The "Why" behind the "What"

Not everyone knows why I'm doing this so I thought I'd share.  In November of 1982, I gave my life to Jesus.  Not long after, I read about the church in Acts 2.  I wanted to be a part of a place like that where lives and eternities were changing.  I also knew that I was born when I was for a purpose, so I gave up on that idea.  

Years passed and I felt like God wanted me to give the best hours of my day to Him.  He had a purpose for my life and I trusted that, but didn't know what it was.  I went to college where I first thought I should become a musician, until I realized that I had no musical talent and then a philosopher, until my plans for grad school fell through.  I finally landed at a seminary in my home state where I learned that technology and ministry weren't mutually-exclusive.  I loved it.  I'd had quite a problem with procrastination in the past, but now I had trouble getting to other work when there was a video to complete.  I found out there was a video job on campus and got it before they could find anyone qualified.

As part of a leadership class we visited a local church and I recorded the meeting for the distance learning students.  I couldn't believe that such a church existed.  They were actually impacting people.  Adults who'd led hard lives (and ones who thought they had it all together) were coming to know Jesus.  On average, every week someone was coming to know Jesus.  

My wife and I started going to that church and were amazed by what we saw.  I quickly joined the tech team and started making videos.  My first one was cited by a guy named Jim as the reason he'd given Jesus a second look.  I was hooked.  God had used my oddness to help bring people to Himself.

Our church was growing, but couldn't hire me, so I took other jobs: at a local television station, in event technology, in technical support, but nothing quite fit right.  When my church was in a place to hire a tech person, they were looking for someone with a different skillset than I had.  The same thing happened with the video director.  I continued to volunteer, but my heart longed for the day when I could do what I'd felt called to some 20+ years before.

This past November, I took up the challenge of "Write Non-fiction in November" month and wrote Podcasting Church.  I didn't know why I wrote it when I did, but I had to know if I could.  After a lot of editing, I released it on June 2 of this year.

My last job was with an audio/video manufacturer.  They decided to move my job from Kentucky (and the church I so loved) to California.  I knew immediately that I wasn't supposed to go.  They gave me a generous stay-on bonus to stay through the transition and I used the time and money to start TrinityDigitalMedia.com, llc.  Now, I get to spend my days helping churches take the next step and I've never been happier.  

Starting a business is stressful.  I sometimes don't know where the money will come from.  Still it's worth it to know that I'm doing what I was made to do.