Each January I ask the Lord for a new spiritual focus for the year. I pray the theme will increasingly permeate my life as the months go by. Here are recent themes… A Slave of Christ (2013), Better to Give Than to Get (2014), Keep in Step with the Spirit (2015). A Few Laps Around the Pentateuch I’ve spent […]
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Last night, as we lay in bed debriefing of the day, Shirin breathed with fatigue, “the last year has been a blur. I feel like I’ve lost a whole year. The only fun times I remember are our trip to Monterey and the Story Seminar.” “Where did the time go?” “Time flew by.” These common
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What is Your Final Image? (Jeremy Casper) Getting Back to the Basics I recently returned from a trip to the Middle East where I was blessed to stand before a group of eighteen students from five different countries and teach them about the art of crafting short stories. My overseas teaching experiences are rewarding beyond
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Opportunity It has been said, “He who has the best story wins.” But in reality, “She who tells the best story wins.” She wins our attention, our interest, our loyalty and our financial investments. As Christ followers, we have the Greatest Story Ever Told, yet we do not tell the best stories. It is vital
Each January I ask the Lord for a new spiritual focus for the year. I pray the theme will increasingly permeate my life as the months go by. Here are recent themes… A Slave of Christ (2013), Better to Give Than to Get (2014). During this year’s fast, God gave me the phrase “keep in step with
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We had an amazing team that put together our event on November 13, 2014 in Los Angeles. Aaron Howard, a senior film student at Biola University, was over-the-top in the way he took on his role. Here’s why I would hire him again in a heartbeat. For the seminar, we needed someone to manage the audio
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Welcome to the world of story-writing! Everyone has a great story in their soul. Some actually envision it in their minds. Fewer still dare to begin to write. The rarest breed of all is those called “writers” (they write nearly every day…year after year). Here is my advice for those who are beginning to actually
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I’ve had many opportunities to speak into the lives of people considering making a profession of visual storytelling (writer, producer, director, actor). Here are the big ideas I like to harp on. 1. Be sure of your calling. The hill is too steep, the road too long, and the discouragements too many. This is not for
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If you are a creative just getting started, please keep in mind the rule of three. Don’t stop until you have completed your first three projects. You will no doubt be in love with your first project, but you will get better as you finish successive projects. Often times, producers and funders want to see
Here are a few thoughts (can you say “free advice?”) from my major transition season seven years ago as the Lord led me to co-found the Visual Story Network. The following were the most helpful practices I observed when God was calling me into a new role without knowing what the heck it was. 1.
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