WWJD – What Would Jesus Design
(It’s guest post Friday! Here’s one from Stephen Pepper, who blogs about youth work and youth ministry at YouthWorkin’ It. You can also follow him on Twitter @youthworkinit. If you want to write a guest post for SCL, here’s how!)
WWJD – What Would Jesus Design
Over recent years, many new technology companies, websites and apps have sprung up. When these become successful, you start getting copycats piggybacking on the success of these other companies.
Seeing as Ecclesiastes says there’s nothing new under the sun, I’m taking that as a green light for us to sanctify them. I’ve therefore taken 20 websites, online services, games and apps and come up with RSS feed versions – Redeemed Secular Sites that feed the soul.
First are the originals and then the WWJD (What Would Jesus Design) versions:
Pinterest – Users (aka women) collect photos and link to products they like.
Hymnterest – Create collections of your favorite hymns, turning them into virtual hymnals to share with everyone else.
iCloud – Apple’s cloud storage service.
myCloud – Use your treasures on Earth to reserve your own cloud–complete with harp–ready for when you’re in heaven.
Paypal – Make payments online.
Papal – Send tithes to the Vatican.
Esurance – Take out a car insurance policy online.
Esau-rance – Buy protection against family members interfering with your father’s last will & testament.
Zillow – Real estate info throughout the U.S.
Cityonahill-ow – Use this site to find a Christian community with great views.
Hipmunk – Book flights and hotels online.
Hipmonk – Who’s cooler: Friar Tuck or St. Benedict? You decide!
Evernote – A note-taking and list-making service available anywhere you have an internet connection.
Heavenote – Make a list of things to ask God when the day comes. You know, burning questions like “God, you remember that day in 1993 when I was walking along and saw someone, on the other side of the road, who looked like Steven Tyler? Was that actually him?”
WordPress – Blogging and publishing platform.
Wordguess – A blog where you quote from Scripture and your readers have to work out which biblical character said it.
E*TRADE – Invest and trade stocks online.
E*PRAYED – Trade directly with God: “Lord, I’ll stop doing ……… if you’ll help me with ……….”
Huffington Post – Online news outlet with content created by unpaid bloggers.
Acuffington Post – On this site, the unpaid bloggers will write solely about Stuff Christians Like.
Wikipedia – An online encyclopedia [citation needed].
Wickedpedia – Find out more information on the seven deadly sins.
Go Daddy – A site selling cheap domain names and web hosting.
Go Abba – A site selling cheap Christian domain names - intentionaltransfiguration.com, sidehugfellowshipping.com, transubstantiatingtravelingmercies.com, etc.
Hootsuite – Schedule your tweets and status updates.
Fruitsuite – Schedule when you’re going to display love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control each day.
Youth Workin’ It – The most amazing site about youth work and youth ministry. Really. You should go check it out.
Ruth Workin’ It – A Facebook game where you can practice your skills picking up leftover grain.
Netflix – Stream movies & TV shows over the internet.
Cast-your-netflix – Unlimited virtual fishing in a stream(ing).
Angry Birds – A game where you launch birds at wobbly structures to get rid of pigs. (Sounds less fun when explained that way and explains why I’m not in marketing).
Angry Words – A game where you practice taming your tongue.
Walmart – The online store that has even more stuff than a regular Walmart.
Fallmart – Only sells forbidden fruit.
Amazon – The online store that has even more stuff than the online Walmart.
Lambazon – An online store with a fantastic selection of sacrificial animals.
Youtube - Watch millions of video clips online.
Pewtube - Watch millions of church services online.
IMDb - Internet Movie Database, a site that lists every actor and all the TV shows and movies they’ve been in.
FCDb - Famous Christians Database, a site replacing your “Is ……………. a Christian” searches on Google.
Question:
What other alternative Christian sites can you think of?
If you’d like to read more from Stephen, check out his blog.
