Last Saturday sitting in another Church [induction of new minister] I realised that three of the key people ‘up front’ were using iPads.
I wondered, is it necessary now to have one of these tablets before you’re considered fully equipped to lead worship/ preach/ etc?
[Clearly not - Bob was on the platform, and he hasn’t got one - yet]
I can see their value, but I don’t think I personally would get enough use out of one to warrant the cost. And I like to have my sermon notes and lesson plans on pieces of paper so I can add scribbled notes easily [and on occasion, give them to someone who has asked for a copy]
The only notebooks I possess are much more modest. I found a brand new one tucked in the bookshelf last week and decided it would be useful for my new job.
But this was ‘new’ only in the sense of ‘unused’ – I think I purchased it about 5 years ago. The red elastic strap had completely perished and was useless.
I restored it with a length of white stuff from my stash. Not as pretty – but at least it fulfils the purpose of keeping the notebook closed in my bag.
I admit to a weakness for pretty notebooks – and have often received them as presents. But then I keep them ‘pristine’ because I cannot find a use which I feel justifies writing inside them. I have decided that this year, I will use up my notebooks and the odd scribble, or doodle, or crossing out will not matter.
I don't trust technology enough to use it for service plans! I am like you and like my notes on paper so that I know I have them in my hand, and also to add notes to, as you say. Quite often when I arrive at a chapel, I have to ask the congregation if there is anyone they would like to have included in the prayers, so there is always a name or two to add to my notes.
ReplyDeleteWe have a passion for stationery here as well, and notebooks and folders are our weakness...there is a considerable stash which we have been working our way through for some time now. Good to see that the notebook could be "renovated" to make it useful again. And the best of luck and blessings on your new job - congratulations on that. I hope it all goes well for you.
I once sat in church between one lady reading her bible on a Kindle, and another using her smartphone as I sat there with my tome. I felt rather smug as the batteries on the Kindle ran out!
ReplyDeleteBut then when the next reading was announced from Habakkuk, did the Kindle lady feel smug as she watched you frantically flipping through the pages to find it, while she got there in two finger-taps??!!
DeleteSorry Lesley - on reflection, I am confident you can whizz round the minor prophets with ease!
DeleteOh Angela, if only that were true! Somewhere near Hezekiah isn't it?!
DeleteWhat a nightmare !1
DeleteI like notebooks too, and always have a small one in my bag with shopping lists in it.
ReplyDeleteAn Ipad is very useful for people with sight problems as it is backlit and the font can be changed to as LARGE as you need!
I have mixed feelings on this. So far I have resisted using an app for the Bible when out and about, but admit that when at home I use one more than I do the actual book - I think because I use technology so much anyway, it helps me to keep a regular pattern if I do for my own reading. And when Bible Gateway has so many versions and you can compare, it is much easier than scouring the shelves to find different ones and often means I use versions I don't have. Having said which there is nothing like a quiet place and real Bible!
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to notes I've been thinking a lot recently about starting to use my ipad. My handwriting isn't always easy to read and using technology will mean I can link notes into other things, verses, illustrations etc and if I need to pass them on, other people can read them. It also stops me loosing track of the sermon in a doodle!
But - well we will see where this year goes.
I have a passion for stationery as well, but do believe it should be used - then there is an excuse to have more.
Love your post title!
ReplyDeleteOh I do this too- they're so pretty you can't just use them for Asda lists! And PC bought me another one for Christmas! But we should use them; you are right. But then there's the disposing of full and pretty notebooks...
ReplyDeleteBut why not for supermarket lists? And maybe we should try to make our notebooks as beautiful as PomPoms, with doodles and coloured pens...
DeleteI am working on finding creative ways of recycling filled notebooks
Our vicar never uses notes...he's an improv actor wannabe!
ReplyDeleteJane x
I am so guilty of this to. I have several new/almost new notebooks about.
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Love pretty notebooks as well. Not sure about Bible on ipads. I have an ipad but still tend to use an actual Bible. Not really tried taking notes on Ipad yet.
ReplyDeleteYep, I have a whole host of pristine pretty notebooks too! Not a fan of the pads, I just like to use things without needing a battery! I can find Habakkuk fairly easily, it's always Jude and Ezra I can never find!!!
ReplyDeletesorry, the last comment relates to your comment to Leslie!
ReplyDeleteI wonder which Bible Book is considered the hardest to find? I am confident with Genesis, Revelation and Psalms, but I am sure the Minor Prophets periodically re-arrange themselves just to confuse me.
ReplyDeleteI also have several pretty notebooks I can't bring myself to use. Maybe if I promised myself I can replace them with *new* pretty notebooks, I'd feel better about marking their pristine pages.
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I'm very late to this discussion - just wanted to say that I much prefer a printed-on-paper Bible. But I appreciate the electronic versions - last year when my mom was dying and I wanted to read Scripture to her (and no one had thought to bring a Bible to the hospital), my niece's smartphone came to the rescue.
ReplyDeleteI save notebooks too, for the same reason you do! :) Which is why I never buy one unless I desperately need it and know that it will get used.