01-06-2007, 10:27 PM
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Mobile Ministry Magazine Interviews Ed Hansberry
"Of all the technologies I am interested in that I have been involved with online to some degree, from Windows to Excel to Windows Mobile devices, it is mobile devices that has given me the most opportunity to also talk about my faith, and that was quite unintentional. I had no idea my interest would take me down this path in 1998 when my first device and began online posting about it."
From his posts to his personal site, it's obvious that Ed takes his faith seriously and finds an intersection with his love of technology. Anyone who seeks to integrate the two would find the article helpful. I've always enjoyed reading about Ed's love of both and it's given me ideas on how to use my device more effectively. So, now we know about Ed. How about you? In what ways do you find your mobile device a help or hindrance in your religious life? Read on for my answer to that question.
Personally, Laridian IS my Bible at church. I also take sermon notes with Pocket Word. I've got a template set up which provides the basic sermon header info so it saves a little time. On some occasions, I've added church activities in Pocket Informant that I've read about in the handouts or on the projection screen. I also keep track of my daily Bible readings in a plan through the PB interface. This time, I'm trying to read through chronologically. At my current schedule, I'm squeezing the 1 year plan into two.  As a religious broadcaster, I sometimes look up verses while preparing an on-air comment, but frankly it's often easier for me to just pull up Biblegateway since I've got a PC handy there. I've also got a copy of Memorize but honestly have not put it to good use. Maybe there's a good New Year's resolution for me.
As far as a hindrance, it's just so easy to pop on and check my e-mail or read an online article while I want to finish a Bible reading, so the distraction factor can be a challenge. I usually turn off the wifi to help with that. So, how do you use your mobile device in study or pursuit of your faith?
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01-06-2007, 11:09 PM
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I use my X50v with the latest version of Pocket eSword (WM2003SE). I have 13 different translations loaded onto my CF card as well as several other reference books that I use to get into more detail about what I am reading. I take notes in eSword and assign them to the verses that are the topic of the teaching.
I like the parallel feature of eSword as I can compare up to 4 different Bibles at the same time.
I don't find any hindrances while using this technology. In fact, I like the portability it affords me. The ability to cross reference various Bibles at my fingertips instead of having them all spread over a table is awesome.
Nice to know that others use their portable devices in a similar fashion.
Gob bless! 
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01-06-2007, 11:12 PM
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Re: Mobile Ministry Magazine Interviews Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by Paul Martin
Personally, Laridian IS my Bible at church. I also take sermon notes with Pocket Word. I've got a template set up which provides the basic sermon header info so it saves a little time. On some occasions, I've added church activities in Pocket Informant that I've read about in the handouts or on the projection screen. I also keep track of my daily Bible readings in a plan through the PB interface.
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Great stuff Paul and a great article on Ed. I would love to see your templates that you use if you don't mind sharing. This is something that I've struggled with personally.
I use Laridian PocketBible as well for my main Bible text at church/Sunday School but I still take my sermon notes by hand - partly because I can't seem to find a easy way to organize as I type it in.
I will say that I personally think that mobile technology has strengthened my faith. One thing I always struggled with was keeping up daily reading while traveling - and I travel a lot. I would always seem to forget a Bible. Once I got my reading over to PocketBible (and Daily Reader before it) I was set as my WinMo device always is with me.
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01-06-2007, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by hnelson59
I don't find any hindrances while using this technology. In fact, I like the portability it affords me. The ability to cross reference various Bibles at my fingertips instead of having them all spread over a table is awesome.
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Same thing here - and especially when in Sunday School when I can quickly look up something if I'm teaching or if someone has a question.
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01-06-2007, 11:18 PM
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My template is EXTREMELY simple:
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Sermon Notes
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Church: <Name of Church>
Pastor: <Name of Pastor>
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Not real impressive, but it works for me. My pastor does not follow a similar outline structure each week, but at least this saves me the trouble of retyping the name of the church and pastor for regular weeks, but allows flexibility when I travel or we have a guest speaker.
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01-06-2007, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by hnelson59
I like the parallel feature of eSword as I can compare up to 4 different Bibles at the same time.
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Laridian has gotten better in being able to display multiple translations and synchronize them. I should add that I keep a copy of eSword as well for it's great free resources.
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01-07-2007, 01:04 AM
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Where to begin...
I have Olive tree's bible reader and e-sword loaded into my 4700 on a SD card. I have about 6-7 versions of the bible loaded in e-sword another 2-3 loaded into bible reader. I orginally got bible reader because it had a NKJV version and e-sword didnt at that point in time. Now they do.
I also have e-sword loaded into my mda. I did that in case i ever went to church without the 4700 or if my wife wanted to use it because she had forgotten her bible. I am running it from a mini sd card on the MDA.
