiros (evangélicos)? Mandem emails para mim.
Real World Software Engineering – XIX
I frequently hear of bad expectations for software. In moments like these, expectations reveal how badly the speaker perceives software.
For instance, take the requirement that can do everything in one central location. Whenever I hear this I interpret the following:
- the person declared to be ignorant on the problem domain.
- the person is saying that the problem domain is complex, but he/she is lazy (or incapable of) to analyze it in detail.
- the person dreams of a reality where all his/her problems are gone with one magical software capable of marvelous deeds in the metaphysical dimension. Of course, the person is not aware of this dimension.
- the person wants a software with good quality and "usability" - mainly the UI (even though the person cannot articulate this thought).
Take an example from the "real world" for example: the speaker's dwelling. I bet the person has different rooms. I bet that in his/her house there are different objects that serve different purposes. I suppose different objects are related (sofa with TV, power outlet with electronics, pipes with faucents, hangers with clothes, table with food, etc). I bet he speaker is comfortable with using these different things for different purposes. Why does he/she have different expectations for software?
How can we - developers, architects and business analysts - deconstruct this Holy Grail of software?
(keyword: silver bullet)
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Realidade, Cultura, Missio Dei
Aproveitando que o blógue é público, gostaria de ouvir vossas idéias sobre os seguintes assuntos:
- A inserção do crente na realidade brasileira
- A inserção do crente na cultura brasileira
- Abrindo nossos olhos para o que se passa ao nosso redor
- A Missio Dei além da igreja
- O crente e o moralismo
- Comunidades de fé vivendo alternativas sócio-econômicas
Podem deixar comentários aqui. Ou me mandem um email.
Podem também usar o Skype (www.skype.com) para deixar um recado na secretária eletrônica. Adicione o usuário chicklesia e deixe seu recado.
abraços,
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Real World Software Engineering – XVIII
Whatever you do, always listen carefully to the customers. Listen to all the customers. All their voices from all departments. Try to understand them. Empathize and understand their problems. Now think about your product. Think about how it addresses the problems.
My daily SharePoint frustration - XVII
Solution: none.
Workaround: Set the list in ONET.XML to be a 'temporary list'. Have the Feature to also declare a (main) list instance. Both lists are of the same type. Upon site creation, have code to copy over the data from the temporary list to the main one, and delete the temporary list.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Real World Software Engineering – XVII
The mantra of trying to concentrate only in the what and not in the how only goes so far. At times it is possible and desireable to only think about the 'what'. The fact of the matter is that often the division between 'what' and 'how' becomes more visibly artificial. More often than not, the 'what' is some abstraction of the 'how' described in a 'more abstract' language. Often the semantics are not sufficient to convey relevant meaning for defining the 'what' and elaborating on the 'how' is mandatory. The wise Business Analyst will realise that a division between 'what' and 'how' is only artificial. It will realise that when the metaphor works it helps the requirement gathering progress. At times, however, it does not work. Then one is left with the painful but necessary task of refining the language. Oh, how I wish real people who work with real software knew Linguistics and Philosophy better.
Bênçãos Modernas
a) 'Me empresta 5 pila?'
b) 'Tô comendo a tua mulher, cara'
c) 'Passou a diarréia?'
d) 'Já tomou o Gardenal hoje?'
e) 'Tô de olho na tua filha, véio'
f) 'A paz do Flamengo, irmão'
g) 'Jesus te ama, mas eu te odeio'
h) 'Até Jesus te ama'
i) 'Só Jesus pra te amar, cara'
j) 'Já sinto um clima entre nós'
k) 'Sabe da saúde do Mário?'
l) 'A pipa do vovô não sobe mais, irmão'
m) 'Três pratos de trigo para três tigres tristes'
n) 'O pastor passou o prato de prata e partiu sem pista'
o) 'O índio do Xingú só come baiacu e eu que tô ligado sinto o cheiro do seu perfume'
p) 'My name is Bond. James Bond.'
q) 'Cada macaco no seu galho'
r) 'Cuidado, irmão, que a tua batata tá assando'
s) 'Você já tocou no ungido hoje?'
t) 'Passa a grana'
u) 'Hoje eu vim ao culto sem cueca'
v) 'Olha pra onde eu te comi'
x) 'Sem querer ofender, você é gay ou é impressão minha?'
y) 'Hoje tem bundalelê lá em casa'
z) 'Tô sentindo minha fé crescendo'
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Toronto Deception
I try not to re-post, but this is a testimony that deserves proper archiving. And I have been to the TACF, so it is of interest to me.
