agaWHAT?
a·ga·pé (αγάπη): unselfish, benevolent love, born of the Spirit.
Agapé discerns needs and meets them unselfishly and effectively.
The projects, services and commentary on this site are part of my agapé try, a lifelong effort to love God and love people by rightly using the time and abilities He has leant me. As a husband, father, engineer, farmer and/or software developer, I have found this stewardship effort to be often fraught with contradiction. A wise and sustainable balancing of roles has seemed to elude me. Yet I want to keep trying, trusting that if God blesses and multiplies the effort, it will become agapetry, a creative arrangement motivated by benevolent love.
20 Responses to “agaWHAT?”
Time: July 10, 2008, 10:27 am
When I saw the name Agape, I recognised that this was the Greek word for spiritual love, along with eros and filio. A great blog name that stops and makes you catch a moment of awareness …
Time: July 28, 2008, 3:34 pm
Kevin, everyting about this site makes my heart smile. Not only have you provided me with an exact type of plugin that I've been looking for, your entire message speaks a life I am trying to live myself. THEN i saw that you're from Michigan… triple-win!
Keep up with what you're doing and know that God is using you to bless others.
Grace and peace! -Brian
Time: September 6, 2008, 2:07 am
Kevin: Even by the standards of Wordpress developers, the Role Scoper plugin looks like an amazing act of generosity! Chris
Time: November 5, 2008, 6:11 pm
Dear Kevin,
As a way of thanking you for Role Scoper, please accept this tip of advice: try using Google Analytics to track usage patterns in your website.
Looking at your code I saw no reference to Analytics, so I guess you probably use the standard Analog, AWstats or Webalizer programs for statistics. Do keep them for comparison purposes, but try Google Analytics for a process-oriented perspective (that I haven't found anywhere else). As your site seems to be having a pretty significant amount of traffic, you will most certainly benefit from this data.
I hope this helps. Cheers. Alfonso
Time: July 31, 2009, 7:52 pm
Hi Kevin, I just sent you a service request. But then I started to explore other parts of your site. I'm really inspired by your domain name and your spirituality that shows through your entire site. My wife and I are Christian too but we're not as dedicated as we should be. Thanks for the inspiration! David
Time: September 1, 2009, 12:40 pm
Thanks for your generosity. I love your authenticity here. Not quite there, but trying. "I believe, help my unbelief". Be blessed as you've blessed so many here.
Time: September 8, 2009, 11:40 pm
Kevin, You may have two non-technical comments that provide some inspiration for your work. I had been looking at hundreds of plug-in's for my client, but none would do what we needed. Then, I found Role Scoper.
Here is the irony…I was on the phone with my client today and gave him the good news about your plug-in. I know the client because he used to be head of the Deacons at my church here in Arizona. As we spoke on the phone, he asked me if I had looked at the 'about' link in the 'roles' group. Here were two born-again believers on the phone when we both realize that your plug-in was 'discovered' by more than coincidence. Should I be surprised? Praise God. My client's site is the one listed. Thanks for your good work. I am a former Michigander also.
Time: October 6, 2009, 12:12 pm
Agape love - the highest form of love. Thank you kevin. I was having a discussion on how to help a church group to set up their site (at no charge) when we came across a problem where Detailed(fine) Role Management became an issue, and was desperately seeking for a solution as I know RM/CM is outdated, at least not to wordpress latest version.
I was thinking of dropping wordpress to move on to joomla, but i prayed for a moment and think, if God leads, he will provide!
Time: October 13, 2009, 2:32 am
Thanks for your service and your testimony! I'm looking at using WP for our church's intended new website, and hope your plugin will enable us to do that!
Time: March 15, 2010, 7:44 am
great rationale…
Time: April 29, 2010, 9:51 pm
Kevin, I hate to tell you this but 'god' has nothing to do with your attitute; all your love comes from within you. God doesn't exist except in your (and other people's) mind - stop belittling yourself and take full credit for who you are!
Time: June 6, 2010, 8:15 pm
Good work, and good motive Kevin. You're not belittling yourself, but you're a better man for it. I totally respect your efforts 
Time: June 10, 2010, 9:12 pm
Love what you had to say about agape, and echo that sentiment. Thanks for all you do. We're using the Role Scoper plugin for our church organization's district site, and it's working for us — albeit with some minor errors (in WP 3.0 RC1). I posted about the issue on wp's .org site, and I may mention it here if I find the right spot. Thanks again for all you do.
Time: August 16, 2010, 12:15 am
Thanks for sharing your love and following Jesus's two commandments. I'm striving to do as well as you, but my agape needs focus. When I'm ready, God will tell me what to do, I suppose.
(I used to live in Oscoda, when I was a wee lad)
Time: November 4, 2010, 6:44 am
thank you sharing and inspiring! That's amazing stuff that i'd love to see more of in this world.
Time: November 19, 2010, 4:54 am
[...] 今天工作的时候，从书上看到作者推荐的一个Wordpress的用户权限控制插件，点进去一看功能十分强大，正是我需要的那个东西。然后，在插件作者的网站上，发现了下面这段话，他居然是个弟兄，这段话了他说明了自己怎幺努力做好管家的身份，善用上帝给予自己的时间才能，并活出耶稣那样无条件的爱。我觉得这个插件的作者通过这个插件获得的影响力，借机传讲神的爱，是一个很好的榜样，给我很多鼓励。 a•ga•pé (αγαπη): unselfish, benevolent love, born of the Spirit. [...]
Time: March 4, 2011, 1:21 pm
That kind of attitude is this world needs I admire you!!!
Time: August 6, 2011, 8:18 pm
Praise YHWH for your gift. I believe it will be a significant blessing to my church as I seek to update our website.
Time: September 20, 2011, 10:19 am
I stumbled across your site and although I'm not a farmer, I do share in your struggle to balance between "making money" and putting my hands to my Father's work. However, I find that walking with him steadily has given me the opportunity to listen to His calling depending on what I should do.
I sometimes feel like the servant who was given 5 talents and I ask God constantly to help me invest in order to give back. Be encouraged my friend and perhaps we can utilize each other in the future.
I am currently working on developing a WordPress plugin for my own business and learning everyday. Thanks again for your site and be blessed.
- Lee
Time: June 28, 2008, 12:33 am
thanks for such a nice explanation of agape love, and for being authentic and open about using it! Be encouraged!