Readers: Here’s what readers are saying about The Creative Call.

• “What an inspiration! If you feel like God is calling you to use your artistic talents in any way, shape or form, this book will help you unlock what's buried down inside you and help you start honoring God with the gifts he has given you. It was both cathartic and life changing for me. This is the answer to a prayer for any Christian who wants to get more in touch with using their creative talents. (*****)” Coloring Outside the Lines
  
  
•  “The Creative Call has awakened and encouraged me to develop my God-given artistry...working through the exercises, journaling, plus playing with my 3-year-old grandson, I’m re-capturing the make-believe world of my childhood.” C.G. Bend, OR (Crossings Book Club “Books that Changed Lives.”)
  
  
• “The Creative Call has had a huge impact on my life in a freeing and life-giving way. Because of Janice’s way of helping the reader discover the creativity God placed in each of us, I realize I am a writer, and I’ve joined a writer’s group.” K.H., Oviedo, FL
  
•  “… I have found the Christian answer to [The Artist’s Way] in Janice Elsheimer's book, The Creative Call.”—R. B. http://www.writtenbetweensundays.blogspot.com
  
  
• “I'm attempting to do my…writing in my "artist's daybook," as Elsheimer calls it…The writing helps me clear my head so I can listen to God and what He's telling me about my day, my life, my creativity. [It] is a prayer of faith--trust that the Lord who began a good work in me will see it to completion.” K.C., Toronto, CA
   
• “What an inspiration! If you feel like God is calling you to use your artistic talents in any way, shape or form, this book will help you unlock what's buried down inside you and help you start honoring God with the gifts he has given you. It was both cathartic and life-changing for me.”—www.heyjules.com: Book Reviews
  
  
• “Oh my gosh! Has Janice Elsheimer been listening in on my secret thoughts?! So far I've only read the Acknowledgements, Preface and Introduction but I am speechless. I didn't realize the guilt and remorse I felt when I wasn't writing and submitting my work for editorial review were a result of my creative call...I'm certain this will be a big help to many a Christian writer.”—Becky, Colorado Springs, CO

Endorsements: Here’s what professional artists have to say about the book.

• “As an artist who is a Christian, I celebrate to see this book on the shelves and pray others’ lives will be changed spiritually and artistically as mine was… Because this book so clearly combines scripture with practical principles of creating art, I received validation as an artist, [which] compelled me to practice my art as a visual expression of my faith and to encourage other artists to do the same.”—Phyllis Thomas, Orlando, FL. Artist: Contemporary Visual Translations in Mixed Media

• "To be an artist, receiving the vision and applying creativity may not be enough. Janice Elsheimer models, and suggests to the reader, many of the practical ways of living the fruitful artist's life. Packed with lived-out illustrations of what it takes in the way of discipline and daily dedication to respond to God's creative call, this book blesses and illuminates."—Luci Shaw, poet and author, The Angles of Light, Water My Soul, and Friends for the Journey (with Madeleine L'Engle)

• “Janice Elsheimer's book will be an invaluable aid for artists in all fields, helping the creative person to get closer to the Source of true creativity.”—Bryan Savage, bestselling saxophonist/flutist with albums including “Cat Food,” “Soul Temptation,” and “Rush Hour”
  

• “I wish I’d had Janice Elsheimer’s inspiring and spirit-filled book over twenty years ago when I first started writing. The Creative Call speaks to all of us—the professional artist who is already making a living at an art form, as well as the beginning writer, dancer, poet, photographer who is unsure whether he or she even has the right to be called an artist. Most importantly, Elsheimer reminds all of us that God fashioned us to be creative beings. The Creative Call is a book that I will return to time and time again. “—Joyce Hansen, author of numerous books including, I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly and Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence

• “In The Creative Call, Janice Elsheimer lays out steps to reawakening the artist inside us. This practical guide helps us examine the circumstances that led to the abandoning of our precious talents in the first place and offers us the keys to unlocking the unique treasure we still have buried deep within...Chapter-by-chapter, with thought-provoking words and exercises, Janice lifts the veil that blinds our thoughts towards our gifts [so] that we can enjoy the wonderment of creating with the talent we possess.” —Thomas Blackshear, illustrator, painter, and creator of the limited edition prints, “Forgiven,” “Coat of Many Colors,” “Lord of All,” and “Watchers in the Night”