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Posted on by Derrick Engoy in Art, Life, Spirituality

So…as I think about the new transition that’s on the horizon for me, I can’t stop thinking about film concepts and image designs. In a couple of months, I’ll be our church’s new Creative Arts Pastor. I preferred Creative Arts Director, but since I hold a pastoral license the consensus was to tag on my calling in the pastorate to my title.

No big deal!

Either way, I’m excited about the blank canvases I get to work with, connecting our worship arts team together, forming a more cohesive unit. I imagine what it’d be like to experiment with how our music team collaborates with our dance team in ways that we’ve yet to tap into. I chuckle with eagerness about the possibilities of enhancing our services with a lighting system that we’ve only scratched the surface with. And I dive into waters of elation dreaming of the limitless moments of fun-filled screen shots with our media team.

Speaking of which, it’s the filming and editing part that I get most exuberant about. I studied journalism in college with a minor in creative writing, so it goes without saying that I anticipate being able to use my training. Even more so, I get excited thinking about the opportunity of using my gifts and my talents to communicate God’s message of hope and love.

And, what it comes down to, is the opportunity to tell countless stories of God moving in and throughout humanity. Subjects, in relationship to God, transformed and moved for a greater purpose. Stories crafted to encourage both God’s people and people who’ve chosen to reject His love. Vignettes that capture a moment of newness and rebirth.

Life…captured on the screen.

How about you?

What excites you most about life and the opportunities placed before you?

Let’s talk.

Motorcycles and Race Cars

Posted on by Derrick Engoy in Culture, Life

I had one of those amazing mornings where the Spirit nearly forced me to put down my phone and play with my first born. I can’t, however, say the morning started off that way. In my efforts to get the second boy settled and with work already littering my brain, I tried to multitask my early day and provide the best of both worlds for the three of us.

Whatever that means!

To no avail, I put my phone down, finally put the second boy down for a nap, chucked work to the curb for a moment and rolled around the living room floor with a once saddened, now happy, 3-year-old boy.

His choice of play: a Luigi figure strapped to a Batman motorcycle. Mine (by no means my first choice): a Hot Wheels race car.

And, as if out of a scene straight the from digital world of Mario Cart, Ezra and I were off on our marks. We darted. We jumped. We drifted across the carpet. We even dodged each other as we nearly had a head on collision.

Close call…in more ways than one.

Where multitasking, busyness, and production is the way of life, it’s easy to forget and neglect those memorable moments that will eventually outlive the ways of the current trends. Two years from now, I’ll remember our morning mayhem, but I won’t remember the Google search I was attempting between the second boy’s nap and the first boy’s desire to hang out with his pops.

It’s good to pause. It’s good to sit and play. It’s good to drop what you’re doing and say, “No” to work.

It’s good.

Let’s talk.