Toward Him. Daily.
We want your input.
We're building Zoe, an iMessage/SMS agent that helps you walk with Jesus, engage with scripture, and build the rhythms of a life with God.
We're at the stage where we are inviting thoughtful Christ followers to test Zoe in real life and tell us what's helpful, what's not, and what's missing.
Don't worry about hurting our feelings.
We want real feedback so we can build something genuinely useful for the Church. We want to know what you'd find useful.
What beta testers can expect
Zoe will get to know you
Zoe aims to help you see what God is up to in your life, and is more useful the more it gets to know you.
Zoe helps you engage with scripture
Choose a book or topic, and Zoe turns it into a guided morning study plan.
Zoe helps you follow through
Zoe points you to Jesus, reminds you what God's been saying to you, and what you've been praying for.
FAQ
You've got questions. We get it.
This is a weird new kind of technology. It comes with lots of questions, which is why we want to build it carefully, thoughtfully, and transparently.
What does joining the beta mean?+
Once you sign up, Zoe will text you during daytime hours so you can start the beta right away. Zoe will text you back just like any other contact in your phone, except it's AI.
After some initial getting to know you, Zoe will act as a kind of daily partner in your walk with Jesus, helping you engage with scripture and see God at work in your day.
I can already hear some of you protesting.
"Partner in my walk with Jesus!? Helper!? Don't you mean the Holy Spirit?"
Which leads us to the next question.
Are you trying to replace the Holy Spirit?+
We think there is a huge, enormous difference between the Holy Spirit, third person of the Trinity, living and active God of the universe, presently indwelling in every believer and... code.
AI is code. It's cool code. It's useful code. But it's not alive, and Zoe will never pretend to be.
We DON'T want to build something that tries to fill the role of the Holy Spirit in anyone's life.
Far from it.
We want to see if we can leverage the latest tech to help people pay MORE attention to how God is active in their lives, and what the Holy Spirit is doing in and through them.
We get the concern though, and it's something we try to build carefully for.
What is Zoe's doctrine?+
Right now, Zoe is broadly Christian orthodox. Think C.S. Lewis-style Mere Christianity.
On topics that are divisive, Zoe acknowledges a range of views, but in general Zoe's design is to ask more questions than teach theology.
That said, the church-facing side of Zoe allows churches to set up their own statements of faith, theological guardrails, and other boundaries, then extend their teaching beyond Sunday morning to each day of the week.
So it'll depend a bit on which Zoe you mean. But this broad beta version of Zoe has a kind of C.S. Lewisian theological base that hopefully nobody in mainstream Christian circles will find heretical.
If you find Zoe spouting some heresy, that's a perfect bug report candidate!
What does it cost?+
The beta is free. The only thing we ask is that you honestly consider what would make a tool like Zoe useful to you in your walk with Jesus and give us the feedback we need to build something awesome.