So we need a platform. A means of interacting with hundreds of thousands or even millions of kids on a daily basis – introducing new characters, stories and storytellers and reinforcing the values and lessons Christian parents desire for their kids but find too often missing from popular media. What we need, really, is a sort of Christian Nickelodeon or Disney Channel.
No biggie.
This was my thought about three years ago. I had come through Big Idea’s bankruptcy and had spent a few months ‘calming down’. Learning to rest in God. Letting go of the personal ambition that had driven me to distraction my entire adult life. (If you’ve read my book, you know what I’m talking about.) I wrote a couple of children’s books. It was peaceful. Calm. Nice. I wondered what children’s book God wanted me to write next.
And then I started to look around at the world – at the “state of things,” if you will. I noticed this dire need for some sort of Christian platform for kids. Sort of like a, well, a Christian Nickelodeon. And my first thought was, “It’s a good thing all I do is write children’s books now, cuz that would be a ton of work.”
But this burden on my heart wouldn’t go away. Kids really needed something like this. And so did all these budding young Christian filmmakers. And because of my experience with VeggieTales, my relationships in the business, and my modicum of celebrity (just enough to get me free publicity when I start something new), it seemed I was probably the most likely candidate to attempt such an effort. I mean, if I didn’t give it a shot, who would?
It confused me, because it felt like God had spent the prior year ridding me of my need to do anything big. I was now ready to just write a few children’s books – to do “little” things. It didn’t make sense. “I’m all about ‘little ideas’ now – why are you giving me another BIG one?” I wondered.
And then I felt, fairly distinctly, God saying something to me: “I wanted you to be willing to do nothing big. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to give you anything big to do.”
Oh my. That was unexpected. So… letting go of your ambition, “dying” to your own “big ideas,” doesn’t necessarily mean that God won’t ask you to do something big. It just means, perhaps, that you’re finally humble enough to hold it loosely – to let whatever God has for you next be God’s thing, not yours. Perhaps the willingness to be small, in fact, is a prerequisite to being used by God to do something, well, un-small.
Interesting.
So I tried to adjust to the thought that God might be calling me to address some rather big issues. And that’s what I’ve been working on for nearly three years now. Actually, in some ways, I’ve been working on it much longer than that. I first felt the need to develop a way to interact with kids on a daily basis way back in 1998, at the peak of VeggieTales success. This led to conversations with the brand-new Pax TV network about programming their Saturday morning, with the hope that we could expand to a daily presence for kids. That plan never came to pass, but some of the ideas I had back then for how we could interact with kids daily are still with me today, and are now a part of this new idea.
“So… you’re going to launch a cable network?!?” No. I’m not. (At least not right now.) That was my first thought, though. “I need to launch a cable network!” But if you look into the reality of what it takes to launch a cable network, of the resources required, well, you probably don’t want to launch a cable network. Launching a cable network for kids in today’s market could require $100 million or more, just for starters. We need to launch something that can start much, much smaller.
Why?
Three reasons: First of all, bringing in massive amounts of capital means bringing in money people. (Investment bankers, private equity folks, etc.) And bringing in money people means, regardless of your original mission, your venture is now primarily about money. There is no faster way to compromise an altruistic mission than by raising a tremendous amount of capital for its launch. There really isn’t a good way to bring in significant start-up capital for something that is supposed to be ministry first.
Secondly, even if we could come up with the $100 million or so we’d need to launch our “Christian Nickelodeon,” the Christian creative community isn’t yet capable of supplying it with programming. Christian radio works because there is lots of good Christian music. We’ve been making Christian music for, oh, about 2000 years now, and we’re pretty darn good at it. We have not been making Christian children’s TV shows for 2000 years, and it shows. The group of people capable of producing the sorts of shows we would need at the quality we would need them to be is very, very small. So whatever we launch can only grow as fast as the Christian creative community can develop. This is why benefiting all those kids in Christian film schools is so important.
And thirdly, as I get older, I have become convinced of something kind of interesting. I think God likes to start things small. A couple of people in a garage… eleven guys in an upper room… two kids in a dorm room or a church basement. We humans, of course, want to launch things that are huge and impressive right out of the gate. With casts of thousands and the attention of the whole world… immediately. Now. But as exciting as it is to be “impressive,” God calls us to be “unimpressive.” To walk humbly with our God. And attempting to launch something big requires, I’ve noticed first-hand, hyperbole. Exaggeration. “Look at us! Look what we’ve put together! It’s huge! We’re going to change the world!”
