Happy New Year - Are you ready for 2010?

It’s that time of year again; the new year. Everyone in the WordLive team prays that God will bless you this coming year.

One theme that runs through the Bible is that of new beginnings. And a new year gives us a little impetus to turn over a new leaf and make a fresh start.

This year why not commit to reading the Bible each day using WordLive?

Or, if you want to go one step further, you’ll find from 1st January 2010 a new activity each day. The Bible in a year provides links to a couple of readings each day. And guess what? If you use this activity each day for 2010, you’ll have read the whole Bible by 31st December :)

We’re looking forward to 2010, with lots of things in the pipeline for WordLive, so let’s journey together. And do let us know in the comments what you’d like to see on WordLive in the future.

2009 – a year of highs and lows

We’re coming to the end of another year. This means that WordLive is almost two years old – Happy Birthday is the 1st January.

The year has seen us build on the success of our first year with more people than ever deepening their relationship with God through reading the Bible and praying using Wordlive.

We’ve also developed our facebook and twitter presence, and we’d love for you to join in the conversation there. Our YouTube account is also hosting all the WordLive vidoes, making it very easy for you to embed and share them with your own communities.

WordLive itself went through an upgrade (lovingly called WordLive 1.5 to the team). It now has an image each day as well as tools to share each and every activity around the net.

But the year has also been painful for the team. The current economic climate has hit us and we’ve had to look at new ways of delivering WordLive content in the future. As part of a bigger SU re-shaping our team has been affected, and we have had to say goodbye to several wonderful people.

So the year has been what most years are; times of joy and sadness, contentment and yearning. And next year will be the same, although the specifics are not yet known.

One thing we can be sure of though, is that we can have faith, and trust in God.

What are your memories of 2009?

Pray for the Bible (facebook fanpage)

Over the weekend, the facebook fanpage for the bible has come under attack. It seems a concerted effort, by several people, to disrupt its running has begun. There have been several inappropriate posts and messages.

Please pray for Mark Brown and the volunteers who keep it running as they deal with the situation. It isn't as simple as banning people, and even if it was, is that the best thing to do? So let's pray for wisdom.

If you want to join the Bible facebook page then you can here, and don't forget the WordLive fanpage here.

Darren