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July 12th, 2008

Wordle This!

Posted At: 10:41pm by Rev. William M. Cwirla

There is a very cool new web toy called Wordle that creates a "word cloud" out of texts, mapping the frequency of word use. I'm told that the Phoenix Preacher "wordled" one of my sermons and compared it with a sermon of Rick "Purpose-Driven" Warren. Can you guess which one is mine and which is Warren's?

Just for grins, I "wordled" my sermon for the closing vespers at Amen-St. Louis. Without giving away the plot to the Amen-Irvine crowd, here's what that sermon looks like in a wordle:

Now I was intrigued. I dug up a Christmas sermon from 2005 and ran it through the Wordle to see if it would come out "Christmasy" as well as Christ-centered. Here was the result:

OK, so word choice and frequency alone do not determine how "good" or even how "gospel" a sermon is. But it certainly makes you think about the words you use. I can think of all kinds of cool things to do with this toy. Like, create a wordle and see if you can tell what the Scripture text was. Try it for yourself and see how your writing looks in a wordle.

Edited on: July 12th, 2008 11:10 pm

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July 12th, 2008

Wordle This!