Dallas Jenkins

But, you know, let's pull this off. And I'm still working at this church. I've still got the security of that job. I say to them, you want to do another short film? Let's film it for Christmas Eve. And they loved it, right? So I'm on my friend's farm in Illinois, 20 minutes from my house.

I'm filming this short film called The Shepherd, and it's about what the shepherds would have been experiencing that morning, and what it would have been like to be a shepherd, and what it would have been like to be in the marketplace that day in Bethlehem, selling your sheep for slaughter.

I'm filming this short film called The Shepherd, and it's about what the shepherds would have been experiencing that morning, and what it would have been like to be a shepherd, and what it would have been like to be in the marketplace that day in Bethlehem, selling your sheep for slaughter.

I'm filming this short film called The Shepherd, and it's about what the shepherds would have been experiencing that morning, and what it would have been like to be a shepherd, and what it would have been like to be in the marketplace that day in Bethlehem, selling your sheep for slaughter.

And then that night, while you're out in the field, you're visited by a host of angels and choosing you as shepherds, the lowliest of the low in society. So we're going to unpack that. We see it in Scripture briefly, but... Scripture doesn't say the shepherds who happen to be lowly and happen to be poor. And you have to unpack that somehow. You have to get that from somewhere besides Scripture.

And then that night, while you're out in the field, you're visited by a host of angels and choosing you as shepherds, the lowliest of the low in society. So we're going to unpack that. We see it in Scripture briefly, but... Scripture doesn't say the shepherds who happen to be lowly and happen to be poor. And you have to unpack that somehow. You have to get that from somewhere besides Scripture.

And then that night, while you're out in the field, you're visited by a host of angels and choosing you as shepherds, the lowliest of the low in society. So we're going to unpack that. We see it in Scripture briefly, but... Scripture doesn't say the shepherds who happen to be lowly and happen to be poor. And you have to unpack that somehow. You have to get that from somewhere besides Scripture.

So that's what we're doing. And that short film, while I was making it, Again, it felt like a big step down from a Hollywood opportunity. Again, I'm on my friend's farm in Illinois.

So that's what we're doing. And that short film, while I was making it, Again, it felt like a big step down from a Hollywood opportunity. Again, I'm on my friend's farm in Illinois.

So that's what we're doing. And that short film, while I was making it, Again, it felt like a big step down from a Hollywood opportunity. Again, I'm on my friend's farm in Illinois.

Yeah, right. So I'm making this little thing, and I'm like, why is it that this feels so small, and yet I'm more comfortable than I've ever been?

Yeah, right. So I'm making this little thing, and I'm like, why is it that this feels so small, and yet I'm more comfortable than I've ever been?

Yeah, right. So I'm making this little thing, and I'm like, why is it that this feels so small, and yet I'm more comfortable than I've ever been?

Right, and that's where I go, loaves and fish, loaves and fish. I'm just focused on the five and two, and this is my five and two right now. It didn't even feel like five and two. It feels like one and a half. It's small, but it's life-giving, and I'm good at it. I can tell I'm better at this than I am— anything else. Biblical storytelling seems to be easier for me.

Right, and that's where I go, loaves and fish, loaves and fish. I'm just focused on the five and two, and this is my five and two right now. It didn't even feel like five and two. It feels like one and a half. It's small, but it's life-giving, and I'm good at it. I can tell I'm better at this than I am— anything else. Biblical storytelling seems to be easier for me.

Right, and that's where I go, loaves and fish, loaves and fish. I'm just focused on the five and two, and this is my five and two right now. It didn't even feel like five and two. It feels like one and a half. It's small, but it's life-giving, and I'm good at it. I can tell I'm better at this than I am— anything else. Biblical storytelling seems to be easier for me.

I don't struggle with it as much. I'm on set. I'm more comfortable.

I don't struggle with it as much. I'm on set. I'm more comfortable.

I don't struggle with it as much. I'm on set. I'm more comfortable.

Yes, yes. So I'm telling the story, and I love it, and I'm feeling like it's good. And while I'm doing that... I'm also—I'm binge-watching The Wire on HBO, which is a show that's been around for years, and it's vulgar, but I'm binge-watching it, and I'm appreciating the storytelling and how the show covers multiple—it covers the cops, it covers the city hall, it covers the people on the streets.