How STEWARD Uses AI
The short version: STEWARD's job is to help you discover, decide, and act — not to tell you what to do. A quiet AI helper works behind the scenes to support your reflection. It proposes. You decide. And you can turn it off entirely, anytime.
What it does
- Notices patterns in what you've written — gently, and as a question. ("You've named 'rush' three weeks running — worth examining?")
- Surfaces possible next steps, sized so you can actually take them. You can accept, shrink, swap, or skip any of them.
- Offers a related Scripture or a reframing question — as an invitation to reflect, never a verdict.
What it will never do
- Decide for you, or tell you what to do.
- Judge your faithfulness, or compare you to anyone else.
- Give financial, legal, medical, or counseling advice. (For those, it will point you to a qualified person.)
- Use your reflections to train AI models — ours or anyone else's. Ever.
You're always in control
- On by default, off in one tap. AI assistance is on so STEWARD can help from day one — but you'll find a single switch in Settings → turn AI off whenever you want. STEWARD works fully without it; the guided reflections are yours either way.
- You'll always know when AI is involved. We tell you clearly, the first time you use an AI feature and on the suggestions it offers.
- Your reflections stay private by default. AI only works with the content for features you've turned on, and we never expose your reflections to a mentor or group unless you choose to share them.
How it works, briefly
The AI runs on our secure servers using trusted providers (currently Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT). Your content is processed only to generate the reflection or suggestion you asked for — not to advertise to you, not to train models, not to sell.
A word of honesty
AI is a helper, not an authority. Its suggestions can be imperfect or incomplete. Weigh them with your own judgment, with Scripture, and with people you trust. The next faithful step is always yours to choose.
This is a reflection to consider, not advice. You decide.