Having a baby makes me think about a lot of things that have never crossed my mind. I think the biggest is the overwhelming sense of responsibility for this little person's life. The single-most important role that I have as a father is to groom and shape him with what we have learned to call a "Biblical Worldview" (for more pickup this book).
In the book "Family Driven Faith", Voddie Baucham addresses that there are 5 key aspects that shape our worldview, including our perspective on; God, Man, Truth, Knowledge, and Wisdom. I am going to add a sixth, Love.
So, I was left dreaming of all the resources as my disposal to help me train up a man who had a solid Biblical Worldview on each of those topics. About three weeks ago this pondering ran straight into another hamster wheel in my head. I was dreaming of an iPhone application to develop for myself. I was creating some apps for clients... but I wanted to do something for myself.
On a Saturday morning, it hit me. Pick a story from the bible that somehow illustrates one of the five key aspects of the worldview. We make it a story on the iPhone. Instead of flipping pages, you could now FLICK through pages. Then, when your done reading actually go back and pick one of the pages and color them in (all on the iPhone/iPod Touch).
I was sold! And pumped! The next thought was that Heidi (my sister), is the PERFECT person to do the illustrations. I called her up and she was on board. That same week I had been talking with Kennedy Kok (K5 Software) about doing some apps together... he was on board.
We had our idea and the perfect team! We all got right to work. This week we launched a website that will showcase the stories. It is mostly just a framework with demos and screenshots forthcoming... but take a look and let us know any comments or ideas!http://www.istorytime.net/
3 comments:
wow, i realize i am the mom and just the mom here, but i am pumped! this looks GREAT. i'm quite a fan of heidi's art and to see it used this way is like a dream come true for me too! way to go everybody!
...and to think I have kept this idea to myself, even when I visited the Apple Store the other day and was busting inside thinking about the collaboration of two of my kids working on an application! How neat is that (but still didn't walk out with an iPhone.....perhaps you can do an application for the Blackberry Storm coming out soon!)
Applause to you that you found a way to make a great creative tool that is relevant, fun AND biblical! I know my (and my dad's and my uncle's) iPhone's will soon be sporting this app! My little sisters will just love it... And the dozens of Sunday school kids who play with my phone each weekend will have a new choice (the only other is PAC-MAN) to get their entertainment on!
Great job, Benj & Heidi!
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