Sara ThurmanSara Thurman, EdD is founder of Acts 1:8 Blessings, a creative art ministry serving creatives all over the world. Sara facilitates spiritual creative retreats and mentors, teaches, writes, and paints to share her love of the connections with God in tis devotional process. Sara is also the host of a podcast Small Beginnings with Sara. After a successful Season 1 with 25 episodes and guests that present their own Small Beginnings, she is now working on Season 2, which will also include people's stories of how they have walked through grief as their small beginnings. Her authenticity in sharing her own story draws others to share their story through creativity. Sara has written two #1 bestselling books: Small Beginnings, her memoir of becoming a prominent artist in her late 50's with no previous art experience, encouraging others to take the first steps for their own small beginnings, along with an accompanying journal. In 2021, she wrote and illustrated her first children's book How Good Can God Be? using her own childhood memories of God's goodness on a Texas ranch. Her book Reflecting on Grief and Moving Beyond Pain presents journal entries and reflections on living with loss and discovering new meaning within the first 100 days after her husband passed from this earthly life into eternity. 27,000 Miles in Love, which recounts her epic story of faith in marriage with her husband and its legacy, and Give Me Some Baby Grins, the second book in the How Good Can God Be series, are her most recent books. Sara enjoys life in Wimberley, Texas, when she is not on an adventure traveling the world, inspiring others on their journey of creativity. Sara lives to motivate and tell others about the goodness of God through encouraging creativity all over the world. Read More Read Less