Successfully launching something big requires getting and holding the attention of a massive number of people. Given human nature, the best way to hold the attention of the masses is by making grand statements that are wildly impressive and, most often, wildly exaggerated. Statements about “saving the world” and “changing everything.” Statements that are, I strongly suspect, the opposite of “walking humbly with our God.”
In other words, walking humbly with God does not generate the kind of press coverage needed to launch something huge. I felt this tension almost constantly while speaking on behalf of Big Idea. It was my responsibility to get folks “fired up” – to inspire them to join our cause in massive numbers. In particular, I needed to say things that the press would consider newsworthy. And afterwards, a little conversation would happen in my head that went something like this: “I think I’m exaggerating a little.”
“Yes, but it’s necessary. This project is huge – we have a lot riding on this. The kids need it.”
“Yes, but… I’m exaggerating.”
“It’s for a good cause. That makes it okay.”
And suddenly, the ends justify the means. I’m resorting to hype and spin and marketing-speak, just like a Hollywood press agent. But it’s okay, because it’s for God. In fact, he NEEDS me to do this – to hype his projects.
Except that he doesn’t.
God doesn’t need us to hype him or spin him. God, in fact, doesn’t need us to do anything. He WANTS us to do something, though. What is it? To walk humbly with him.
So one of my founding goals for Jellyfish Labs is that “We will not hype.” We will not “spin.” We will not exaggerate for the purpose of generating headlines. And most (if not all) of our projects will start very small. We will plant seeds, and God will grow them. They will become exactly as “big and impressive” as God wants them to be – in his timing.
So… we’re launching a tiny platform. A “micro-Nickelodeon.” The “world’s smallest TV network.” (How’s that for ‘newsworthy’?) It will start small and unimpressive, and the world probably won’t even notice it exists. And then, if it should eventually grow into something large, we will be very hard-pressed to say “Look what we have done!” Our beginnings will have been so inauspiciously humble, the only possible reaction to whatever success or growth we might achieve will be to say, “Look what God has done.” (Can I get an “Amen?”)
So stay tuned, because over the next few weeks I’m going to reveal to you the cutest little TV network you’ve ever seen… something really not-very-impressive and not-very-newsworthy. (How’s that for “un-hype?”) But I’m convinced it is exactly what God wants me to pour my heart into.
Way to go Phil. Keep fighting the small fight. 8-{)>
No place better to be than in God’s will.
This is a great discussion, and I look forward to more details.
I used to be a big fan of several shows on the cable network TechTV. I don’t know if you were familiar with it at all, but it featured a lot of really good information about computers and technology. Then it was bought by another TV network, G4, which is more about video games and entertainment, and all of the people I enjoyed on TechTV drifted off to other places.
But the funny thing is that now, I’m discovering that some of my old TechTV favorites are still out there, in various podcasts and webcasts and what have you. I don’t have them all at one cable channel any more, but now I can enjoy them on my own schedule — as long as I know where to look for them. And they’ve got a lot more control over their own content. So I think you’re right to recognize that there are alternate platforms to the cable-channel model.
oh that is awesome phil.
you’re not the only one who notices how god works with small/big ideas. my cows will keep trucking along doing what god tells me to do with them. and they are just fine with that, lol.
“Amen.”
🙂
I realize this might not be the best place to write, but let me know how else I can help besides praying. I’d like to join what it is you’re doing. I’ll start off at the bottom, as a P.A. or whatever.
tv
Well, this sounds interesting. I think we need something like this micro-Nickelodeon in Australia.
a question, will it be branded Christian? Sometimes that turns people off.
Hmmm, though it didn’t really with Veggie Tales….
Hmm… smarting small… interacting with millions of kids per day… sounds like the internet would be the perfect delivery mechanism.
By the way, my toddler thinks that computers are just devices for accessing YouTube. And that YouTube is just for videos with cute puppies and Elmo.
I suppose it would be cool if the “world’s smallest TV network” was available on “real TV” too, I just wouldn’t see it there 🙂
Dude-
Sounds amazing!!! Can’t wait, I’ve always known you have had it
in you for big things, but little things, Phil you da Man!!!
Keep on fighting the good fight!!!
Chris
ps-Speaking of good music go and find Phil Joel’s DP album
Talk about a wake up!
