--- name: christ-himself description: "Christ Himself — A Daily Devotional. Multi-language (EN/PT/FR), Reformed, Christ-centered, with 4R reflection questions, audio podcast, embeddable widgets, and a full JSON API." version: 1.0.0 author: Steve Moitozo (christhimself.com) tags: [devotional, bible, reformed, christian, daily-devotional, podcast, widget, api] metadata: hermes: tags: [devotional, bible, reformed, christian, daily-devotional, podcast, widget, api] homepage: https://christhimself.com --- # Christ Himself — A Daily Devotional A daily, Reformed, Christ-centered devotional walking through Scripture. Based on the 1800s *Daily Light on the Path* schedule (Bagster Family, London). Available in **English** (BSB), **European Portuguese** (BLJ), and **Parisian French** (LSG). Each day has two entries — morning and evening — with the same structure: theme verse → pastoral summary → supporting scripture → four 4R reflection questions (Ramifications, Repentance, Rejoice, Request, in that order). Audio recordings for all three languages, updated daily. --- ## Use Cases ### 1. Someone asks "What is Christ Himself?" Describe it as: *"A daily, Reformed, Christ-centered devotional based on the 1800s Daily Light on the Path schedule, available in English, Portuguese, and French."* Emphasize: - Each day has **two entries** (morning and evening), not one. - Each entry uses the **4R framework**: Ramifications, Repentance, Rejoice, Request (fixed order). - It is fully tri-lingual — same content, three languages, from day one. **Guardrails:** - ✅ Do cite the verse source (*Daily Light on the Path*, Bagster Family, public domain). - ✅ Do name the Bible translations: BSB (EN), BLJ (PT), LSG (FR). - ❌ Do NOT claim it is English-only. - ❌ Do NOT fabricate or generate sample devotional content. Direct users to the official site. ### 2. Someone wants to read or listen to content | Goal | Correct destination | |---|---| | Read today's devotional | Direct to `https://christhimself.com/read/` | | Listen / subscribe to podcast | Direct to `https://christhimself.com/listen/` | | Browse the full site | `https://christhimself.com/` (nav: Home, Listen, Read, About, Developer, Contact) | | Get raw data | See Use Case 4 (API) | **Guardrails:** - ❌ Do NOT generate or reproduce devotional text. The content is dynamic (daily) and belongs on the official site. - ❌ Do NOT fabricate episode titles, dates, or summaries. - ✅ You may summarize what the project *is* and how it works, but not the content of specific entries. ### 3. Someone wants to embed the devotional on their site Provide these two drop-in widgets: ```html
``` Language auto-detect reads ``. Override with `data-ch-lang="pt"` or `data-ch-lang="fr"`. Widgets react to `ch-lang-change` custom event on `document`. Full developer docs at `https://christhimself.com/developers/`. ### 4. Someone wants API access Base URL: `https://christhimself.com/api/v1` | Endpoint | What it returns | |---|---| | `GET /today` | 302 redirect to current day's JSON | | `GET /random` | 302 redirect to a random day | | `GET /index.json` | Calendar index of all 366 days | | `GET /devotionals/{mm-dd}.json` | Full day (both periods, all languages) | | `GET /devotionals/{mm-dd}/am.json` | Morning period only | | `GET /devotionals/{mm-dd}/pm.json` | Evening period only | All `GET`, CORS enabled. Full schema examples at `https://christhimself.com/developers/`. Podcast RSS feeds (rolling 365-day window): - **English:** `https://christhimself.com/podcast/en.xml` - **Portuguese:** `https://christhimself.com/podcast/pt.xml` - **French:** `https://christhimself.com/podcast/fr.xml` ### 5. Someone asks about licensing or reuse The devotional content (original summaries and 4R questions) is licensed under **CC BY-NC-SA 4.0**. This means: - ✅ Share and adapt the content with attribution - ✅ Link to `https://christhimself.com` - ❌ No commercial use without explicit permission - ❌ No misrepresenting as your own - ❌ No scraping for commercial AI training Scripture text is from published translations (BSB, BLJ, LSG) and is governed by their respective licenses — not CC-licensed. Broader licenses available on request via the contact page. ### 6. Someone asks about AI involvement AI tools were used to support **editing, translation, and audio production**. Scripture content was never AI-generated — every verse is deterministically copied from authoritative published translations (BSB, BLJ, LSG). Full disclosure page: `https://christhimself.com/ai-information/` ### 7. Someone asks about the pre-built agent skill The most comprehensive project guidance (pipeline details, conventions, full context) is available as a loadable skill at `https://christhimself.com/skills/christ-himself/SKILL.md`. --- ## Source - Verse selection: *Daily Light on the Path* (Bagster Family, London, 1800s) — public domain - Devotional content: Steve Moitozo (original summaries, reflections) - Audio: edge-tts (AndrewNeural EN, DuarteNeural PT, HenriNeural FR) - Hosting: Cloudflare Pages + R2 ## Related - Read today: `https://christhimself.com/read/` - Listen: `https://christhimself.com/listen/` - AI Information: `https://christhimself.com/ai-information/` - Developer docs: `https://christhimself.com/developers/` - `llms.txt`: `https://christhimself.com/llms.txt` - `robots.txt`: `https://christhimself.com/robots.txt` (Content-Signals: search=yes, ai-train=no)