Over the past three months I have been working with Strategic Renewal, a para-church ministry based out of Virginia. They were creating a six-week Bible study resource for small groups, which consisted of a book, workbook, and a DVD. My role of course was to create the DVD and it’s content. I directed, filmed, and edited, and colored all six sessions, each running 8-12 minutes. After three months of production, I am happy to say that it is complete and should go on sale in the new year. You can check out Strategic Renewal and all the great work they are doing here.

Below is the 30 second “introduction” that plays before each session. Enjoy!!! -DL

This past August I sat down with Jon Shneck of Relient K for a Liberty University Online promo. Relient K was playing at Liberty University and their guitar player, Jon, happens to take online classes through the school. I directed, edited and served as one of the cinematographers this piece.

I’m so excited for these 90 second spots that I was able to co-direct with my boss at Liberty University’s Marketing Office!  We produced a little over 10 spots, and the first four are now online. On these spots I served as an assistant director, director of photography and editor. However, they wouldn’t have been nearly as effective if it weren’t for my friend and co-worker, Xavier, who created the intro and outro animations in After Effects. These are the first four of many more to come! Enjoy!!! -DL

About a month or so ago I edited three short profile videos on Liberty University students. The goal of the videos were to display several professor/ student relationships at Liberty University. We focused on the theme “Champions Lead Change”, which came out of Liberty’s motto of “Training Champions for Christ”. The videos were a part of the print “March Mailers” that Liberty University sent out in the mail. The printed publications featured a brief article on each student and provided a URL for readers to use if they wanted to read more. I believe the publication went out to over 100,000 people. It is a great honor to be a part of such a large initiative.

Enjoy! -DL

This school year I’m working part time at Liberty University’s Office of Promotional Publications. I work with a team of guys who put together promotional video material for the school. In this video I was the editor and one of the shooters.

It was a big challenge to create a 4 minute “online elementary/ high school” video and keep it interesting for viewers, but I think we accomplished it! Enjoy! -DL

It has been a very long time since my last post. I’ve been very busy between moving back to school, classes and starting a part time job. Here are a few videos from this past summer that I recently uploaded online. I pray that you are encouraged and challenged from these stories. If you have questions about who this Jesus is, that my friend’s talk about in these videos, please feel free to shoot me an email davidlistor@gmail.com.

Enjoy! -DL

My little sister Elisabeth has gone through a long trial of health problems over the past few years. Throughout high school she produced and passed a great number of kidney stones. She went through over a dozen procedures and operations in hopes of finding an answer to prevent these reoccurring stones.

While these procedures never stopped her kidney stones and never gave her much comfort – she found strength, hope, love and contentment in the only one who never changes…Jesus Christ.

My little sister is not just a brave young women, she is an encouragement to my family and myself. To see her faith in the Lord grow over these past five years is crazy. The Lord has grown her into a young women that seeks Him with her life.

I hope that you are encouraged by my sister’s story. Things are always changing in our lives. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they are painful. I pray that whatever comes your way, that you turn your hope, faith and trust to Jesus – the only constant in this world.

Jesus said – “…I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” [John 16:33]

Jesus never promised that our lives would be easy. But he promises to be with us, through all the good times and the bad. He longs to do this through a personal relationship with you.

I’ve known Nick since we were nine or ten years old. We played baseball together in junior high school and lived together in the Hillcrest guy’s dorm. To see how the Lord has changed Nick’s passions and desires over the past few years has been a huge blessing and encouragement.

This guy has gone through a ton of hardships and trials. But the Lord has proved himself faithful to Nick, just like the Bible says over and over again. God doesn’t promise that our lives will be all peaches and cream. But he promises to guide us, comfort us, and lift us up through whatever garbage we face.

I haven’t known Jessica very long, but it is evident that she is completely in love with her Savior, Jesus Christ. This is the third testimony from a summer camp called Teen Week that I worked this last summer.

The wedding of Lauren and Mike. Enjoy! -DL

this past week has been crazy busy as i prepared to head back to school. i finally found the time to upload another video from the yc11 conference i was at two weeks ago. enjoy! -DL

I had the awesome opportunity to work with my friend Kristina Grandstaff on a video for Freedom Forth Ministries. Kristina heads up Freedom Forth, a small non-profit organization that aims to point women from all walks of life to succeed in their daily lives, and ultimately to a relationship with Jesus Christ. Check them out at www.freedomforth.org. Enjoy! -DL

I was able to visit the Dominican Republic twice in 2010. This is short six minute film aimed at capturing the heart’s of four of the students I traveled with from Hillcrest. I pray that it encourages and challenges you to bring the gospel message of Jesus Christ to your neighbors, and then to the corners of the earth. -DL

I recently had the opportunity to make a “Love Story” video for Jenna and Alex, who are about to get married. The video will be shown at the wedding to all their family and friends. Enjoy!

-DL

Here is the first video I have made from the trip! I hope you are encouraged and challenged through it to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ wherever you may go!

-DL

This Thanksgiving I went with Hillcrest Academy on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. My responsibilities were to document the trip. I am still going through the 1,500 pictures and 60 gigs of video that I took…but as soon as I am done I will make sure to post it!

-DL

This is a short documentary/ comedy about four guys who attempted the “Deckert Challenge” at Dairyland in Fergus Falls. “The Deckert” is a 6-patty cheeseburger on french bread. To win the challenge you need to eat the cheeseburger and french fries in 12:30. Watch and see if they came out victorious!

-DL