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Greetings and welcome to Higher Ground Studios.

This site is home to all of our creative projects, where we showcase the development and completion of our work, whether film or print. Our bookstore is available for the purchase of our books, CDs, DVDs and whatever else might be worth selling.

Higher Ground Studios was founded by Stephanie Johnson as a vehicle through which the talents of a network of Christian artists, musicians, actors and producers can be showcased. It's vision is one of serving and promoting one another in the marketplace, allowing each individual to develop and excel in his/her God-given creative abilities.


Being Good Stewards of our
God-Given Gifts and Talents

by Stephanie Johnson



Did you know that God expects us to use the gifts and talents that He gave us? (No, duh!) And, that He gave them to us for a purpose....His purpose.

We all have creative gifts and talents. You may not be able to draw a straight line, but you may be great at matching colors or arranging furniture. You may not be able to play the piano, but you might be great on the spoons! Everyone has some kind of talent. The problem is - so many have buried their talents, and are not using them.

Fulfillment in life comes on many different levels, but there is one level that is not often discussed - that of gifts and talents. When we do not use the talent we have, there will always be an element of frustration in our lives - an emptiness that nothing seems to fill, even if our jobs are great, or our home life is happy, or our finances are fruitful.

Aristotle used to talk about this very thing being the main catalyst for reaching the highest level of fulfillment in life. He knew that we are all born with these abilities, and our goal is to discover and use what we've got.

Any of you know what it is like to see someone succeeding at a project or a job, and kicking yourself in the head because deep down in your heart, you know that you can do the same thing - and even better. But we often bury our talents - mostly due to the time factor.

Just think if everyone on earth was doing exactly what he or she was made to do. Do you think that there would be poverty like we have? How about depression? That might be cut in half, at least. The world would be a better place. And God doesn't gift people to be terrorists, so those guys wouldn't be blowing up innocent people.

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