WordLive this week

On WordLive this week we take a look at the world through the eyes of Jeremiah. Sometimes he's seen as a prophet of doom, but really he's just speaking a few home truths... that just happen to be inspired by God.

Oh, and you may, you just might want to find an old pot that you don't want anymore. It may come in handy for visualising the odd point that Jeremiah makes.

The end of an era - Delirious? press release

Keeping you in touch with what is going on in the wider Christian world, and also because some of their music has appeared, and I'm sure will continue to appear, on WordLive, I thought you'd be interested in the following press release from Delirious? On a personal note I would like to take this opportunity to thank the d-boys for their encouragement and support over the years, their humility has been a shining example to myself, thanks.

The End of an Era……

We would like to address all our fans, our friends and people around the world who have faithfully supported Delirious? After 14 albums, thousands of shows in front of millions of people, and many extraordinary memories, we have decided that at the end of 2009 we will take a break from recording and playing as a band.

Our decision was triggered by a request from Martin to be released from the band to pursue new projects including his work with CompassionArt and the desire to be at home more with Anna and his children. We have of course honoured this request and made a decision together that now is the time to end this chapter of our lives.

We will continue to play and be excited about our current tours and bookings but will not be adding many more over the coming 17 months. We are all so deeply grateful to our incredible fans who have sung the songs and allowed Delirious? the privilege of providing the soundtrack to many lives over the years. From the school hall in Littlehampton to the stadiums of the world we have many stories to tell our children’s children. Delirious also would not be what it is without our amazing wives and families, and our gratitude to them is immense. We will now move forward to the next part of our lives where new challenges unfold and greater stories will be written.

We want to make it absolutely clear that although this decision has been extremely painful and difficult, we are still great friends and our respect for each other is unquestionable. We love playing in this band together and know that even though 2009 will bring an end to this current journey, there will be more adventures together in years to come.

We always used to say that we were ‘taking it wherever it goes’. The music ended up going further and deeper than we could ever have dreamed, yet we are now at a point where our creative futures will spread out and take on different journeys.

Thanks again for believing in us through all these years. We believe the best is yet to come.

Jon, Martin, Paul, Stu G and Tim

Using WordLive to focus on God at the beginning of the day

Here are three simple and quick tips to help you use WordLive to focus on God at the beginning of the day.

1. Set WordLive as your homepage. Underneath your profile box on the left of the screen is a little link you can click. This will set WordLive as your browser's homepage. That means that whenever you open your web browser, WordLive will be there for you to use.
2. Sign up for the daily email. Click on the My WordLive tab at the top right and then click on the My Details tab and you'll be able to sign up for and set up a daily email to be sent to you. This email will be in your inbox each morning when you turn on your computer.
3. Get the podcast delivered. If you have an RSS reader you can subscribe directly to the podcast feed. Then when you open your reader it will be ready for you to listen. The link to the feed is this:
   http://www.scriptureunion.org.uk/rssfeeds
   /WordLivePodcast/23826.rss

It's Live!

LightLive, the online service that puts Bible-based learning material at the fingertips of children's and youth workers, went live today (Thursday May 8). We'd love you to have a look at it and then pass the news around your networks.

Just to refresh your memories: LightLive gives children's and youth leaders free-of-charge access to a weekly syllabus of downloadable material following Scripture Union's Light programme, for groups aged up to 14. It also gives access to all-age materials.

LightLive

What's been going on?

I haven't been around here recently and I do apologise for that. There are two reasons.

The first is that I took a little break from the hectic day to day schedule and had a couple of weeks holiday. I didn't do too much but I did have a nice rest.

The second is that I, and the rest of the digital team, have been hard at work putting together the second of our digital projects, LightLive. LightLive isn't quite ready for launch yet, but lookout as we enter May. In the meantime you can find out what is happening by checking out the LightLive blog here.

Finally, just in case you've furned up here and know nothing about WordLive then take a look at this:

God's Word everywhere you go

Need an online Bible?

If you ever need an online translation of the Bible, or something to download and browse at your own leisure, then the list at the following may be of help to you. There is pretty much everything covered here, including a translation in Klingon.

Tyndale Tech: Bibles in English and ancient-languages on the web

WordLive hacks: using in a small group

There is no need for WordLive to be limited to personal use. Have you thought about using WordLive in a small group context? There are specific activities on WordLive that can be used this way but you can also use the technology that is around too.

What about meeting in any place that has a wifi hotspot? One or more of your group could bring along a laptop and set it up. Then over a coffee or tea you could share with each other, going through the activities, and meeting with God as a group.

And if any of you do this, we'd love to hear of your experience, let us know in the comments.