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“A need for precision and perfection has always been an enemy of art, which is about coloring outside the lines. It is also an enemy of the reality that following Jesus is a journey, not an arrival.”
― Steve Stockman

“If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.”
― Steve Stockman

“Great video comes from thinking humans, not equipment.”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

“Let the systematic theologian spell it out. Let the artists throw out thoughts and slants, maybe even slants no one else has thought of. They should give another view of something familiar to help us learn more about it. They should deal with love, life, good, evil, God, the world and faith. Many of the biblical writers were poets more than they were theologians. Poets and prophets ranted and raved, and storytellers wrote great yarns that all had different slants on God and life and faith. Perhaps the poet's absence from the Church for many centuries has left it deprived of much insight.”
― Steve Stockman

“The evangelical wing of the Church spends a lot of energy on being "born again" but little time on "growing up" again. There is a failing to encourage newborn believers out of the maternity ward and into a big world where they will spend the rest of their spiritual lives trying to find what they are looking for.”
― Steve Stockman

“Evangelicals believe they are saved by grace through faith but then add a man-made waiver that you have to work as hard as you can can meet middle-class behavioral patterns to hang onto it.”
― Steve Stockman, NOT A BOOK Two Weeks

“Don’t run the camera nonstop. Even if you’re going to edit later, it’s a bad habit that will only cost you time when you have to watch tons of thoughtless, unusable footage.”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

“So many of those who take Christ into the world, whether it be it's missionaries or artists, are tied by those who look over their shoulders. There is a lot of peer pressure within churches and Christian movements to dot all the i's and cross all the t's of a precise and perfect faith.”
― Steve Stockman

“Brilliance is encouraged but optional. Competence, however, is mandatory.”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

“The most memorable home videos and docs tell stories. Those stories don’t just magically appear in the edit room. You have to imagine them before you start shooting.”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

“Bono has commented often that U2 did everything the wrong way around. Other bands started singing about girls and then found the issues in the cosmos and started singing about God; U2 started singing about God and eventually ended up doing a love album.”
― Steve Stockman

“I once asked a CEO of an environmental equipment company what his goals were. I was expecting to hear some intent, like “Give people inexpensive tools to reduce carbon emissions” or “Help coal companies be better neighbors in their communities.” Instead, he replied that he wanted his company to make the Fortune 500. That might be a result of his success, but success doing what? Only intent points to clear action.”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro

“Great video is a communication tool of unparalleled impact. It can change history, inspire movements, share and amplify emotions, and build community. Bad video gets turned off. Nobody watches bad video. Not your employees, even if you tell them to. Not your parents, even if you send them “the cutest” videos of your kids. Faced with”
― Steve Stockman, How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck: Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro