Mustard Seeds + Our God is greater.

First off, special thanks to:

• Henry Wu for shooting the practice footage

• Sean Lee for being interviewed

• Mustard Seeds for being awesome

I recently got the opportunity to make a short video about CFC’s dance ministry team: Mustard Seeds. This project was actually for my Writing with Video class, a nice change of pace from all the electrical engineering class under my belt this semester.

Although, I have to admit, I didn’t take this class all that seriously in the beginning of the year. Seeing some of the video projects from previous classes that the teacher chose as ‘examples’ had already led me to write this class off as a joke. “Is this really an art class?” I thought to myself. It was listed in the art department, yes. But the videos that were shown…just plain bad–poor video quality, awkward camera angles, and content that made no sense.

That’s why I laughed when I learned that the next project we’d be doing was called, “Art of the Real: a 3-5 minute piece on someone, someplace, and/or something that you know very little about.” Art of the real, what does that even mean? Art of the Real? HA! Not in this class.

Furthermore, earlier in the year, we checked out some of the pieces in the Krannert Art Museum on campus. There was a substantial section of the museum devoted to this one artist’s work, which was all about Christianity: Jesus on the Cross, Angels in Heaven, the Devil causing people’s downfall, and Bible verses strewn all about. When it came time to talk about pieces we liked and didn’t like, the overwhelming majority of the class totally hated on the Christian art. ‘Too judgmental’ and ‘too religious’ were the main critiques. I could understand judgmental as being a legitimate complaint, but too religious? C’mon man, religion isn’t just something you do on Sundays, it’s at the heartbeat of everything you do or think.

So, I think I had a mild case of the Jonah’s (the dude in the Bible, not the Disney sensation) when it came time to create a video for the project. I knew from the start that I wanted to share Christ with the class and it’s not like I hated or even disliked the people in it. But had I already written them off as unreachable? To a certain extent, yes. I thought, ‘God, they’ll bash on you and totally ignore your beauty. I want to be a good witness, but is this even the setting to do it?’

After showing the video in class on Monday, the feedback was great. They really loved it. Although the comments weren’t so much centered around the message of the video, one girl did say she got goosebumps. Was that the Holy Spirit working? Probably not, but as a result, I think the class at least became a little more open to Christianity. Even if nothing happened, that’s fine as well. My job is to merely present the Gospel somehow, and God will take care of the rest. Thanks for using yet another experience to help my stubborn heart grow, Lord

Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God you are higher than any other.