Had a conversation today with Jon Gordon. Jon is the author of several books including The Energy Bus and the soon-to-be-released The No Complaining Rule. He is currently working on a fable and one of the characters in the book is a pastor in Washington, DC. So we’ve been dialogging back and forth about that.

Jon recently read In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and he said something that reignited one of my crazier dreams. As he was reading the first chapter he said he thought to himself: this has to be made into a movie. I needed to hear that from a third party. As I was writing In a Pit I remember thinking that the story of Benaiah would make an amazing epic film. It has a Gladiator or Braveheart feel to it. Plenty of creative content to work with. And it’s a redeeming story with a good ending.

Long story short, one of my life goals is to make a movie. I put my faith in Christ after watching a movie called The Hiding Place so I’ve always been passionate about that medium. I have no idea how it’s going to happen. I have no idea what role I’d play. But I think my best bet is one of my books turning into a movie script.

To be perfectly honest, I feel a little awkward posting this kind of blog. It’s one of my life goals that is really out of my control. It would take some divine networking and divine intervention. But I do believe it’s a God-ordained passion. So while I have no idea how or when it could happen, I honestly think it will. And when it does, I want to give God all of the credit. For me, blogging is a form of faith. It’s one way I put prayer requests and personal goals into writing so I have a record of them.