![]() There is a clear explaination of how to do this for both PC and Mac on the Wordle site.Īlso, in our excitement about Wordle we also came across Tagxedo - a 'next generation' Worlde which isn't so quick to use, but can create far more complex shapes and varations. All of these were reflective and thought-provoking ways of engaging with the Bible and each other.īe aware, in Wordle you can't save the images directly as jpgs, you have to take a screenshot and then cut off the edges. We then got them to arrange them on a page in a way that reflected how they felt about them. In that context we felt it was right to get people to make their own wordles based on their lives - so we got people to write a list of the key names, places, feelings, tasks etc that were in their minds. We also printed some out for people to reflect on in a small group situation. ![]() We then got people to make their own, by looking at a Psalm and then using coloured pens and paper, writing the words that jumped out to them in bold and other words smaller. ![]() We used some of these in a service, projecting them on the screen. Below are a few we made, or go to to see all our creations. You could also try it with song words, sermon texts, news reports. We experiemented making word clouds out of Psalms, and also bits of the Anglican liturgy. You can manipulate the colours, layout and settings a bit, but the result is always somewhat random and often beautiful. ![]() ![]() You paste in some text, it strips out the numbers and joining words ('and', 'the' etc) and then makes the most often-used words come up biggest in the cloud. If you've never used it, Wordle is a free, online computer programme which creates word clouds. We've been having a lot of fun with Wordle over the past week, and incorporating it into worship. ![]()
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