Sounds like a fantastic God mission
.If you need any help give us a yell, we could supply some material.
Go for it man!
Rob
Phil,
I”m something of an oxymoron as far as most of your readers are likely concerned – a Mainline Protestant (that means liberal) Christian. My denomination is the United Church of Christ (UCC) and we’ve been noted recently for being the church with those “God is Still Speaking” ads that CBS won’t show (where the “other church” doesn’t “accept” certain folks as they are but we do”). That, and Barack Obama’s denomination (Jeremiah Wright does not speak for our denomination). A lot of UCC folks are Liberal with a great big L. Gay Pastors and Homosexual Weddings in our churches. The kind of Christians who watch “No Country for Old Men”, Not the kind of thing that a lot of folks reading this might agree with. There’s more of us out here than you might think – and we’re just as likely to have a negative opionion of (and be embarrassed by) the “religious right” as those non Christians you’ve mentioned. We’re the ones who’ve been concerned about feeding the poor and clothing the naked and visiting the prisoner – sometimes, ok, a lot of the time, ignoring the spiritual needs of our parishioners and those we feed. Liberal with a capital L, sometimes treating Church as a service club.
But something’s been happening over here on the “Christian Left” We’ve started to focus more on the Christian part of things. God is doing something mighty. I’ve noticed something happening on the Evangelical side too. Full disclosure – I grew up in the Assemblies of God – about as far from where I am now as one could get in Protestant Chritianity. God is a big god! It seems that Evangelicals, like yourself are starting to shift their thinking. Of course, great humanitarian efforts have sprung from the Evangelical world for a long time. The Evangelical response to African AIDS is quite impressive and that’s just one example. But more than that, there is an awakening to the social Gospel. There is an awakening to the need to be better stewards of our God’s Creation (Funny how so many that insist the planet was handmade by a God they have a personal relationship with have no problem ridiculing those that would fight to take care of that same God’s Creation). It seems that there God is doing something new with all of us. We might not agree on everything, but we sure should talk to each other more!
When I read your writing, I’m struck at how you’ve managed to bridge the gap between our two worlds (see-Tony Campolo). I’ve always been impressed that Veggie Tales is the one “Christian” media company I allowed in my home for my kids to watch. No browbeating. No denominational bias. No talks about how ” well, we don’t exactly believe that, but most of this is good”, No cringing at horrid production values. Good Stories. Good Art. Good Message. As I’ve followed you from afar I’ve been impressed. I believe that you’ll be successful with your new venture and I certainly wish you the best. We’ll be watching you from over har on the left. You’ve shown us that not all Evangelicals are “Fright Wingers”. You’re about to do something small but God is about to do something Big. Or, in words that many of the readers here will understand – I just feel like something good is about to happen. ; )
God Bless you Phil
Hi Phil
I believe in your thoughtfulness. I just disagree with your platform. I think a TV network is secondary to a well-developed internet video site. My children don’t watch tv unless it’s live events. most of their viewing is online. I think creating shows for the web and then drawing audiences there coudl eventually lead to broader and broadercast…but i think production costs would be morethan making great web video that goes to dvd. tell me why i’m wrong…
Great! I am very much in agreement with the spirit and reasoning behind this. I always wanted to make films. It was after watching a number of films … McGhee and Me, Thief in the Night … I said “Why doesn’t the Christian film scene make any films that really engage you emotionally. Put the tools of the trade behind a Chrisitan story?” So I set out to do just that. Made the usual pile of terrible videos before getting good at it. Finalley had a couple I was really proud of. Micro budget and just a start but I was very proud of them and very excited to take them out on the festival circut. Dead silence. Thief in the Night was an amazing enough achievement at the time and rare enough ( being completed on ol 16mm ) to get a lot of attention for being the few and the proud. Now it is no longer a matter of getting a film done, or getting a good film done, or getting the best film done … there are tens of thousands of people out there with their dv cameras and editing software, all waving their dvds in the air and shreaking for attention. I wondered why it was that you hear of all the stunts being pulled at Sundance. Fake interviews, starting false rumors about your own film, getting somone to mug you in front of a newscamera. The answer is the market is THAT crowded and people are THAT desperate.