From http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/TheTorontoDeception.htm
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The Toronto Deception
By a former Toronto Vineyard Pastor
It has taken me nine years to actually come to the place where I would write this story. Part of the reason was because I was not fully convinced that it is appropriate to speak out against weaknesses in the body of Christ publicly. Another reason is because it has taken years of soul searching to become convinced that what happened in the Toronto Airport Church was actually all bad or at least more bad than good!
For the past number of years I have called it a mixed blessing. I think James A Beverly called it this in his book Holy Laughter and the Toronto Blessing 1994. Today I would call it a mixed curse concluding that any individual good that came from this experience is far outweighed by much harm and satanic deception. I suppose that therein has been my dilemma. I have tried to live my life in the fear of the Lord and Jesus told us that the unforgivable sin was the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Attributing to Satan what was in fact a work of God. If pressed as to whether or not the Toronto blessing is all God or all Devil I will still be hedgy, but I am convinced that Satan has used this experience to blind people to the historical doctrines of God, to produce fruit in keeping with repentance, to failing to test and discern the spirits and failing to test prophecy.
After three years of being in the thick of the Toronto blessing our Vineyard assembly in Scarborough ( East Toronto) just about self destructed. We devoured one another, with gossip, backstabbing, division, sects criticism etc. After three years of ‘soaking,’ praying for people, shaking, rolling, laughing, roaring, ministering at TACF on their prayer team, leading worship at TACF, preaching at TACF, basically living at TACF we were the most carnal, immature and deceived Christians that I know. I remember saying to my friend and senior pastor at Scarborough Vineyard Church in 1997 that ever since the Toronto Blessing came we have just about fallen to bits! He agreed!
My experience has been that the manifestation of spiritual gifts mentioned in 1st Corinthians 12 was much more common in our assembly, before January 1994 (when the Toronto blessing started.) than during this period of supposed Holy Spirit visitation.
During 1992-1993 when praying for people we would experience what I believe was genuine prophesy, deliverance and much grace and favour from the Lord. After the Toronto Blessing started, all ministry time changed, the only prayers were ‘More Lord MORE ’, the shouting of ‘Fire’ the jerky shaking of the body with the ‘ooh ooh OOH WOOOAAH’ prayer. (I kid you not!)
On January 20th 1994 about 15 people from our church traveled over to Toronto Airport Vineyard in order to listen to Randy Clark, a Vineyard pastor from the USA. John Arnott had called our senior pastor to invite us. He communicated that Randy had been to the Rodney Howard Browne meetings and that the stuff had broke out in his church in the following weeks. John was hoping that something might break out with us too. We were only too happy to travel over. We were a church plant out of the Toronto Airport and we started in 1992. In those days there were three Vineyard Churches in Toronto. One Down Town church, Scarborough vineyard church to the east and the AirPort Church. We were one big happy family. Because we were small in number we did special meetings, conferences etc, together.
