{"id":31,"date":"2010-03-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/knowing-godis-there-an-app-for-that.html"},"modified":"2010-03-26T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T06:00:00","slug":"knowing-godis-there-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/knowing-godis-there-an-app-for-that.html","title":{"rendered":"Knowing God&#8230;Is There an App for that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>How do you integrate faith and technology?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Computers, mp3 players, smart phones, blogs and social media are a part of the fabric of life in the 21st century.&nbsp;Take my iPhone for example. &nbsp;I use it to to find movies, check TV listings, locate the nearest registered sex offenders in my neighborhood, and connect with friends via Facebook and Twitter. &nbsp;Recently, I&#8217;ve been using it to communicate with God. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For example, I now read and listen to &nbsp;scripture, pray and lift my heart in worship all aided by my iPhone. &nbsp;Recently,&nbsp;I downloaded an App for the Stations of the Cross to help me meditate upon the passion of Christ.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><i>How you are using technology in your walk with God? Do you listen to sermons via podcast?<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><i>What about blogs, Facebook and Twitter?<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Share your best practice?<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you integrate faith and technology? Computers, mp3 players, smart phones, blogs and social media are a part of the fabric of life in the 21st century.&nbsp;Take my iPhone for example. &nbsp;I use it to to find movies, check TV listings, locate the nearest registered sex offenders in my neighborhood, and connect with friends&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knowing God...Is There an App for that? - The Jazz Theologian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/03\/knowing-godis-there-an-app-for-that.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Knowing God...Is There an App for that? - The Jazz Theologian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How do you integrate faith and technology? 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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