GodiPod.Com
T-Minus ten days.
I believe there are good ideas and God ideas. Several months ago I had what I can only describe as a God idea. That idea is about to become reality on 10.05.05.
I promised a blog release ten days ago. This is it. I asked a question: what happens when an iPod gets God? Here's the answer: GodiPod.com.
The GodiPod.com website will go live in ten days. To make a long story short, we're going to preload iPods with Bibles, sermons, worship, and audio books. We'll also partner with conferences, bands, and churches to produce customized iPods. It's all about win/win partnerships.
The first customized iPod will be a theaterchurch.com iPod that will come preloaded with 1) Top Ten Message Series 2) the Further worship CD produced by our worship band, and 3) The Message//Remix (New Testament).
In a nutshell, GodiPod.com is all about redeeming technology to foster spiritual growth. I like to think of it as digital discipleship or downloadable discipleship.
GodiPod.com was birthed out of my own experiment with spiritual disciplines this year. I started listening to messages and worship on my iPod while I worked out instead of being a captive audience to whatever radio station the gym decided to tune into. It's spiritual multitasking. I can feed my spirit while I exercise my body. It's all about redeeming the time.
There are a million loose ends that need to get tied in the next ten days. But I wanted to make it official.
I honestly have no idea what GodiPod.com will become. I think we've got it less than 50% figured out going into it. But we have a core value: playing it safe is risky! If you don't get out of the boat one thing is for sure: you'll never walk on water! We're stepping out in faith.
I believe there are good ideas and God ideas. Several months ago I had what I can only describe as a God idea. That idea is about to become reality on 10.05.05.
I promised a blog release ten days ago. This is it. I asked a question: what happens when an iPod gets God? Here's the answer: GodiPod.com.
The GodiPod.com website will go live in ten days. To make a long story short, we're going to preload iPods with Bibles, sermons, worship, and audio books. We'll also partner with conferences, bands, and churches to produce customized iPods. It's all about win/win partnerships.
The first customized iPod will be a theaterchurch.com iPod that will come preloaded with 1) Top Ten Message Series 2) the Further worship CD produced by our worship band, and 3) The Message//Remix (New Testament).
In a nutshell, GodiPod.com is all about redeeming technology to foster spiritual growth. I like to think of it as digital discipleship or downloadable discipleship.
GodiPod.com was birthed out of my own experiment with spiritual disciplines this year. I started listening to messages and worship on my iPod while I worked out instead of being a captive audience to whatever radio station the gym decided to tune into. It's spiritual multitasking. I can feed my spirit while I exercise my body. It's all about redeeming the time.
There are a million loose ends that need to get tied in the next ten days. But I wanted to make it official.
I honestly have no idea what GodiPod.com will become. I think we've got it less than 50% figured out going into it. But we have a core value: playing it safe is risky! If you don't get out of the boat one thing is for sure: you'll never walk on water! We're stepping out in faith.
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sounds awesome, PM - I really like the new look of evotional.com too!
When I read this, I couldn't help but think of...
Phil 1v6. (The Message)
There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.
Thanks for the encouraging verse. I love this translation--"flourishing finish."
Makes me think of the Redskins come-from-behind victory to defeat the Cowboys last Monday night. I apologize to all Cowboy fans, but that was a "flourishing finish."
If you haven't noticed, I tend to put everything through my sports filter :)
What about those of us who already own ipods? Will there be a place where we can download the mp3's?
A couple thoughts:
1) We'll add a download menu shortly after our launch so that the content we preload can be simply downloaded.
2) We'll offer a ripping service. We'll convert an entire CD collection into an MP3 library. For example, I've got dozens or worship CDs and sermon CDs. I don't have the time to download them myself. Plus I'd do it wrong :) Hopefully we'll simply the conversion process from CD to MP3.
All of the 411 will be on the GodiPod.com site when it goes live next week.
Mark
coolness.
Sounds like a really cool idea. Good luck with the venture! By the way, after seeing your blog I told my brother about your church and he checked it out this weekend. His comment to me was, "It was the best teaching I've heard in a very long time." He will definitely be back! Keep it up...there are a lot more people on the hill who will be influenced by you guys!
As you get ready to launch you gotta do a little competitive analysis...check this out:
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Marketing genius I tell you, marketing genius.
Hilarious video :) I'm going to post that!
Mark
Great idea! I would say "good luck" with this new idea, but as we know, luck has nothing to do with it! It's all about GOD.
P.S. I've really enjoyed downloading your podcasts and listening to them in the car on the way home.
Keep it up!
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