Covenant Eyes

Covenant Eyes is a small company in central Michigan with a big heart to protect families and individuals online. Today tens of thousands of people from Chicago to Shanghai use their Accountability and Filtering Services, including us.  They recently interviewed us for their blog, featuring our story of reconciliation.  We greatly appreciated the opportunity, but we do not want to fail in mentioning what a valuable service their company has offered us over the last 3 years. 

Accountability Service

Blocking software is very useful but it has its limits. This service simply monitors everywhere you go online. It doesn’t block anything. A rating is then assigned to every web address based on objectionable material, and the information is compiled into easy-to-read reports. Reports are sent via e-mail to anyone you wish to see it.   We can not recommend this service enough, as it has put up some definite boundries and guards for us.  They are in the process of developing software for blackberries, iphones, and more....

This is a great tool for parents, using these reports to have good conversations with your kids about where they go online. Friends can help friends discuss the temptations they face online and how the Internet impacts their relationships and their lives offline.  My (Josh) guy's group keeps each other accountable, and we know that if we slip up one of us will be calling each other. Open, honest conversation, from a young age, is so vital to keeping your children knowing right and wrong in this world of technology. 

The Accountability Service is custom-designed to help you have honest conversations about how the Internet is used. Removing the secrecy helps to remove the temptation.  The cost is definitely worth the investment--it can be the investment to bring healing to your restoration process. 

**Word of warning: Josh did NOT download this onto his computer for MANY months, as he was NOT ready to be held accountable.  Don't push your spouse, as the ultimatums and things you "require" mean nothing when it comes to buidling trust.  Pray, Pray, Pray!! (that works); Eventually Josh wanted the accountability, and he has not looked back since.

Filtering Service

The filtering service allows you to block undesired content online. Customize their filter to meet your needs. Have multiple usernames with their own custom settings. Control when and for how long the Internet is used. Protect all your home and office computers. At this point we do not have the filtering service, but we are definitely looking into it, as we now have children that are on the computer.  We both have separate user names in order to keep track of our own usage, and we have our reports sent to each other....but also to others, as this helps relieve the stress on your spouse to be your accountability partner.