Melissa’s daughter Lyndee joins Leann and Melissa to discuss different forms of creativity and how we choose intentional creation with the Savior, and how creativity and stories allows us to connect with one another and our divine identity.
Ponder Questions:
What do I want to create?
What am I thinking?
What am I uncovering inside?
Am I turning my story over to Christ?
“What do you suppose keeps us from turning our stories over to Him?” — Camille Johnson
Am I getting caught in the shadow?
How am I expressing my emotions?
Invitation:
What am I going to positively create today?
Take time to work on a talent or learn something new.
References:
“We Are Creators,” Mary Ellen Smoot, April 2000 General Conference
"Invite Christ to Author Your Story,” Camille N. Johnson, Oct. 2021 General Conference
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Peter Jackson, 2002
“The Power of Story,” Hello from Elsewhere: Exploring Pop Culture, February 28, 2020
The Heider-Simmel experiment referenced in “The storytelling animal: Jonathan Gottschall at TEDxFurmanU,” TedX Talks, May 4, 2014
Anne’s House of Dreams, L.M. Montgomery, pg. 152
“Through Heaven’s Eyes,” Brian Stokes Mitchell, The Prince of Egypt (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1998
Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker referenced in “The Seven Basic Plots,” Peggy Lee, Blue Pencil Agency, June 14, 2024
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