Bible reader has some interesting features including auto scroll, you can set it to scroll through the verses at a certain rate so your pda can just sit there and you can read with out having to even touch it. I also have it on my mda so that if I am out and about and want to catch up on my reading, I am trying to get in the habit of reading some bible every day, I have it with me.
But I much prefer e-sword. I looked at laridian ounce, I guess I am to used to e-sword.
E-sword is my main bible at church. I am trying to use phatnotes to take notes in church with a task switcher to flip back and forth. This works well with pocket plus, there is something that i must be missing about ilauncher cause e-sword would always close if I went to phatnotes. Phatnotes stayed open all the time. SPB uses to much memory on the 4700 and eventually phatnotes will become a memory burden cause i use phatnotes alot. I may try using onenote for this if I can find it and if it dosent store to main memory.
In anycase, I like e-sword in church for the following reasons.
1) I can look up a verse faster than anyone else
2) I create a verse list for that day at church and add to it as the speaker goes along, and I can jump between verse quickly.
3) I have the verse list so that i can re-read and study the verses later
4) I can compare versions
5) I can check the definitions of word from the orginal greek or hebrew.
For those times when a speaker tries to show of his education by saying..."If you look at this verse in the original language, you will see that this word is translated from----- and in the orginal---- if you look up the meaning of the word it is-----"; sometimes they get it right and sometimes they are twisting the meaning of the word
6)I have the websters dictionary loaded, occasionally i use it in church and sometimes i use it just cause I am out and i want to know the meaning of the word.
7) Lastly, if I am I at church and nothing is going on I can look up a verse and read the commentary entries for it.
In addition, i keep bible reader cause one day I will load the maps for it so that i can use that, while I am out and about
One day I will set it up so that it wakes me up in the morning and goes straight to where i left off reading the day before.
My church has a open wifi network so I can get tempted to check email and such but I do my best to be good.
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01-07-2007, 01:25 AM
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Thanks for the reponse, vilasman. I had not thought about trying Phatnotes. How does it work compared to PocketWord? As far as switching, I use Alt-TAB, one of the PHM utils and map it to one of my Axim buttons. Handy for switching back and forth.
BTW, not sure if I should be disappointed or thankful our church wifi is on an encrypted network. :lol:
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01-07-2007, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Martin
Thanks for the reponse, vilasman. I had not thought about trying Phatnotes. How does it work compared to PocketWord? As far as switching, I use Alt-TAB, one of the PHM utils and map it to one of my Axim buttons. Handy for switching back and forth.
BTW, not sure if I should be disappointed or thankful our church wifi is on an encrypted network. :lol:
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Thanks for posting your template Paul. I'm going to give it a whirl and see what happens. :-)
I personally use PhatNotes for my note taking and love it - especially the new version. I did a review of it over at my site at http://www.clintonfitch.com/reviews/...-7/default.asp.
The thing I like about PhatNotes is the synchronization with the desktop version is perfect so I can use my PC to do any final edits or corrections and those will be saved back to the WinMo device. Also, on WinMo, I use CalliGrapher in PhatNotes so I can write out the notes a bit more quickly.
I'm also the director of our IT ministry at my church and we keep the current WiFi closed but will be establishing an open network soon. I love VLANS. :-)
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01-07-2007, 04:46 AM
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PPC in my Walk with God
I use my PPC is so many ways. I listen to devotional music while hiking or biking. (I carry a second battery so I can keep going.)
I use the Laridan Bible in church or at any occasion. I usually have two translations open at one time which is helpful during a sermon. I have four translations, One Bible Dictionary, and the NIV Study Bible. I never try to make a seeen with it or try to impress those in the same pew by making it stand out. I just find it so much easier to use quickly and easily. I have a hot button set the bible and can get it open and ready without even looking at my PPC.
I use the bible reading program to keep me reading through the Bible each year. I use the calendar portion for prayer reminders. I can read scripture even when soaking in the bathtub after a hard day. Always careful not to drop it.
At other occasions, I maintain a lot of Word documents on ministry issues for pastors. I can easily "beam" them. I have a few electronic evangelism tools I use with seekers. I even have a sermon in Word if I need it and have used my PPC to refer to my notes.
I sometimes record sermons on it for later review. I definitely do this as seminars.
I have to wait a lot in airports and also on flight I can study with everything right at my hand.
I keep lots of good reading in MS Reader format, I have the Book of Common Prayer, Thomas a Kempis Imitation of Christ, Brother Andrew, and other devotional reading. I can make my own devotional material using the MS Word Macro of making MS Reader documents
I keep records of all my donations to charities and offerings at church. I use PowerPoint presentations on Christian themes to share with friends.
In short, my PPC has helped me reduce a lot of extra baggage, and still have my library, several Bibles, etc. with me. And I can record great sermons and speakers for later review.
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