About Epicworld

From 1984 to 1994, Christine A. Davidson taught religious and secular courses in her home to her own teenaged children and to other youth. She has raised four children who are happy, responsible, faithful adults, making positive contributions to society.

A Labor of Love. After September 11, 2001, she became concerned about society's threats to the traditional family, and created her "labor of love," a website, www.epicworld.net, to promote family unity by reviving the tradition of dinnertime conversation, or “dinner talk”.

Sources of Peace. In early 2002 she began offering dinner table talk resources, drawing from the classics, the Old and New Testament, and the Book of Mormon, then wrote Epic Stories for Character Education, which won the 2011 summer Pinnacle Award in Children's Education. The purpose of this book is to help families find peace of mind in the principled way of life taught in the Holy Scriptures. How better to have peace of mind than to follow the Prince of Peace? She loves classical music, which she considers a great source of stress relief. Her hobby is collecting great quotations, which are available as a treasury for her Dinner Talk for Champions Magazine subscribers.

Davidson wrote“Brothers Brave”, a musical pageant about epic heroes from pre-Columbian America, to be performed in outdoor amphitheaters by families everywhere, as the ultimate character education activity. In 1988 she began writing fiction to awaken youth to their heritage and identity in Western Civilization. All of her adult life, Davidson has studied symbolic types and patterns of history, particularly that pertaining to the house of Israel. She spent two summers in Mexico on student tours and filled a teaching appointment in Argentina for two years in the late sixties. In July of 1994 she investigated archaeological sites in Central America. She speaks Spanish as a second language.

The front cover illustration of this book, by Larry C. Winborg, portrays Captain Moroni, an epic hero of Judeo-Christian culture. Moroni’s Jewish forefathers fled persecution in Jerusalem. They journeyed to the American continent, narrowly escaping the Babylonian captivity of 600 B.C. This New World branch of Christians in the house of Israel is the “remnant” of which Isaiah prophesied.

Centuries later, Captain Moroni and his people were at war with an evil usurper named Amalickiah, who sought to destroy Moroni’s free government. To rally his brethren in the cause of freedom, Moroni “rent his coat. . .and wrote upon it—in memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace,” and our families—and he fastened it on a pole. And “he called it the title of liberty and he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed mightily unto his God for the blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a band of Christians remain” upon the land. (Alma 46:12,13; Book of Mormon) Worshipping the God of Israel and defending the cause of Christ, Moroni is the archetypal champion of the Judeo-Christian cultural heritage of liberty.

Donna Thomas found her talent for art at an early age, spending most of her spare time drawing and sketching in pencil. In High school she took every art class that was available, winning several awards, including a summer art scholarship at Western Illinois University. Later Donna took art courses at Joliet Junior College and Rock Valley College, earning awards and recognitions for her work. Although she has worked in all mediums, it was after taking private oil painting lessons from a local artist that she found a preference for painting in oil.

Donna continues to work in oil, trying to create work that promotes feelings of peace and appreciation for the abundant gifts that God has given us. Her work tends toward bright, uplifting colors, with attention to detail and sharpness, which lends to the realistic quality of her work. Also, her ability to use light and shadows effectively creates a three dimensional look. Her pictures have been said to create a place where the viewer longs to be, and a feeling of being able to walk right into the scene.

Donna's experience ranges from small detailed paintings to as large as 3'x 5' paintings. She has been commissioned to do customized paintings such as portraits, animals and landscapes, including illustrations for author C.A.Davidson. Donna has customized her work to accommodate specific color schemes, size, medium and subjects for her customers, working from a photograph or group of photographs to creating original compositions.