The year before most of our leadership teams joined and had headed to Nicaragua for a short term missions trip. We had genuine love and fellowship with each other. Since leaving the Vineyard churches I have read a fair bit of analysis from the critics. Some make out that the Toronto Blessing was one huge conspiracy to lead the body of Christ into heresy. Heresy and apostasy I suspect may well be the result, but none of these destinations were intentional. I am honestly convinced that the leaders in the Vineyard churches are genuine born-again Christians who love the Lord, but have fallen into deception. They have not loved the Lord enough to keep His commandments. They have failed to obey the scriptures and have been led astray by our longing for something bigger and brighter and more exciting and dynamic. I am guilty of this sin also. I have preached renewal in Korea, the United Kingdom, the USA and here in Canada. I am genuinely repentant and in writing this story I would ask you the bride and body of Christ to forgive me. Especially the Pentecostal / Charismatic Christians among you, for you are my immediate family theologically. I am an evangelical Christian, I always have been but I do not believe in the cessation of the spiritual gifts at the end of the apostolic era. I believe that it was my evangelical roots (my family are Baptists and I was born again in the Presbyterian Church.) that started to open my eyes to problems with this so called renewal. In hind sight I look back and think how could I have been so blind? I laughed at people acting like dogs and pretending to urinate on the columns of the TACF building. I watched people pretend to be animals, bark, roar, cluck, pretend to fly as if they had wings, perpetually act drunk and sing silly songs. How I thought that any of this was from the Holy Spirit of God amazes me today. It was loud irreverent and blasphemous to the Holy God of the Bible. I suppose in my mind I reasoned that as long as they did not teach any thing in direct violation to scripture then it was what we called the exotic. This is a buzz word for manifestations that could not be justified from a biblical perspective. I was taught from the pulpit that we had two options. The order of the nursery full of life and messy or the order of the graveyard, very orderly but dead! As a young immature pastor I wanted life with mess. I failed to remember that God wants us to become mature and grow up in him. I became disconcerted by the prophetic words that came forth especially one by Carol Arnott in which she had her bride experience where she was taken into the very presence of Jesus and said that the love that she experienced was even better than sex! I was shocked in my spirit and thought how can one compare the love of God with sex? When we suspected that demons were running riot in our services John Arnott would teach that we should ask are they coming or going. If they are leaving then that is ok! John would defend the chaos by saying that we ought not be afraid of being deceived, if we have asked the Holy Spirit to come and fill us then how could Satan come and deceive us? This would make Satan very strong and God very weak! He said that we needed to have more faith in a Big God to protect us than in a Big Devil to deceive us. This sounded very convincing but was totally contrary to scripture for Jesus and Paul and Peter and John all warn us about the power of deceiving spirits and especially so in the last days. Again we did not love God enough to obey His Word and the result was that we opened ourselves up to lying spirits. May God have mercy upon us!
Finally the penny dropped for me as I was rolling around one night ‘drunk in the Spirit’ as we would say. I started singing and as I rolled around the floor the Nursery Rhyme ‘Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow.’ came to mind. I sang this in a mocking spirit and instantly my heart told me this was a demon. Instantly I repented and was in total shock. How could a demon get into me? Did I not love God? was I not zealous for the things of God? Was I not nuts about Jesus? I knew that an unclean spirit had just manifested through me and I was guilty of great sin. After this experience I stayed away from TACF. I did not go back there any more. I did not possess the conviction to denounce the whole experience but thought that we where failing to pastor the Blessing well enough.
Even after I stopped going over to TACF, I had to pastor the fruit of it. One example was when some of our people returned from a meeting there asking us if we had all received the golden sword of the Lord? I asked them what they were talking about thinking that it was some prophetic reference to the Holy Scriptures but they said, ‘no, its not the Bible, it’s an invisible golden sword that only the really pure can receive. If taken in an unrighteous fashion then the Lord would kill you. But if you are holy enough to receive it then you can wield this sword and it will heal aids, Cancer etc. and bring salvation. How one wielded this sword was by pretending to have this invisible sword in your hand and motioning to strike people with it when in prayer! I thought while even in deception at this time that the TACF had become Looney bins! This was purportedly first received by Carol Arnott and then given to the ones holy enough to receive it! Another thing was the golden fillings in the teeth. We had people in our assembly peeping down one another’s throats looking for the gold fillings that God had placed there to show how much he loved them! In all my time there I only heard one message on repentance given by a visiting speaker from Hong Kong named Jackie Pullinger. It went over like a lead balloon. We were not there to repent, we were there to party in the Lord! After one year into the blessing I spoke out at a pastors meeting and said ‘guys we have shaken, rattled, rolled, laughed cried and bought the tee- shirt. But we have no revival, no salvation, no fruit and no increased evangelism so what’s the deal?’ I was soundly rebuked - who was I to expect to see fruit when the Lord was healing his broken people? We had been legalistic long enough and God was spending this time restoring his wounded and freeing us from legalism I was told not to push the Lord and the harvest would come in his time.’
I knew this was wrong because the Lord had commanded us to go into all the earth and make disciples! Not, that everyone should take a sabbatical for who knows how long, while God does some strange new thing! Ultimately I left over something as controversial as the ordination of women. Personally I believe from scripture that women should not be pastors/ elders in a local assembly. I could be wrong on this and there is much debate in the Church today but that is my conviction and in the Vineyard churches they were ordaining all the pastors wives to co pastor with them. I am certainly for women in ministry but believe that the Elder/ pastor role in a local assembly has been reserved for men. I did not write scripture but God willing I will have the grace from now on to obey it.
