In 2001, I was newly married and told Haley (my brand new wife) that I wanted to start my own company. I now know that she was a little nervous, but supported me anyway. I started a company called BedHead Productions and basically did videos for anyone who needed one.  I enjoyed it very much, especially the business side... buying equipment, sending invoices, doing videos, burning DVDs, etc.  

 

I really liked it all, but the whole time, I actually had a bigger goal.  I wanted to make videos that pastors and teachers could use.  I thought perhaps I could create sermon illustration videos (2-5 minute videos) and impact people in a way that oratory speaking maybe couldn’t.... not to replace it, but to enhance and compliment it.

 

Because I was staying busy with BedHead projects, I found it hard to find time to make these videos.  I found that my dreams of doing them slowly started to become a burden for me.  I always thought about these videos and I just couldn’t find the time to do them.  In 2002, I finally completed my first one called Are You Amazed?.  After it was shown at a large Bible Study Fellowship gathering, I knew I had to complete Igniter Videos, Volume 1.  I wanted five videos on this DVD and only had to do three things:

1. Complete the 5 videos

2. Create a website to buy the DVD

3. Create a database to store the customers

 

It took me almost two years to do this. In my journal, I often referred to this project as a burden... a God burden.  A beautiful burden.  It was the burden of doing it that forced me to turn my dream into a vision, a vision into goals, and my goals into a to-do list.  In September of 2003, I finally finished it... and I’ve been creating videos and media ever since.  

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Rob Thomas

Founder of The Igniter Company