So I whole heartedly agree. A Christian platform that lets work be seen and good work rise to the top would be great. I have gone on to other plans and other work but would be tempted to come back if it really became that kind of platform. There is nothing quite like making a film. I think one of the wonderfulest feelings you can get is when someone tells you that your film inspired them or better yet comforted them in a hard time. I have a lot of films still in my head that I wanted to comfort teens, families, those who felt lost, I still dream of them making that jump to the screen.
Whatever it is it sounds amazing! I can’t wait to hear the details. (AMEN! By the way 🙂 )
Continually praying for you and the folks at jellyfish labs Phil.
-Beth
Dear Phil,
I just finished your book and I cried for about a solid hour as so many of the main points interected with my own, especially at the end.
It seems to me that the “body of Christ” should be a part of this media ministry, for accountability and ministry humility.
The future platform of all media is the internet and that can be very small scale in production.
The media products should be given away if the “body of Christ” would be willing to support the producers as “missionaries to a lost and dying culture”.
If the expenses are NOT kept low, the testimony is ruined.
The media models themselves need to “die to self”
i.e. no cover photos with beautiful me on them,
no stars, no copying of the world’s styles (not as in satirizing but as in mimicking). How many more U2 christian bands do we need?
Is it christian to have “award” shows? only if every prize goes to Jesus…would Jesus copyright ANYthing? The models themselves need to be all christ…
I, too, believe you are on to something. Would the internet be a viable means to get started?
Ah, the cat out of the bag! (sort of)
This post made me think of what Aslan told Caspian in Chapter 15 of the 2nd Narnia book:
“Welcome, Prince,” said Aslan. “Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?”
“I – I don’t think I do, Sir,” said Caspian. “I’m only a kid.”
“Good,” said Aslan. “If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not. Therefore, under us and under the High King, you shall be King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel, and Emperor of the Lone Islands.”
Amen!
Wow! sounds exciting! I can’t wait to hear what happens…. hopefully, God Willing, it will one day reach Canada EH? 🙂
God Bless
I will keep you and your ministry/business endeavors in my prayers. It must be a struggle (even going through what you did…) to not want to ‘hype’ something that is so on the cutting edge and that has such potential to reach an untapped source. Your humility is inspiring; at least it has been to me! God bless!
Amen.
I can’t wait!
Awesome! I cant Wait! I already have one interested viewer & one on the way!
Well Phil…
You’ve given us quite a bit to mull over.
I agree with the Greg Batiansila and Chris (they previously posted you consider the internet) Think outside the box, and don’t discount the net as a means to launching something that can reach millions -particularly the younger generations.
INTERNET MISSIONARY:
About five years ago, the Lord gave me a passion to become one of the first internet missionaries. At the time, I knew next to nothing about computers, the web, programming, or anything else that might have been helpful. But I did know the mission field God was calling me to. I was being called to evangelize the 36 million American families with a mom in the paid workforce…an utterly impossible task for me to do in my own strength.
MORE THAN CONQUERORS
I had to come face to face with my worst fears to follow God in this. Furthermore, I was being called to function in areas that can only be described as my weaknesses. But His strength is made perfect in our weaknesses. Phil, it is scary to fully step out in faith, particularly when you’ve stumbled before. But I encourage you to follow the Lord’s leading, despite any of your preconceived notions.
FOR EXAMPLE:
In my case, I launched a website (WorkingMom.com) with a handful of free tools we created to help save over-worked, over-stressed, minivan moms time, energy or money. Today, our little Mom & Pop internet mission is used by a half million different families annually. We haven’t advertised much, and I’m certainly not chasing PR -yet the unsaved flock to our site and seeds are planted. Why? Because God is using us to meet their needs.
NO CONFLICTING CALLINGS
And if the Lord can use me to reach the unsaved while simultaneously raising five young, very active kids He can use anybody! Very often, the best “ability” is “AVAIL-ability.”
So I encourage you to start small, and prayerfully consider the internet.
In His Service,
Sabrina
I’ve been following this mini-series with keen interest. Great insights and fantastic idea! I think something like this would do well if it were dually-launched via the internet, as some have mentioned — everyone would have access regardless of their cable service provider. I’ve always been a veggie tale evangelist, and I am thrilled to have something new to share with everyone I know. In fact, I manage a popular message board for pastors’ wives, and can’t wait to share the news with all of them.
I think it’s awesome how God can take our brokenness and mold us into a new vessel, where His light shines even more brightly through us than it did before we were broken. Well done! 🙂
I’ve only one thing to say to that: Good luck, Mr. Vischer and God bless you!