So there is my story. I could go on and document much excess, folly, sin and latter day reign teaching that manifest from the prophetic end of this Blessing but others have already done that. We sang about Joel’s army and the billion soul revival as if it were one of the Ten Commandments, and as always it was just around the corner. Next month, next year etc. Jesus said that when the son of man returns will he find faith upon the earth? And if he does not return when he does no flesh would be saved but for the sake of the elect he comes. This is a far cry from the domionism that is being taught all through the vineyard / prophetic/ spiritual warfare movement. I honestly think that they think they are going to take over the whole world! While in the Vineyard I embraced a life verse from the Apostle Paul the phrase do not go beyond what is written!
To finish I just want to say sorry for the damage, that I have personally done by teaching things that are not correct biblically. I repent before men as I already have before God. I will not excuse my falling into deception. I did not bother to test things when the scriptures commanded us to do so. Everyone who was there when this thing started knows that what I write is true, they would just come to different conclusions especially if they are still promoting the ‘river!’
To those in the river I would say swim out, there are things living in the water that will bite you real good! I love the people of TACF and the Vineyard movement but I think that we have much to answer for and may the Lord open your eyes sooner rather than later. I suspect that when this letter goes online I will get bombarded by emails from both camps, some damning me for still believing in the ministry of the Holy Spirit and still walking in deception and some old friends damning me for exposing dirt or being negative about the Lords anointed! Well, the Lord knows my heart and by his grace he will guide me into all truth as I seek to know Christ and him crucified! If you believe that I walk in sin and error please pray for me that the Lord would forgive me and open my eyes. I will study the word to show my self a work man approved! I would call on all who read this to pray that the Lord would open the eyes of all who have been involved in this deception. Whether leader or follower, we are loved and the Lord is a forgiving God. He says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. I believe we are like the church in Laodicea, we think that we are rich, have prospered and need nothing, we do not realise that we are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. We must take the Counsel of Jesus and buy gold refined in the fire (which is his suffering, not a false spirit!) white garments to clothe our shameful nakedness and salve for our eyes that we might see again. Jesus is calling us to repentance and thank the Lord that he is, for it will lead us to true restoration with our Father! If God has forgiven me and opened my eyes then he can do it for all those caught in deception too. I will finish with a warning from Paul, he says if you think you are standing firm be careful lest you fall.
Sincerely Paul Gowdy.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Movimento Gospe
O Movimento Gospe terá mais interesse fora dos evangélicos. Um grupo de pessoas interessadas no modo de vida de Jesus sem a linguagem e os simbolismos desgastados.
Aguardem!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Cabra Safado - Polícia nigeriana apresenta cabra como suspeito de roubo

Da agência de notícias Reuters
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Nigéria
Polícia nigeriana apresenta cabra como suspeito de roubo
Lagos - A Polícia do Estado de Kwara, no centro da Nigéria, apresentou uma cabra como um dos dois presumíveis ladrões armados que tentaram roubar uma viatura, noticiou hoje, sexta-feira, a imprensa local.
O porta-voz da Polícia, Tunde Mohammed, declarou aos jornalistas estupefactos que o "suspeito" será detido até ao fim do inquérito.
Segundo ele, guardas de um bairro de Ilorin, capital do Estado de Kwara, perseguiam dois homens que tentaram roubar um veículo quarta- feira, quando um deles voltou-se contra uma parede antes de se transformar em cabra.
"Eles capturaram rapidamente a cabra", disse Tunde, acrescentando que o outro suspeito fugiu.
As histórias de seres humanos que se tranformam em animais são frequentes na Nigéria, um país de 140 milhões de habitantes onde o limite entre o folclore e realidade é facilmente transposto.
"Open the lid of my jar, Gord
Open the lid of my jar
I want to eat it
I want to eat it
To eat it right and beef it up
Shinin' in the pan on your griller
Pour out your powder on stove
As we sing Rolie, Polie, Olie
Rolie, Polie, Olie
Rolie, Polie, Olie
Rolie, Polie, Olie
I want to eat it
(keywords: open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Michael W Smith)
Você Já Experimentou Música Evangélica?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Atrocidades do Exército de Resistência do Senhor (LRA)
Da Rádio CBC, programa "As It Happens", 21/1/2009:
"LRA: Atrocidades
Onde havia esperança, agora há terror.
