Edible Words

By default, every user of this site is able to receive e-mails through the site.

When viewing someone's meditation or comment, you'll see the words "Submitted by N on Date and Time" above their entry. Click on their name to view their user profile. Click on the "Contact" tab, and you'll find a form you can use to e-mail them.

Note: The e-mail address you use to register with this site is never made public. The only way to e-mail a member of this site is through the contact form.

Note: You can edit your user profile, if you wish, so that people cannot use the contact

Any registered user.

Yes and no.

Accountability on EdibleWords is done through a system of peer review. There is, thus, no strictly enforced editorial policy. Other users of the site are free to critique, endorse, enhance what you publish.

That said, there may be very rare need for a site administrator to remove content. Almost always, that will be because of spam posting.

You can use anything you wish.

Your password is stored on the server in encrypted form. Not even the site administrators know your password. Some websites e-mail users their chosen password in plain text. This is insecure, and EdibleWords does not do this.

If you forget your password, we therefore cannot e-mail it to you. Instead, please go to the Request New Password page. Your password will be changed and a new (temporary) one sent to your registered e-mail address.

Visit the registration page. There's no charge, and it takes a matter of seconds. You will be e-mailed a password to the address you supply. After you login, you can change this password to anything you wish.

Please note one important requirement for EdibleWords. It is customary, on many websites, for people to register using pseudonyms, aliases, monikas etc.

To help us keep each other accountable, you are asked to register on EdibleWords using you real name, giving both Christian name and surname. (If you like using your other initials, obviously you can include those too.)

Potentially anyone.

But you need to register with the site first.

To create a meditation, you then visit the Create Meditation page. If you get a message that you do not have permission to post new meditations, please make sure you are logged in. If you still cannot post, simply send an e-mail to the site administrators, who will assign the necessary permissions to your account.

EdibleWords has been devised with busy elders / pastors / teachers in mind.

Such people may wish to lead a congregation in a short meditation before celebrating the Lord's Supper or administering Baptism. But time to prepare such meditations may well be less than the desire to give them.

EdibleWords provides a forum for such people to share the meditations that they have prepared, to the benefit of other reformed church leaders.

EdibleWords will also be a resource for those who would value such meditations, but they are not used in the church they attend. This website will provide a p

Edible Words is designed to be a living liturgical resource to help reformed churches allow Christ's words to accompany, inform and enrich the celebration of the sacraments.

In essence, it is a collection of "meditations" designed to be used before baptism or the celebration of the Lord's Supper.