My One Word » Site Updates http://myoneword.org Everything you know about News Year’s resolutions is about to change! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:57:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Site Being Updated for 2012! http://myoneword.org/site-updates/site-being-updated-for-2012/ http://myoneword.org/site-updates/site-being-updated-for-2012/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:13:20 +0000 My One Word Web Team http://myoneword.org/?p=958

We hope that your journey last year of picking one word and letting God use it to mold and shape you in 2011 has been a inspiring process!  Since 2012 is here, we have taken down the login page to update our system for this year.

But don’t freak out!

We have kept all of your word journal entries and information safe and sound.  You will be able to access it once the system comes back online by Friday, January 6th as well as add your word for 2012 once you have picked it.

We are really excited about what 2012 holds for you and your one word, and are working hard to continue providing you with new content and resources to help you keep your word in front of you in the coming year.

Check back January 6th, 2012 to login and put your word up for other to see and be encouraged by what you chose!

In the meantime, here are a few things you can be doing this week to begin the process of picking a word in 2012:

  • Check out our newly updated “Read Others Word’s” page to see what words people have been picking all the way back to 2007!
  • Visit our facebook fan page to see what words people have put up there to help spur ideas about what word you might pick in 2012.
  • Follow us Twitter (@myoneword) to take part in the online community using hashtag #mow2012!
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Stories are huge when it comes to our faith–they inspire, they give hope, they speak of redemption. By reflecting Christ’s character through your One Word a story is being told to others. It’s a tale of a heart once resistance to joy, patience, and kindness now softened so a world will be impacted.

Whether you realize it or not, your story speaks volumes about the possibility of inner change. It takes a community effort for transformation to occur–and so it’s for this very reason we must take a moment to share our stories. Through the telling of our experiences we are able to encourage one another to continue along on the journey.

With this in mind, we have created the email address stories@myoneword.org as a way for you to share how your One Word has changed, influenced and impacted you this year. We want to encourage you take a few moments to share your story with us.

As we look through the stories submitted we will be sharing some of them on the myoneword.org blog in the future as a way to encourage others this year. We hope you will participate in sharing how God has been using your One Word to shape you in 2010 so far!

]]> http://myoneword.org/site-updates/whats-your-story/feed/ 0 Making Change Stick With A M.O.W. Account http://myoneword.org/site-updates/making-change-stick-with-a-m-o-w-account/ http://myoneword.org/site-updates/making-change-stick-with-a-m-o-w-account/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:07:37 +0000 Tony Ripa http://myoneword.org/?p=113

Without something that prompts us to move, we will gradually drift back to our old ways. Slowly things will return to status quo. In terms of our personal growth, reminders enable new habits to become engrained in our character by triggering our memory. This is the conclusion we’ve come to over the past few years as we’ve listened to people who have participated in the My One Word project. Those who found a way to keep their word before them saw progress and transformation while those who failed to set up a trigger were left frustrated wondering why growth never occurred.

As we began planning the layout of the My One Word blog for 2010, we brainstormed ways to come alongside people and help them engage in their word throughout the year. We believe we’ve done just that by developing personalized My One Word accounts. We know that sticking with your word is hard, so we are adding this account feature as a tool to help keep your word in front of you all year long. In essence, registering for an account is like writing a big post-it note that reminds you that you desire change.

Right now with an account you can:

  • Share your word on the My One Word website
  • Receive personalized emails that remind you about your word
  • Sign up for our newsletter letting you know about updates and new features on the My One Word website

In the future we will be adding these features and more:

  • A personalized interactive online journal you can use to answer the questions posed on the blog each week to help you track your progress with your word
  • Connect your My One Word account with your Facebook account and share your word with friends on Facebook.

We can’t encourage you enough to go and sign up for an account. This valuable tool will help you reflect your word throughout 2010.

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