The Thriving Christian Artist

When God inspires you to do something, do you do it no matter what?  My guest on this episode of the Thriving Christian Artist podcast, Jessa Brantley, is a perfect example of what can happen when you go all in on following God’s inspiration for your life.  Jessa was working as an accountant (“the least creative job a person can have,” she says) who dabbled in making wooden signs as an artistic outlet.  But when she stumbled on wood-turning videos online, she was “mesmerized” by them, and knew that she had to give it a go herself.  Overcoming the nervousness of trying a new thing, especially a thing that was in a field dominated by men, she took the lathe her husband got her for Christmas and taught herself how to turn wood into beautiful bowls.  From there she took step after step on the path God showed her, including taking my masterclass.  Next thing you know, she had taken her art and made it into a successful, thriving business!    If you feel the Lord calling you to make more out of your artistic expres