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Summary (TLDR): Traffic on eBible.org and related sites overloaded my home data center. I rented another server in a real data center, subscribed to more Cloudflare services, and reconfigured things to handle the load and fix a confusing problem my old setup had. I learned that it is sometimes wise to not do everything as …
Read More Meeting Growing Digital Bible DemandLori and Michael in front of Hubbard Glacier, Alaska Lori and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary with a trip to Alaska, followed by a reunion with Lori’s siblings and cousins in Oregon. It was a fitting way to celebrate over 4 decades of sticking with each other through better and worse conditions, through sickness …
Read More Patient Persistence PrevailsSatellite view of Hurricane Lala passing the Hawaiian Islands Hurricane Lala calmed down to a tropical storm before passing Maui. The center of the storm didn’t actually hit land, but the storm was big enough that we got lots of wind and rain from its outer bands. Some power lines and trees blew down, but …
Read More Like a Mighty WindI have totally lost count of the many thanks we get for the World English Bible and for the many other Bible translations that we distribute. I usually don’t pass those on, because (1) I’m hesitant to ask permission to do so from everyone who sends them, (2) they would dominate the prayer letters, and …
Read More Thanking God for you!A friend is working on a new freely-copyable, Modern Bible translation for Japan. Only about 2% of people in Japan identify themselves as Christian. There are other Bible translations in Japanese, but the Japanese Freedom Bible will be the only complete Japanese Bible that is both in clear modern Japanese and free from all copyright …
Read More New Bible Translation for JapanMap showing East Timor (Timor-Leste) Rejoice! We have a new Bible web site for East Timor! East Timor (which they call Timor-Leste in their local languages) is the first new soverign state of the 21st century. Getting this web site up and running has been on my to-do list for a long time, now. I …
Read More New Bible Site for East TimorI have recently had a couple of people ask me about if/how I use artificial intelligence (AI) in my ministry, and what precautions I take. The short answer is that I use AI in several different areas, but with caution and checking. AI can provide a significant boost to productivity. It can also give wrong …
Read More Ways I Use Artificial IntelligenceOne great thing about releasing the World English Bible in such a way that it can be copied, shared, and distributed freely is that some people do some truly awesome things with it. God led Rob to do one of these awesome things. Rob is a talented musician who has created “The Sing Bible” by …
Read More The Sing BibleWe are celebrating the birth of our granddaughter, Ellie! May God bless Evan, Kaylee, and Ellie. Lori and I will go visit them, then visit Ben, Naomi, and our other two grandchildren soon. After that, we plan to visit friends and family in Colorado. We look forward to worshipping with church family in two places: …
Read More Meet Ellie!Did you ever have one of those times or seasons where challenging things keep happening? I can totally relate. I suppose most people can. Here is a little bit about what I recently was working on and how I kept in peace through it (unlike I would have been in times past). This last couple …
Read More OOPS!I was pleased to see the launch of the Tap Bible app. It is capable of downloading and displaying Bible translations from the eBible.org Sword repository. It is still under development, but it is already useful for Bible reading and searching. I’m looking forward to see how this develops.
Read More Tap Bible LaunchedI regularly get expressions of thanks for the many freely shareable Bible translations that we post online. These thanks really belong to all who support and pray for us and to God who enables all of us to do what we do. Here is an email that we received last week: Dear Michael, Thank you …
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