Wordling My Sermonings

I've recently fallen in love with Wordle.   This tools allows you to copy a block of text, then it identifies the most used words and creates an image based on frequency.  You can then tailor the shape, color, font details.  I've been playing with my recent sermons and the results are enlightening.

Here's the Wordle for my most recent sermon:

Scan of printout--rotated

The text for the sermon was Hebrews 10:19-24.  Here it is in the NRSV:

¹⁹ Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), ²¹ and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ²² let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³ Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, ²⁵ not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

The interesting thing for me was discovering that while I thought I was focusing on the charge to "provoke one another" the word got the most emphasis was "encouragement."  And of course it is good to see that I mentioned "God" a lot !

If I ever get into a congregation with a projector and screen again, I'd love to use this tool to create a background for the sermon slide.  I think it would be provoking.
  
I'd love to hear if anyone else is using Wordle or one of the similar programs and how they are using it.

Evermore,

Mary-Lynn