How do you go about this as a preacher and how do you find the illustrations that you filed before ?
Whether is is things from Logos Books, Kindle Books etc
How do you go about doing this?
Filing and Finding illustrations for your messages
I copy materials into Word.
I make sure that there is a descriptive word, title, or topic somewhere in that Word Docx file.
OR
I Search for it in Windows File Explorer - using the Magnifying glass in the bottom left hand corner.
To be able to do this you will have let Window "index" your files.
OR that Word docx file can be make into a Personal Book in Logos.
Or materials can be copied into/saved as a Logos "Note." Many here can explain that method.
Cheers
Steve
I put all my illustrations in a Word file, highlighting each topic/subject as style Heading 1. I then create a Table of Contents to help me locate subjects quickly. I also save this file as a personal book in Logos.
How do you go about this as a preacher and how do you find the illustrations that you filed before ? Whether is is things from Logos Books, Kindle Books etc How do you go about doing this? Filing and Finding illustrations for your messages
Filing and then finding illustrations and sermons are the main reason I still use Evernote.
Illustrations: I type them in, title them something relevant, and tag them with as many labels as it could possibly illustrate (Belief, anger, dedication, clumsy, whatever), and with the passage reference. When I want an illustration, I can search the tags, or I can search any words in the illustration, if I am after a specific one that I remember. Works really well.
Sermons: Similarly, Each Monday I will copy my sermon from Word into a new note, and title it with the sermon title. Then I will tag it with relevant words (faith, anger, love, etc). Then the best part. I also tag it with the sermon passage by book and chapter. I can access any sermon I've ever done on any passage, in literally a few seconds, based on topic, passage, or title. I do the same with Bible Studies, and articles I write. Over the years, I've looked messages up more often than I thought I would. Once it was invaluable when I was out of state and was spontaneously asked if I could possibly teach at a church the next day.
And being a cloud based product, I don't have to have a particular computer with me. I can use it on computer, phone, or tablet.
Great tool for this particular job.
You may find this thread helpful, Brian: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/205462.aspx
Brad's link reminded me about the very best (easiest) part of illustrations using Evernote. I now do most of my reading on my Kindle. In the past it wasn't my favorite way to read, I still prefer reading actual books, but the ease of transferring information this way makes it too easy and valuable to not use.
On my Kindle, I highlight liberally, anything that would be helpful, useful, or summarizes the author's main points. Then, if the book has been purchased through Amazon, those highlights can be downloaded directly, as notes, and pasted right into Evernote. Again, I use tags, so I can search by topic, or by any key words, if I remember a part of the book I want to use in a sermon. If I didn't buy the book through Amazon, then I've got to take an extra step of connecting my Kindle to the computer, and download the file containing the highlights as notes into the computer. Still massively easier than typing in all my highlights.
I actually use more book highlights than any other types of information in illustrations. I'm sure that wouldn't be true if I had to bring to mind all the great stuff I've read, find the quotes in books by hand, or type all my highlights into digital manually.
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