Advent-ure

​My pastor talked about Advent this week.  Later I faked ignorance and told him, "I always thought Advent was short for Adventure!"  We laughed, but it was a great moment to remember that the Christmas season marks a huge, God-ordained adventure in history... how a young woman said yes to God and become mother to the Messiah... her fiance was moved by an angelic messenger to marry a pregnant woman and raise the Son of God... shepherds were interrupted by angels and left their herds to find a child... wise men traveled hundreds of miles based on a coded message in the stars... and God Himself left heaven to dwell with men.  The whole story is so typical of the God who calls us away from our comfort zone to join Him on adventures, both big and small.

This week I have a video to share with you.  (Insert mental image of the Snoopy Dance of celebration!)  I've spent countless hours crafting costumes, filming, editing, and choosing/licensing music tracks to create it.  I believe it's a call to adventure... the kind that resonates with all who long for a life that outlasts their short time on earth and leaves an ongoing legacy.  If you push "pause" on the business of life and take just a moment to watch this short film, you'll hear the Father's invitation to run with your part in His story.  Enjoy!

This film concept started when I asked pastors Craig and Karlet Muster and Brae Wycoff of Awakening International, if they would dress up in armor and sit around a campfire.  Courageous people -- they said yes.  They had been talking about King David's mighty men in church, so I asked them to share with a group of warriors as if they were David a cave speaking to their tribe, and using that metaphor to release visionaries today. I opted for costumes with a medieval/fantasy themed and designed them myself, inviting people from my church, ministry, and community to be involved.  I wanted to capture the power of leaders who speak life over the people the Lord has entrusted them with; then I filmed myself and the kids in several other shoots and fleshed out the ideas by filming all of the story line in slow motion at 4x normal speed, and chose music from indie artists in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

You can see bloopers, behind the scenes concepts, the fuller message that my pastors shared, and a DIY video showing how I created my faux leather armor from craft foam on a special YouTube playlist.  Check it out!  I'd love to hear your comments on my social media pages, so feel free to visit and share the links to help spread the message.

This Advent season, may you dream and be inspired to run with God's adventure for your life!

Best,
Rebecca

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Do you believe that God has placed a creative calling on your life, but you don't know how to bring it into reality? Maybe you've wrestled with these thoughts:

-Stuck: that's how I feel with my creative process!

-I want to write a book, but how do I start?

-How can I avoid self-promotion yet focus on effective marketing?

-What's the difference between aiming for excellence and being a perfectionist?

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FIRE: RELEASE YOUR VISION: learn godly marketing techniques/tools, discover how Jesus built his ministry from the ground up, and communicate in a way that produces lasting Kingdom fruit.

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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree  

and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” 

-- Abraham Lincoln 

“A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” 

-- Lee Bolman 

“Hope is not a strategy.” 

--Vince Lombardi 

“Write the vision

And make it plain on tablets,

That he may run who reads it."

--Habakkuk 2:2 

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