A design reference
Follow the calendar into prayer
Open a named observance and participate in an appropriate prayer practice.
Today’s view or a date shared by a community.
Proposed flow
- Confirm context
Identify calendar, date, region and service.
- Open
Show sourced readings or prayer, with alternatives explained.
- Participate
Choose text or supported audio, with instructions and responses clear.
- Pause
Preserve the chosen date and section rather than replacing it at midnight.
- Finish
Allow an ending without recording completion or sharing personal content.
Recovery and alternative routes
Missing calendar data is disclosed. Offer cached material only with its date and version clear. A return to today is an explicit action.
What counts as a complete outcome
The person can follow the chosen practice and understand where its material came from.
Decisions within this flow
Orient within a liturgical calendar
Make the tradition, date and observance clear before offering readings or prayer.
Research-informed design proposal93 · Habits and spiritual formationMake room for prayer
Compare a prayer text, a guided sequence and a quiet space without requiring personal input.
Research-informed design proposal20 · Audio and guided practiceChoose a devotional format
Compare a continuous reading, a sequence of cards and a chaptered audio session.
Research-informed design proposal17 · Audio and guided practiceThe player works without the screen
Support listening as a complete mode of use.
Research-informed design proposalEngagement facets to specify
Possible situations: Contemplation and prayer, Group and communal reading. These are overlapping task contexts, not fixed user categories.
Specify the chosen purpose, passage unit, pace, participation, social setting, interpretive task, environment and disclosure or teaching responsibility. Use the scenario framework.