App-ointments with Jesus

Has your phone got a 'screen time' setting? It tells you how long you've been on your phone during the last day and week, frightening, I know. Last week I spent 12 hours and 57 minutes on my iPhone, that's an average of 1 hour 51 minutes per day. A lot right? Well thankfully I …

Digital Sabbath.

In this our final post of the App Blog, we thought we’d address the elephant in the virtual room… how to press pause on our devices with a digital sabbath.   A few days ago a friend posted this on facebook as part of his plan to 'stay present' during social distancing:  Try digital distancing (screen-free time) to give yourself …

Daily Prayer.

It’s some time between 6 and 7 in the morning and I’m sat in my prayer chair in the study with a cup of tea. I’m straining to keep my eyes open (it’s been another night disturbed by the adorable cries of our 4 month old) and trying to bring my mind before the Lord - and …

Spotify.

For those who don’t know Spotify is a music streaming app where you can play millions of songs for free! And as well as secular songs, there are millions of Christian songs at your fingertips. I have been using Spotify since 2013! I’m a long-standing user of this app and have enjoyed listening to many, …

PrayerMate.

If you’ve ever grappled with how to remember all the things you’d like to pray for (or have offered to pray for), you’re not alone. A lot of the time when I offer to pray for someone now, I’ll then do it straight away, either with the person, or as soon as we’ve say our …

YouVersion.

Most of us are probably familiar with the YouVersion Bible app. It is the world’s number one Bible app, with installations 405 million unique devices, 2,036 Bible versions in 1,363 languages all completely free.  But the YouVersion app is so much more than just ‘the Bible app’, it offers a unique reading experience, through joint …

Lectio 365.

I’ve been using Lectio 365, since it launched last November, and I find it a really helpful App.  For me, it’s great because it encourages me to stop!  And then provides a really good structured framework for a quiet time with God, all contained on your phone or tablet, and you don’t even need to …

Read Scripture.

‘Read Scripture’ is a Bible in a Year App with a difference. Developed by the team at the Bible Project, it takes you through a day by day plan reading through the Bible alongside videos that explain what the main themes of each book are, what happens in terms of narrative and begins to explain …

Bible in one Year

This is by far and away my favourite app and the one I use more than any other for my day to day bible reading and quiet time. It takes 20-30 minutes to either read through the Bible passages and commentaries, or listen to the dulcet tones of Nicky Gumbel and David Suchet (I’ve sometimes …