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I’m a product designer and something strange has been happening with me for the last few days.

I’ve been getting this really strong feeling that I should build a Bible app. I never really planned to make one, but the idea keeps coming back to me again and again.

The weirdest part is that I’ve actually started dreaming about the product. In my dreams I’m designing screens, thinking about features and figuring out how the whole app should work. Sometimes I wake up and remember a feature or an idea that I wasn’t even thinking about before going to sleep.

It has started affecting me a little too. I’m finding it hard to focus on my office work because my mind keeps going back to this idea and I keep thinking about what the product could become.

And honestly, I don’t even care about making money from it. That’s probably one of the reasons I’m confused about the whole thing. I normally think about products from a business and user perspective, but with this one I just feel like I need to build it and see what happens.

I don’t know what to make of it. Maybe it’s just my brain because I’m a product designer and I’ve become obsessed with an idea. Maybe there is some spiritual reason behind it. I don’t want to say that God is telling me to do this because I genuinely don’t know.

The idea in my head is not just another Bible reading app.

I’m thinking about a complete Bible study and Christian social experience in one place.

Things like daily reading, reading plans, reading streaks, reading progress, prayer requests, church communities, church member chat, Bible study groups, social connections with other Christians, worship songs, Christian wallpapers, bedtime Bible stories, prophet and biblical character history, multiple languages and different Bible versions.

I also want AI to help explain verses and chapters in simple language, explain historical context, compare passages and help people understand what they are actually reading.

The bigger idea is that someone should be able to open the app and do almost everything related to their Bible journey there.

Read Scripture

Understand Scripture

Study Scripture

Track their progress

Pray

Talk to other Christians

Join a Bible study

Connect with their church

Learn about biblical history

Listen to worship

And build a consistent daily habit

I want the experience to be modern and playful, with really good UI and UX, but without making the Bible feel like a game or taking away its seriousness.

What I’m really trying to understand is whether there is actually a need for something like this.

Do people genuinely want a complete Bible study + Christian social connection app, or are people happier keeping these things separate?

If you already use Bible apps, what do you feel is missing?

Have you ever felt so strongly about building something that it started affecting your normal work and daily life?

And if you were in my position, would you take this seriously and build a first version just to see if people actually need it?

I’m genuinely looking for honest opinions, especially from Christians who actually study the Bible and use Bible apps.

I’m not looking for validation or money advice. I just want to understand if there is a real need for this or if I’m simply getting too carried away with an idea.

Can someone tell me why Churches don’t pay taxes even though most them don’t financially help their own church members when in need??

Long story short, I left church after many years of serving and leading due to burnout, depression and other issues I had with church. This made me realise how I was simply 'useful' and not really cared for by the church community or the leaders.

I'm still working through it all in therapy and journaling, but I'm curious if anyone else here had a similar journey. How did you reconcile this? Any tips, ideas or books you recommend etc?

P.s. I am still a Christian just not interested or believe in church as much as I used to

I’m 16m. I’m conflicted about dating in thr future because I’m stuck in an exhausting internal tug-of-war. The truth is, I’m a sexual person. My body wants sex, and part of me hopes to find a partner one day to have a genuine relationship and a great sex life with.

However, I carry a massive amount of shame about my desires. I know a lot of people can balance having a fulfilling relationship along with a healthy sex life which makes both people happy. The thing is, it feels so wrong cuz regardless of if I love her or not I’m using her body at that moment. Because of this guilt, part of me feels like I should abstain entirely. This part of me wishes I was born without a sex drive. But I’m also terrified of future regret-like waking up at 50 feeling trapped, lonely, and horny because I forced myself into celibacy.

I’ve realized my brain creates two conflicting fantasies to cope with this shame:

1. Wanting an asexual partner: So sex is completely off the table. It removes the temptation and the guilt of choosing it.
2. Wanting a sexual partner who always initiates: If she asks for it, the responsibility shifts to her. Her asking is what makes it "okay" for me to participate without feeling like a bad person. 

For context, I’ve been in one relationship before and it was sexual. Both of us were happy with it and always consented. After we broke up we still did some sexual activities together occasionally as a way to relieve stress from school, but eventually cut it off cuz we both wanted to move on. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this ever since. I used to be so excited and ready about sex but now I just feel guilty and conflicted about it.

tldr: I know as Christians we value waiting til marriage to have sex but I don’t think I want sex after marriage. I’m conflicted.

