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.

Happy Birthday to us

In the fast paced world of the Internet and all things digital the concept of yearly birthdays are a little passe. We measure things by the month, by the week even daily. In fact when it comes to stats we even care about what time of the day people are looking at the site. With this in mind I wanted to point out that WordLive is almost three months old... so happy birthday to us.

I also wanted to share with you some really encouraging numbers we are picking up from our stats. We don't have exact figures yet but WordLive is being accessed by several thousand people each day. This is very encouraging and a wonderful three month birthday gift. So we'd like to thank everyone who has visited the site and we'd also like to hear some feedback from you too. So please leave a comment here if there is anything you'd like to share or ask the WordLive team about.

National survey reveals the depth of our secrets

WordLive has just released results of a survey showing that 3.4 million people in the UK are currently cheating on their partners. For more about this head on over to the link below and see what you think.

Scripture Union - Have we lost our moral compass?