I’ve always wanted to do a Christian series. If I come up with a good enough idea, I’ll let you know!
And can we have a VeggieTales spectacular 24-7 network next!?! 🙂
Right on! I’m guessing Christian cave drawings! That’ll put the “stop” in “stop-motion!”
Oh, it has something to do with video? Well, at least you have the cave drawings to fall back on.
It is so exciting to see God at work in the lives of others. Keep not trying to do anything!
Sounds so exciting!
Yay, for restoration, too-
let this be a testimony to all of us.
It is worth it to die.
At first, like Phil shares, it’s a whole lot of “OUCH,”
but then, while we are still laying slightly paralyzed by our new-found weakness…
right before our very eyes, God brings new LIFE!
Nothing gets wasted in the big picture- nothing is lost.
We actually get a promise when we die!
“I tell you the truth,
unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains only a single seed.
But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
Hooray for Jesus, our greatest example!!!
(This is an awesome time of year, isn’t it?!?!
HAPPY EASTER!)
For those who maintain that having a presence on TV is not necessary, let me assure you – as a person who works in the media business, I can assure you that, regardless of how pervasive the Internet might seem, and regardless of the constant drumbeat of “TV viewership is declining”, television is still the most powerful tool on Earth – and it’ll be a while before that changes.
Go get ’em, Phil. And thanks for sharing your plans with us.
Just a quick note about this comment…
1. I didn’t know Veggie Tales was Christian until I became a Christian and watched it for the first time, so the branding was only happening to Christians at that time.
2. Before I knew Christ I wasn’t turned off by Christian themed entertainment. On the contrary, I was intrigued and curious. I think it’s wrong to assume people will be turned off and worse to alter the way you say or do something on that basis. Besides, this wouldn’t be just any other christian-themed product. It’s Phil Vischer, so it will be full of fun and wit!
Phil,
This “Pulling back the curtain” series of posts has been excellent. I’m going to share them with all my staff. Thanks for the boldness.
Press on.
Brian Jones
Curtis is on to something. I was flabbergasted by the “St. Patrick” segment in _Sumo of the Opera_, and, about a year and a half ago, I went online to search for comments, expecting to find lots of Fundamentalists attacking the video for such a “Catholic” segment–instead, I found a bunch of liberal Christians who like _Veggietales_ condemning the St. Patrick segment for being “too judgemental of pagans.”
You have a gift for bringing diverse Christians together, from this disabled, traditionalist Roman Catholic.
JC, I think it’s because Phil Vischer doesn’t focus on the details that pull us apart, but the main theme that brings us together. And I say this as somebody even further from his faith than you are – I’m Jewish.
My kids and I love VeggieTales. Sometimes we discuss how we don’t believe some things in it (for example, the shamrock example of St. Patrick). I think it’s good for kids to know not everybody is like them.
I am both excited and concerned about this vision.
I am excited about the future for our children. Like many of you, I feel like Phil is right on with his assessment and plan. I am inspired by his God-dependent and God-honoring process! That is a true sign of a man following Christ.
My only concern is the absence of the church. Yes, I know that the church has been part of the problem, but I do feel strongly that we are called to be part of the solution as well. Ephesians 4:12-13 tells us not to give up on the church, but to build it up. And Matthew 16:18 assures us that Christ’s church (his bride) will prevail victoriously.
Many children’s ministries are filled with passionate servants that want exactly what Phil wants and feel just as strongly that revival begins with our children. So, what role can the church play in this vision? BTW…many of us are doing much more that 20 minutes of sunday school. We are striving to partner with parents in raising up spiritual champions. Many parents look to the church first for help. So again, where is the churches role? Matthew 28:19-20 tells us our role and I believe that somehow/someway we will support Phil in this vision.
Oh my! All this un-hype gets me so hyped!
Oddly enough.
Phil, do you see a trend?
I noticed a Dave, a Greg, a William, a Chis, and a Sabrina – all suggesting that you consider the internet.
A TV network sounds like a great idea, but I must say: I agree with these other guys that the internet is something to include in this platform.
Many Christian families, including my own, pulled the plug on television long ago. Commercials alone were getting so raunchy, we felt we had no choice. My little brothers and sisters sadly bid the Disney, Nickolodean, and Discovery channels farewell. But we all considered that a worthy sacrifice, if only to be sure we wouldn’t see any more trash as we flicked through the channels.
