After eleven months spent traveling around the world I am finally home again. This has been an amazing journey to say the least, and I will be writing much more later as I reflect on what all just happened over the past year.
A few months ago during my time in Ukraine I had been thinking about some future plans, and the following is what I wrote. I decided to wait until I made it home to share it.
I don't know what my future holds. While I may have some ideas of what I would like to do and some dreams I would like to pursue, none of it is tangible at this point.
I could tell you all about my desire to focus on the concept of story, by telling my story and sharing the story of others with an emphasis on how God is working throughout each of our stories in various ways. With this I could explain how I hope to help others share their story through a wide variety of mediums, anything from film, music, writing, and any other form of the creative arts.
I'm not even sure what my role would be in the midst of this company, organization, or network, and I have no examples to build off of, but the idea is to function the way the Church is meant to function, working together as one whole with many unique and important parts. The desire is not gaining profits in the monetary sense of the word, nor is it about getting ahead, instead it is about working with the people around me to build them up and help them find ways to discover and pursue their passions.
Everything must point back to Christ, because in the end whether we recognize it or not everything does. This in no way means I would exclude those who don't follow the same core beliefs I hold, nor does it mean that this is something just for Christians. However the core of my story and the reason my story is worth telling is only because of Jesus Christ, so I realize that this will turn people away before they even give it a chance.
I already rely on Christ for everything I have, and this would be no different, therefore I would not structure or plan this to gain any kind of profit. The idea would be to seek out ways to fund projects, and if any excess was made along the way that would be put back into another project or given away.*
The stories, the passions, and the way people purse them, will be as varied and unique as the people themselves, this could mean anything from helping someone find the means to make a documentary film, open their own restaurant, or start a school for disabled children.
At the end of the day I don't necessarily have a desire to produce the films, compose the songs, or write the stories myself, instead the idea would be to help others share their own stories. By making connections and being part of a network of people that are working together in community, making it more about who the people are instead of what they can do.
Right now I have an idea of what and a reason why I hope to pursue this calling, the real question now is how?
* Here in lies the problem, ideas and dreams don't pay the bills, especially when the dream is to not make any money. However the bills are still there, and will be there in one form of the other, for that is the world we live in.
