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Blesséd Daily Texts

Posted on February 3, 2010 By spr 17 Comments on Blesséd Daily Texts

I was forced to stop doing these daily meditations-in-140-characters when I changed to an iPhone from a Blackberry. I miss doing them terribly, and I am now debating how I can do them once more. Producing these short daily reflections was an important part of my daily devotional, and did me (and I suspect, a few others) some spiritual good.

One of the key issues about restarting is the economics, as I don’t have an unlimited text package anymore, and that would be an extra £8 a month. But that’s a lot for me, right now.

The other is technological, as I used to use the wonderful QuickerSMS which linked my BB to my laptop; and as far as I can see, there is NO such product for the iPhone. There are loads of posts from people asking if there was anything that did this, but would Apple deign to allow anyone to sell one of these on their AppStore? Nah! If anyone knows of a solution, could they let me know in the comments.

I could create a group text list and do it that way, but I suppose I need to know if others miss the texts, and would get benefit from them.

Another solution would be just to do it via Mastodon, which would be good for some of us, cost-effective (ie free for me to do) but isn’t quite so immediate.

What would you like?

alt.worship, geek

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Comments (17) on “Blesséd Daily Texts”

  1. Ali says:
    February 3, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    In short, yes I miss them, they were greatly appreciated, although I understand the reasons they had to stop. It would be great to have them back in some form, particularly as we head towards Lent.

    I, for one, would be happy to see them resurrected via Mastodon. As an o2 user, I can get twitter to send them along to my mobile via text, so it would still be immediate. I’d hate to see a cost to you, however small, for something that could achieved freely.

    For those for whom twitter is not an option, I would happily sponsor a month or two at £8 at month – a paypal donate button is always a possibility?

    Many thanks for the work you put in when they were going.

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  2. Ali says:
    February 3, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    In short, yes I miss them, they were greatly appreciated, although I understand the reasons they had to stop. It would be great to have them back in some form, particularly as we head towards Lent.

    I, for one, would be happy to see them resurrected via Mastodon. As an o2 user, I can get twitter to send them along to my mobile via text, so it would still be immediate. I’d hate to see a cost to you, however small, for something that could achieved freely.

    For those for whom twitter is not an option, I would happily sponsor a month or two at £8 at month – a paypal donate button is always a possibility?

    Many thanks for the work you put in when they were going.

    Reply
  3. Carol Bower says:
    February 3, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    I really miss your daily texts as they more often than not give me food for thought or link into something that is happening in my life at that present moment. Would love to get them again in some shape or form.
    Thanks for all your time taken in doing them
    Carol

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  4. Carol Bower says:
    February 3, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    I really miss your daily texts as they more often than not give me food for thought or link into something that is happening in my life at that present moment. Would love to get them again in some shape or form.
    Thanks for all your time taken in doing them
    Carol

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  5. Carol Bower says:
    February 3, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    PS I too wouldn’t mind sponsoring a month or so

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  6. Carol Bower says:
    February 3, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    PS I too wouldn’t mind sponsoring a month or so

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  7. Caroline says:
    February 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    I value them significantly more than the 4 pints of cider (even 7.4% Katy) that I could otherwise buy for in the College bar, for £8. I refuse to translate that into possible chocolate or Gin expenditure, but, as a kept woman, I’m happy to donate Geoff’s money to the pool.
    More seriously I would love to get them again; you so often seem to say just what I need to hear. Sometimes God needs all the help he can get in getting through, and he uses you as a powerful tool. Perhaps that is why you find you miss doing them so much.

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  8. Caroline says:
    February 3, 2010 at 11:34 pm

    I value them significantly more than the 4 pints of cider (even 7.4% Katy) that I could otherwise buy for in the College bar, for £8. I refuse to translate that into possible chocolate or Gin expenditure, but, as a kept woman, I’m happy to donate Geoff’s money to the pool.
    More seriously I would love to get them again; you so often seem to say just what I need to hear. Sometimes God needs all the help he can get in getting through, and he uses you as a powerful tool. Perhaps that is why you find you miss doing them so much.

    Reply
  9. Johanna says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:10 am

    I miss them too. And maybe you should seek sponsorship. But if you did it via Mastodon please could it be from a seperate Mastodon account so that just the texts got forwarded to mobiles. Thank you.

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  10. Johanna says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:10 am

    I miss them too. And maybe you should seek sponsorship. But if you did it via Mastodon please could it be from a seperate Mastodon account so that just the texts got forwarded to mobiles. Thank you.

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  11. miz says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:24 am

    blessed tweets would be cool

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  12. doug says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Father, I have unlimited texts on my plan, I thi-k that means 3000 & i only use close to 1000 so please let me know if i can put them to use. I have an Android phone but im sure theres an app to use. also work in twitter dm txts to O2 & Vodafone users

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  13. doug says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:47 am

    Father, I have unlimited texts on my plan, I thi-k that means 3000 & i only use close to 1000 so please let me know if i can put them to use. I have an Android phone but im sure theres an app to use. also work in twitter dm txts to O2 & Vodafone users

    Reply
  14. Vickie Williams says:
    February 4, 2010 at 7:57 am

    I miss them too! Looks as though there was a reason I kept nagging you! I would be happy to sponsor a month too.

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  15. Rev Ruth says:
    February 4, 2010 at 9:02 am

    Tweeting is good for me but I did like the texts. Happy to donate.

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  16. Rev Ruth says:
    February 4, 2010 at 9:02 am

    Tweeting is good for me but I did like the texts. Happy to donate.

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  17. teachermum says:
    February 6, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    I don’t tweet. I loved the texts and would indeed be happy to sponser a few months if you give me your address. (No paypal)

    They amazingly often spoke directly to my life at the time.

    Reply

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