The Advent of.... Advent


My first iPhone app is now up

After months of literally no sleep and a nasty bout with a nagging memory leak, I'm happy to announce that our first iPhone app - Advent08 - is up on the iTunes App Store! It's an Advent calendar, with virtual doors that open up each to reveal a devotional each day. I'm really proud of how it turned out. I think its a beautiful mashup of classical art, hymns, scripture and prayers and I pray that a lot of people will be lead to a deeper faith and a more blessed Advent through it. We've talked here in the past about serving our neighbor through our vocation and art, and thats what we aim to accomplish with this app.

Here's a few images to give you an idea of what the app looks like:


Check it out - this link opens it up in iTunes - and let me know what you think. Also, we'd like any help we can get in spreading the word. Advent is less than a week away (November 30th) and we'd want as many people as possible to hear about it before then.

We've formed a company called iHabitus. and we're hoping to roll out more of these in the near future. Here's our official statement: iHabitus was founded to foster the daily practice of faith through the use of modern technology. iHabitus develops software that delivers Christianity's rich cultural traditions using the latest technological advances in a way that is careful, reverent and deliberate. The company's process is careful, because technology can too often lead to distraction over devotion; it is reverent, so to act as ambassadors of Christ; and it is deliberate, so not to let the medium define the Message.

Posted: Thu - November 20, 2008 at 02:16 AM | | | | | | |

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