Our first Advancement story of the year this year is Chuck Swindoll, the pastor at Stonebriar Community Church and the Chancellor at DTS.

Probably the biggest shock I had when I came to DTS as a new student was to see Chuck in chapel the first week. I’d only ever heard his voice before . . . it was weird to hear the voice and see him talk at the same time!

Anyway, on this piece I ran the Steadicam during the interview and shot some broll. But, true story here, when we were filming some broll in his office before the morning service, he started reading some of his illustrations to us. Then, in the sermon, he said he had shared the illustration with “some friends” before the service started. That’s right! Church Swindoll called me his friend!