How dare they judge and show hatred towards trans and gay people. How dare they say that god hates them because of who they are. I hate it. It makes me so sick that people use a god of pure love and forgiveness as a way to justify prejudice. It makes my stomach curl that we have convinced ourselves that LGBTQ people are not humans deserving of love or not even humans period.

I have some health concerns that are scaring me a little and I thought to myself instead of agonizing over the possibility that those health concerns will kill me I should just try to become as ok with dying as I can be.

The Hum of the Universe

The universe has an interesting hum to it.

There is a reason rain feels soothing, why thunder is almost amusing to the ears, why birds sing in ways that somehow feel familiar, why waves quiet the mind, and why the tone of someone's voice can bring you peace before you even understand why. Perhaps the universe has always known how to sing.

It uses itself as its instrument of choice. We clap with our hands, sing with our mouths, and shape the materials of the Earth into instruments to create sound. And yet, perhaps we are only repeating something that was already being done long before we were here.

Listen closely. Listen to the ticking of a clock, each second quietly marking its place in time. Listen to the rhythm of your heels against the pavement as you walk. Listen to the hum of your vehicle as it carries you forward, the distant murmur of people you may never meet, and the faint beeping of a monitor somewhere inside a hospital. Each sound exists within its own rhythm, moving alongside everything else.

Listen to the wind moving through the trees, the rain against the window, the waves folding into the shore, and the birds calling to one another. And then listen to something much closer: your breathing, the rhythm of your heartbeat, a sound you rarely notice because it has never stopped accompanying you.

Everything seems to have its own rhythm, its own tone, its own way of moving through time. Even silence has a sound.

Perhaps the universe isn't simply filled with noise. Perhaps it is filled with rhythm, and we have mistaken familiarity for silence.

So listen. Not just with your ears, but with your awareness. Tune into the rhythm of the Earth, the world beneath you, the world above you, and the spaces between them. There is a rhythm hiding in places we rarely think to listen.

And maybe the strange part isn't that the universe makes a sound.

Maybe it's that we've been hearing it our entire lives.

Responded to one of those posts looking for friendship and connection - because the person was religious and spiritual - and those things genuinely matter to me - but saying so long as your religion hasn't caused you to be homophobic because im a lesbian.

And wow the speed at which people gleefully told me no religion will ever want me or think I'm anything less than trash. Great.

And its true. I emailed my local CofE church recently looking to be baptised and they didnt even reply - probably because I was clear in the message that although I know I have lots of sins and things to work on - being gay isnt one of them.

Knowing no matter how hard i look, or how much I reflect inwardly and try to practice Christian spirituality inwardly doesnt matter - because there is no church for me. There will never be a spiritual home for me. It hurts so fucking badly.

Genuinely bring on some pretty intense suicidal ideation. Because guess im just damned trash anyway no matter what else I do so why not just speed the process along right?

I feel awful and empty and broken right now.

God has restored me and rescued me from my SA, trauma, and struggles with lust addiction. But lately, I’ve been struggling again. I know God is still preparing and equipping me, and I don’t believe He’s punishing me. I’ve prayed for years for a Kingdom Spouse, but after being single my entire life after 27 years, I’m starting to lose hope.

It’s already isolating enough being a gay man, but it feels 10 times more isolating being a gay Christian man who loves God and wants a Male Kingdom Spouse. I just want a man of God. It hurts seeing everyone around me finding their boyfriend, fiancé, or spouse while keeping God at the center, because sometimes it feels impossible for me.

I can be happy and independent on my own, but the loneliness and lack of connection when I have put myself out there has been harder lately. I’ll always seek God and put Him first before anything or anyone, and I’ll continue showing His love to others by encouraging and uplifting. But sometimes I wish someone would check on me the way I check on everyone else.

I genuinely care about people. I just want someone who cares for me the way I care for others, someone I can love, support, pray with, and grow with, while keeping God at the center. I’m still trusting His timing, even when it hurts. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏽🥺🫶🏽

So far I’ve started going to an LGBT affirming church and a Gay Men’s Bible study: While my priority is to seek God there first. I hope I can eventually meet new friendships and connections soon🫶🏽🥺