I would definitely buy it. It would be a great Logos resource for us lectionary types.
Speaking of which, I wish we could get some of the extra lectionaries supported in Logos. It's been almost a year since 4 came out, and taking the ability to do our own XML lectionaries away plus not having broader Lectionary support really hurts. I have seen MJ talk about the plans some, but I don't think ever from Logos nor is it tracked on the "features in Logos 3 missing in Logos 4" list; I guess having the support they have suffices to replace a much richer implementation in version 3...
Not familiar with it, but I presume I'm interested.
I have seen MJ talk about the plans some, but I don't think ever from Logos nor is it tracked on the "features in Logos 3 missing in Logos 4" list;
Well I made one major mistake - I first sent the lectionaries that showed the problems with the currently implementation. The lectionaries that fit best in the current implementation are ones that have copyright issues to be negotiated. I have been in contact with Logos irregularly and they are not ignoring the issue.
I think a fair summary of the current situations is (and Logos is free to correct me):
Am I frustrated? Yes, both at how much I have sitting here almost ready to pass on the Logos that would fit into their current implementation. Family obligations have been very unpredictable this year. And at how slow Logos is in making changes at their end. However, as I have come to understand how they implemented lectionaries, I understand that it is a major paradigm shift for them I think over the next few months we may see some progress that will positive progress but that all the promised features will be implemented before we see any major overhaul of lectionaries.
However, as I have found as lectionaries items that mirror popular reading plans, I think that a major overhaul may well benefit non-lectionary users as well as lectionary users.
Early in my involvement with the forums, I was totally flummoxed by those really weird reading plans - going through the books in order divided by chapters. Finally, I realized that the people reading that way were just as puzzled by my always reading Scripture in pericopes from multiple books ... and any Bible book study, naturally being interpreted in the light of the other Scripture I encountered that day - or season - or even liturgical year. I remember waiting and waiting and waiting for the first Catholic edition of Logos ... delayed as the developers discovered the real problems of verse mapping. Now Logos has wonderful verse mapping. In a strange way, I think Logos is going through the same type of paradigm shift on lectionary based Bible study - and I do think they are on the right track ... we just need to be patient
Thanks MJ for the update - and as you suggest we'll continue to be patient.
I always wondered why not an implementation that just has Bible links not text, which removes the copyright issues, and lets people read the lectionary entries in their own Bibles. That is not 100% perfect, but if it cuts months out of the cycle waiting for copyrights approvals, it would be well worth it IMHO. In fact just having what we had (build our own via XML) in Logos 3 was way better, as I was able to build lectionaries through software that generated them for me.
Back to be patient...thanks again
an implementation that just has Bible links not text, which removes the copyright issues
I'm not sure that removes the copyright restrictions especially since Logos already provide the Bible text not the lectionary text when they differ.
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