Lack of understanding leads to inaction?

Both the United Kingdom and parts of North America have recently been hit by severe cold weather. Over the weekend snowfall in Minneapolis caused the roof of a sports arena to collapse. This has led to people wondering why it is so cold if the world is heating up, although world climate and local weather are two different things.

Following two bomb blasts in Sweden, a house in Luton is being searched. The house belongs to the suspected bomber; although neighbours appear to be in shock that he could possibly do such a thing. What leads people to such desperate actions often seems hard to understand.

Monday's Manchester United football game against Arsenal will be watched by some of the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for so long. As they were trapped in the mine I wonder how many times they asked the question: why is this happening to us? However, they kept going and were eventually rescued.

This week WordLive is delving into the sometimes difficult to understand words of the book of Revelation. But as we have seen above, life isn’t always about understanding everything but about how we respond to what we do know.

Darren

It’s good to talk

Talks will take place this week over Iran’s nuclear programme. The concern being that the Middle Eastern nation may use its nuclear capability to do more than simply create electricity for itself.
And the UK government has revealed its plans to provide super-fast broadband across the country. Once the roll out is complete the whole nation will be able to communicate over the network.

And we have more ‘sensitive’ information coming from the Wikileaks site. Or should we say sites – apparently there are over three hundred mirrors of the site around the web to keep the message up and running. This, despite one major route of funding for the site being cut.

This week in WordLive we are still listening to the words of Ezekiel. He didn’t have broadband to tell others the message God had given him. But for those concerned the information was sensitive and potentially life-transforming.

Darren

WordLive app for Windows 7 phones

It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that there is now a WordLive app for Windows 7 phone users. And it is with even greater pleasure that I can tell you that it was created by a WordLive user.

Paul wanted a way to browse WordLive and listen to the podcast at the same time. So, he got his coding fingers working and bundled up the available feeds into this wonderful app. We thank Paul for his work and effort in putting this together and sharing it with the world.

For more details follow the links below. And if there are any other people who are creating ways to use WordLive we'd love to hear. I know there are one or two Blackberry users who would be interested in an app ;)

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It’s just words and information, right?

Some pretty sensitive information has been posted on the Wikileaks site, whose purpose is to make information available to all. The site believes that some information that is hidden from the public should be seen by all. However, others feel that this information is too sensitive to be freely available.

Another release of information, although this time through a more informal route, has had interesting consequences for the Bishop of Willesden. He posted numerous comments about the upcoming royal wedding, and for doing this he has been suspended.

And the posturing and strong words continue on the Korean peninsula. After the shelling of an island under the authority of the South by the North, both sides are engaging in a war of words, each condemning the actions of the other.

Meanwhile, in WordLive we’re looking at Ezekiel, a prophet who had a great many things to say about his nation, other nations and God. The role of a prophet and the words he shares aren’t always welcome either. Would Ezekiel have been suspended or condemned for what he had to say if he was posting those words today, online?

Darren