Por mais de dois anos, o grupo do Exército de Resistência do Senhor esteve envolvido em negociações de paz com o governo de Uganda. Os dois lados estavam tentando acabar com mais de duas décadas de lutas no Norte de Uganda. Mas no final do ano passado, as negociações de paz estancaram. E agora, os rebeldes voltaram com seus métodos brutais.
Nas últimas semanas, o LRA saqueou, linchou até a morte e queimou vivas pelo menos 620 habitantes na República Democrática do Congo, onde os rebeldes estão instalados agora. Eles também sequestraram mais de 160 crianças. E os ataques continuam -- o mais recente relato veio semana passada, quando os rebeldes queimaram uma igreja cheia de fiéis.
Um time do Human Rights Watch gastou as duas últimas semanas investigando os ataques do LRA. Anneke Van Woudenberg foi uma pesquisadora sênior nesta equipe. Ela está em Kampala, Uganda.
Um aviso àqueles que tenham perto ouvintes pequenos, a entrevista que segue contem conteúdo chocante.
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>O que você testemunhou?
Woudenberg> Passamos duas semanas lá. Esses são alguns das piores massacres e abusos que testemunhamos. Eu documentei por 10 anos guerras no Zaire. O que o LRA fez foi atacar simultaneamente pelo menos 3 locais no dia de Natal, deliberadamente visando a pessoas enquanto se encontravam e ceavam o Natal, ou indo a igrejas. Esperaram elas se encontrarem e mataram-nas.
Por exemplo, na cidade de Batande, o LRA separarou os homens das mulheres enquanto ceavam o Natal. Imediatamente mataram os homens e meninos batendo na cabeça deles com machados e porretes grandes, esmagando seus crânios, matando um por um. Depois pegaram as mulheres e meninas. Separaram em pequenos grupos. Primeiro estupraram-nas depois mataram-nas esmagando seus crânios. Isso aconteceu vila após vila, homens, mulheres, crianças, bebês.
> O massacre no dia de Natal - é verdade que cearam logo depois de matar as pessoas?
Woudenberg > Nesse lugar especificamente, foi isso que fizeram. Enquanto os corpos se espalhavam no lugar onde foram brutalmente mortos, eles comeram a ceia que as pessoas haviam preparado para o Natal, e depois dormiram no mesmo lugar entre os corpos mortos antes de continuar no dia seguinte para a vila seguinte onde fizeram as mesmas coisas horríveis.
Em vários lugares - nós documentamos isso - eles fingiram haver festa e cantoria para que mais pessoas viessem e que pudessem matar o maior número de pessoas.
E nós também notamos que eles não quiseram usar balas para matar as vítimas. Eles usaram machados ou porretes grandes para esmagar seus crânios. E às crianças pequenas tentaram matar torcendo suas cabeças.
Eu mesma me encontrei com duas meninas que ainda estão no hospital na cidade de Jeruma (?). Têm apenas 3 anos cada. O LRA tentou matá-las torcendo suas cabeças. As duas meninas ainda estavam vivas e agora têm feridas críticas no pescoço num hospital bem pequeno de Jeruma (?) que nem tem médico - só tem enfermeiras que estão tentando fazer o melhor para as meninas.
[...]
> Eu soube que além das matanças o LRA continua sequestrando crianças.
Woudenberg> Um dos lugares que atacaram no dia de Natal foi em Feragi (?). Eles esperaram até que houvesse um concerto de Natal na praça central, onde, claro, várias crianças tinham ido. Nesse lugar em particular eles sequestraram 160 crianças enquanto celebravam no dia de Natal. De novo, o LRA foi extremamente brutal e eficiente. Eles sequestraram as crianças e começaram a amarrá-las juntas. E então eles viram que entre as crianças haviam um grande número de menores de 9 anos de idade. Eram crianças que não eram tão fortes, que não eram na verdade o grupo alvo de crianças que queriam sequestrar. Em vez de deixar ir essas crianças, eles mataram-nas brutalmente. Incluía crianças de 6 e 7 anos. Sim, eles continuam a sequestrar as crianças, mas eles também estão deliberadamente matando as crianças quando não têm utilidade ao LRA.
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Transcrição e tradução: Gustavo K-fé Frederico
















