This site, JTW Discipleship is an extension of the app Journal the Word. In a season of difficulty, I began to explore ways to build an app to digitize my spiritual journaling. I needed a project to quiet my mind and out of that season the app was born.
The app is a simple tool to develop the habit of meditating on scripture. The idea is simple: Read. Meditate. Pray.
I had been using the HEAR method of journaling for several years and would often use the notes app on my phone to capture my journals to use in Discipleship Groups. When I would get there I would have to sort through all sorts of notes. My HEAR journals would buried among my grocery lists, to-do lists and stream of conscious data dumps.
I have tried journaling with pen and paper multiple times and I still would rather do it that way, but I have found myself most consistent with digital methods. So, when I was going through a really rough time at a previous job, I decided to see play around with Chat GPT and see what I could do with it. It started as a program on my laptop and then just kept developing into an app that I could use on my phone.
When I showed it to some people from church, they wanted to use it too and now it’s a full blown app in the App Store.
Im still surprised when someone tells me that they use the app for their journaling!
Soli Deo Gloria
Jonah
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