[This post was updated on 4/15/2024, some information was removed due to changes with project release dates.]

RMC was 2 years old on Valentine’s Day this year.

For being a company with just merchandise available to enjoy, the future looks bright!

What does the future hold?

Late this year, RMC will be releasing a book. More details about that coming soon.

Before that, the founder, Brianna Monique Williams (me), will be releasing two books maybe more. Launch dates are also coming soon.

In the meantime, you can visit BMB, to connect with the founder of RMC (me, lol). There are articles and videos about escaping bad theology, the danger of bad (theological) worship music, and soon original short stories (bringing back #storysundays), and more!

This past week, an educated graphic designer (also me) was hard at work designing ALL NEW MERCH! When you buy, you’re supporting what RMC intends to do, make entertainment that reveres God and refuses to compromise faith!

Now, RMC hasn’t done much to earn your trust, that’s why, only buy if you like the designs. If not, your prayers are welcome.

Save the date for March 19th, 2024, something special is happening, and more details will be shared in the weeks to come.

Now that we got the announcements out of the way, the founder (me/I) will go deeper into the story of RMC.

The Reason RMC was Started

I lost my dad in 2020. No, he did not die of Covid-19, however, he did die from a problem that developed because he was a stomach cancer survivor. He got a hole in his stomach that the doctors couldn’t patch up. He had a few strokes before ending up on life support, the doctors convinced me to pull the plug and that was it. He was taken off life support on August 28th, 2020. Chadwick Bosman died the same die. That was significant to me because he was the actor that played, Black Panther, who was one of my dad’s favorite comic book characters. Leave it to my dad to pass in a memorable way.

I’m not a Marvel fan. Many comics Marvel and DC are filled with dark, demonic things, and it is only a matter of time before those Satanic things bleed over into the MCU. In my opinion, they already have, but that’s a post for my blog.

My dad was the most creative and talented man I knew, yet our family was the only one who got to see his genius. He could have written music, or been an artist, or an author, but he had some huge health problems that made pursuing his talents a big challenge. But really, to take care of me, he chose to work hard, pushing the limits past what his body could do just to provide for me and those he loved.

And next to my mom, my dad was the biggest supporter of my dreams. I told him a story idea when I came home from school when I was 11, and less than a week later he started drawing pictures to bring my story to life. When I re-wrote the story 11 years later, he redrew the pictures to match my new storyline. When I started acting, even if he physically couldn’t stand the pain for two hours to sit through my performance, he did. When I sang him a song idea I had, he helped improve my lyrics.

Sometimes he was so critical I thought I would never perform art or make art again, but his honesty pushed me to be better.

A year after my dad’s death, I was still an unpublished author. An author was something my dad worked really hard to help me become, I was crushed and deeply disappointed in myself that I still wasn’t published. I felt like I failed him. Sure, I blogged like crazy since a month after my dad died. Sharing short story after story, and I put a lot of money into paying editors so the content I provided was worth someone’s time.

When 2022 arrived, it was evident my grandmother was gonna pass away soon. I’m grateful to report she lasted another year, but back in 2022 when I wasn’t sure when my grandmother would pass… I became determined to get things done.

I did a lot of research between indie and traditional publishing and it was going to be a long road either route. Both paths are saturated with competition. When I weighed the pros and cons of both options I decided the indie route was the way for me for one reason: to retain creative control.

And if I’m being honest, I lacked the confidence I would ever land a traditional publisher. I also wrote stories that weren’t textbook commercial-success potential. Like that story idea, I wrote with my dad, it was safe for middle schoolers to read, but it alluded to older themes beyond middle school. And I took a sci-fi fantasy concept and stuck the gospel in it allegorically. Okay, maybe it’s not that different from C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, but with the publishers I shared the story with they wanted me to make it for middle schoolers, but I didn’t make it for them. I made it for someone like me who was a young adult (at the time) who liked entertaining stories that were kosher.

Between my dead dad, my ailing grandma (who was a writer, painter, and actress whose art died with her), and working a retail job that I liked but didn’t love I was determined to see a lifelong dream realized.

I filed my income tax and with my refund, I bought Lumix G5 DSLR camera and shortly after that I started Reverential Media Company.

I included Reverential because coming out of heretical Christianity I learned to Fear God which woke me up to the deception that kept me in la-la-land. Since the Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, I figured the only way I could build something successful was to create a business doing something I’m passionate about.

I love TV and movies. I love telling stories on stage as an actress or as a writer on the page. And I was in that category where I wasn’t impressed with Christian movies or books due to the poor artistic ability. I loved the powerful storytelling, but not the quality. Now, I will confess I don’t think I can make cinematic magic yet. I need more practice. But I’ve been writing seriously since I was 11. I’m nearly 32. For over two decades, I’ve been working on my craft as a writer. I believe I can deliver an entertaining book that ultimately honors God.

And I’m living on prayers that God will grace me the opportunity to make other creative projects a reality for you to enjoy.

If you found this website and you’re reading this post, I’m trusting you’re the audience I’ve been praying for. Someone who loves Jesus. Someone who wants to find entertainment that is therapy, or fun, or inspiration that makes you go and make great art that glorifies God.

Now, before you jump to conclusions. I don’t want every story to preach or be this unrealistic conversion story (though I have written that). I want to write a book about spies that brings you to the edge of all the excitement but doesn’t take the Lord’s name in vain, excludes explicit sexuality, and maybe has one scene that pays tribute to God without showing Him disrespect.

I want to tell stories about controversial topics that culture grays and blurs the line with, but somehow the stories reach out to touch on the truth.

I plan to make things with excellence that are worth someone’s buck.

But mainly, I want to make TV and movies and books that can help people decompress from a long day at work, or for the loner who lacks a good friend, or for the latchkey kid whose single parent won’t be home for dinner. And more than just that, I want to make books, movies, and TV that will revere God and refuse to compromise my faith and values. If I ever think, God wouldn’t be pleased with a project I produce, no matter how much money I poured into it, no matter if the survival of the company depends on it, I will scrap the project. Hopefully, I implement wisdom properly, and I don’t partake in making something I had no business making to begin with, but if what I do doesn’t glorify God, what is the point in doing it?

Thanks for reading RMC’s blog, where you can stay up-to-date with “ALL THINGS REVERENTIAL”.

Founder, Brianna Monique Williams