Fifteen years ago, I was sitting on a pew in a small church in Kearney, Nebraska—sippy cups in the van, laundry waiting at home, three children who still needed me to tie their shoes and butter their toast—when the pastor opened the invitation to serve in the Philippines. I didn’t raise my hand. I didn’t even look up. A Stirring I Couldn’t Explain I just sat there with a stirring in my chest I couldn’t explain. I was a stay-at-home mom. I barely had enough energy to make dinner, let alone...

Some callings begin with a thunderous moment. Others begin quietly in a classroom filled with children and crayons. For Johnson Li, ministry first took root in Sunday school, where his heart was stirred for kids before he ever held a camera. At the same time, he was a quiet hobbyist behind a lens, learning to see light, beauty, and story through photography. Those two loves—children and images—would one day converge in a way he never planned. It was his pastor’s wife who first nudged him...

“As long as God gives me life and media, it will be part of who I am and what I do.” Thirty-six years in, that sentence doesn’t feel like ambition—it feels like surrender. Peter didn’t stumble into media ministry. God planted the vision early, back when cameras were bulky and editing was linear, slow, and holy work. While his wife Grace first joined Asia Pacific Media, Peter was already directing television programs at their local church, drawn toward a ministry that dared to believe media...