We won’t be bringing TV back into our home. So, we won’t get to see this new television network.
Don’t get me wrong: TV reaches millions of OTHER folks, and I do think it would be a great thing to begin this television network project.
But for those kids who’s parents have cancelled the cable, remember the internet.
For those who frequently blow hours on just viewing silly video clips on-line, remember the internet.
For messed up guys who actually tell people, “I don’t need friends. I have a computer”, remember the internet.
Don’t have time to read through all this? No problem. Just read the bottom line:
REMEMBER THE INTERNET.
myspace.comPhil,
I sat amazed as I read over the words of wisdom you poured onto this page. The bible says to dispise not the small beginnings, truly wisdom has been revealed to you.
For those of you who will never see it because you got rid of your TV’s remember they are just like our cars, our bodies, our internet, our, money and much more…. it’s what you do with them, how you invest in them that make them good or evil. One person pulling the plug doesn’t send a message like one person changing the way we use things for God Glory! I don’t watch anything on TV that is vulgar I record on a TIVO Box what I want to watch and Fast forward the channels.
Furthermore, Kids programming does not replace CHURCH or Church Attendance no more that your Favorite TV preacher does. It is designed to enhance and give other options other than pulling the plug. We as parents and Christians are responsible for guarding our children’s heart, you can trash your TV but it doesn’t mean little Johnny and little Suzie are going to take the time they were wasting in WILLING prayer and Bible reading just because the Hellavision is gone. That does not constitute good parenting and I’m not against your decision if that is what you feel is right, but the Devil is using his tools and I am all about taking them away from him and using them for GOD’S Glory!
Back to the Idea of the Small Start! I’ve seen large endeavors fail when the eye is on man or money. But I’ve seen small things grow large when the eye is on God. Thank you Mr. Vischer for being obedient to the spirit and not allowing flesh to stand in the way. I would count it an honor to work in such humility with you in any such effort in reaching Christ. You have my support and the support of my Ministry Team! We are in agreement with you on you vision and are praying for this to give birth quickly before our Lord Returns!
In Christ’s Service,
Rev. Dale S. Stringer
Devil Busters Ministries
Who Ya Gonna Call? Devil Busters!
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/devilbusters
As people offer counsel, it would be nice if they remember your process and participate in it.
Phil wrote that he’s not just planning his next venture, he’s discerning it. Before you offer sincere, well-meaning advice, maybe you could pray over it. I don’t know that you didn’t, but it’s the impression that I got.
There are a lot of Christian internet sites, and even good content on the video upload sites. But that doesn’t sound like the direction Phil has discerned. Maybe it’s for you to do, like the Moms’ site mentioned above.
As we pray over how to help, Phil, maybe you could share the kind of input you envisioned when God asked you to slow-roll it? Content, connections, writing, promotion, … who knows? Well, there’s someone who knows, so let’s ask.
Peace,
John
hey phil 🙂 i found your blog after a google search to learn what had become of VeggieTales.. i recently became more interested in the DVDs because my crazy little guy reached the age where videos could help him calm down and rest for 20 mins — and he hasn’t loved anything more than he’s loved VeggieTales! he’s a music guy, like his daddy.. i was on a short trip to tokyo with my son (we are missionaries in Japan), talking with friends about how i had all the silly songs memorized because Jones loved the video so much. it came up that they’d recently heard that VeggieTales had been sold and was no longer a Christian-themed program. i was so curious, last night and today i’ve been reading all your posts on “what happened to VeggieTales?” and “pulling back the curtain” — i just had to comment on this post, though i am far behind things time-wise. i just wanted you to know that something within me cries out a resounding “yes!” to everything you’ve written — this is not about children’s media or TV or videos or business or sales or marketing, its about the Gospel! and you have so clearly communicated that in these last posts.. a dream that God has given you to be a part of the BIG story — a seedling, a hope.. small, but still very strong, with a deep desire that it won’t just be a hope that vanishes, but a hope that is realized and a hope that is based in truth! its what i feel for the Japanese.. its what we should feel for the world. its beautiful when God redeems things, its more holy and sacred and lovely when things start out small and God makes them bigger.
i could write for a while.. its just that your words touched a part of my soul. the body of Christ needs dreamers and those who hope and pray and desire. i’m excited to keep reading..
I am sure you get this question all the time….but is there a way to send another Big Idea to you…I could really use your input. Blessings, Peg Z