So, we’ve been using that app that we built, the Daily Audio Bible app for years now. And fixing it, and tweaking it and repairing it, and improving it, and correcting it, but it’s always been a bit of a challenge for us to chase down all the different experiences on all of the different phones throughout all of the earth, on all of the different cellular networks, all the different wi-fis. It’s been really, really, really challenging thing. And a few years ago, kinda during the COVID season. COVID was happening and everybody was isolated and we’re the Global Campfire and so, we’re doing what we do every day, we’re being there for each other through COVID. And that’s a beautiful thing but behind the scenes we’re watching everything being taxed, the system being taxed. Looking at where we wanted to be, where we want to go. How we want to build a sense of community into that application so that it’s more than just a place to go to listen to the Bible, that it’s actually a place of connection, because that’s what we as humans need, connection. We long for it. We look for it. We fight for it. We fight over it. Connection to each other and what we’re really looking for is stable, safe connection to other people that can embellish our lives and love us, and that we can give love in a pure and true vulnerable way back. So, we’ve built things over the years, like the Prayer Wall for places like this, but we’ve also watched what social media can be an just how, just how kind and generous people can be and how dark and evil people can be. And how do we create, how do we create something that can be pure and good and just stay pure and good. That was one of the questions about starting the Daily Audio Bible itself. After a year into this, I saw that something was happening here and I felt like it was pure and innocent, and true, and that the community that was coming around the Scriptures was broken people looking for connection with other people in a safe way. We feel like we’re not alone. We’re connected to God and God connects us to each other.
Daily Readings and Commentary from the Daily Audio Bible