Create: Transforming Stories of Art Life Faith

by Joey O'Connor (Editor)

Transforming Stories of Art, Life, & Faith is designed to inspire artists and art lovers in their creative journeys. Create offers authentic stories from artists of all creative disciplines. In a series of thought-provoking essays, 21 artists offer wisdom, insight and inspiration through their personal, professional and spiritual journeys. The authors share their unique and authentic challenges, the highs and lows, victories and failures, in pursuing their creative careers. Create brings together visual artists, dancers, illustrators, graphic designers, filmmakers, musicians, writers, poets and Broadway actors from across the country.Contributors Cameron Anderson, Steve Bjorkman, Sandra Bowden, Amick Byram, Michael Card, Tom Clark, Karen Covell, Cheryl Cutlip, Dean Del Sesto, Craig Detweiler, Wayne Forte, Dr. Colin Harbinson, Bruce Herman, Edward Knippers, Barry Krammes, Nick Macedo, Charlie Matz, Rory Noland, Joey O’Connor, Cindi Zech Rhodes, Denise Kufus Weyhrich. Create is perfect for soul-filling reading, creative inspiration, and motivation.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 10, 2012

About the author

Hey there Goodreads Friends!

Just in time for 2026, I just released my latest book, Living Fully Loved: Cultivating Curiosity, Creativity, and Wonder as the Beloved of God.

My book offers you the transformative and inspiring truth that God sees you, God knows you, and God loves you.

You are fully loved.

Join me as we explore soul-stirring questions to help you live as a beloved child of God. Through compelling stories, relevant scriptures, and a creative pathway to living as the Beloved of God, I invite you to imagine the life-transforming possibilities of living fully loved.

Cultivate your curiosity, creativity, and wonder by pursuing the full and abundant life promised by Jesus.

You can also purchase the Living Fully Loved Devotional Journal that offers new content and plenty of space to write guided questions, your prayers, and reflections.

Living Fully Loved is available on my website and all online retailers...if you'd like a FREE REVIEW copy please message me and I'd be happy to send you one!

Be sure to check out my romantic thriller, The Cobalt Curse.

The Cobalt Curse is a wild international ride through Dubai, Washington D.C., Brussels, Rwanda, and the Congo.

In visually stunning imagery, you'll follow human rights lawyer Dr. Kai Baldwin launch a daring search to rescue his former fiancée kidnapped in the Congo by a cryptocurrency titan set on controlling the world's cobalt resources.

My story is based on true events and my travels to the Eastern Congo, as well as heavy research into conflict minerals (cobalt), cryptocurrency, and technology.

If you read my previous historical fiction novel (AMONG KINGS), you'll discover mind-blowing information about the Congo, Central Africa, and the conflict minerals trade.

My story is timely and culturally relevant because your cell phones and mine need cobalt mined by children and families in the Congo (much of it illegally).

Here's a bit more about me...

I am an award-winning author and screenwriter of twenty-five books for couples, parents, and young adults. I'm also the founder of The Grove Center for the Arts & Media, an arts organization dedicated to cultivating the spiritual life and creative work of artists. I'm an Ironman athlete and live in San Clemente, California.

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Reviews

[Clay Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the stories of artists uplifting one another.

[Amy Peterman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I connected in so many ways with the artists stories in this book! It’s definitely a book I will reread several times in the future!