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New app, believr, aims to create a ‘home for LGBTQ+ Christians’

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 4, 2021
(RNS) — Believr started out as a dating app but transformed into a broader community. 'I believe the LGBTQ+ Christian space is much bigger than people realize or think,' said the founder.

Celebrating Ash Wednesday in a pandemic? There’s an app for that

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 16, 2021
(RNS) — Catholic prayer and meditation app Hallow also has taken the day's most visible tradition online with an 'AshTag' filter on both Facebook and Instagram.

Learning trust in the sharing economy

By Christina Crook — February 3, 2020
(RNS) — The sharing economy is removing traditional social barriers and engendering trust. What can we learn from this as Christians?

Meditation apps proliferate, even if what they provide is not enlightenment

By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — Some teachers worry that corporate America's adoption of Buddhism’s spiritual practice could be used for unethical purposes.

In African refugee camps, app replaces Bibles left behind

By Doreen Ajiambo — May 6, 2019
KAMPALA, Uganda (RNS) — The digital library has done much to replace the reference books many Sudanese churches lost to their country's decade of civil war.

New Bible app creates online community for progressive Christians

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 2, 2018
RNS) — There are a number of popular apps that put Bible translations and devotional content in the palm of your hand. But the new Our Bible app is created by and for LGBTQ Christians and others who have felt estranged from their churches.
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