Sep 19, 2019
Episode 3 is here and my conversation is with Lynn H. Blackburn who is an incredibly talented Christian Fiction author as well as a wife and a Mom to three kids, 1 of which has special needs. During our talk, Lynn gives us window into what it looks like for her to trust God with her life, her children and her calling.
As I started really praying through and dreaming about what the Lord would have for this podcast, I thought a lot about how we are all gifted with stories and gifted with languages to tell those stories in whatever spheres of influence we live in and I wanted to explore the varied ways in how God uses creative people to do this work. And I feel like my conversation Lynn is the perfect place for us to really go deeper into unpacking that. Lynn pulls back the veil for us on what it is like to use her God given creativity and imagination in order to bring Him glory, invite people to know Him more and how God uses that to impact the Kingdom.
There’s a little bit of something for everyone in this episode and I can’t wait for you to hear it! If you’re interested in any of the resources that we mentioned in our episode, her newest book, One Final Breath, the others in the series, and even that extra chapter she mentions, you can find links to all of it below.
References:
Redeeming Love- Francine Rivers
Lynn H. Blackburn’s Deep Divers Facebook Group
Audio Books of the Deep Diver series
Sign up for Lynn’s newsletter to receive the extra chapter she mentioned about going undercover with Anissa and Gabe
Scripture:
Connecting with Lynn:
*A few different articles/thoughts about how we process fiction characters:
-article on how fiction characters impact our brains
-The sciencey stuff in our brains
-It was a book (not a study, as I mentioned in the episode) by linguist Umberto Ecco, that Shawn told me about how the brain processes things.
-And one solid bunny trail that made my History nerd heart REALLY happy: Why We Need to Study History (with major quotes from our Umberto Ecco)
-Lecture on variations of this topic from Umberto Ecco
--- I know, I know, dear one, I hear you, that not all of these sources are written from a Christian worldview, but the conversation and the processing is fascinating, and we must remember that our Maker can and does reveal Himself through all kinds of creative means. xo
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