Fostering Creative Community through Faith-Driven Fiction: Michael House's Story - Latter-Day Lights

LDS Podcast "Latter-Day Lights" - Inspirational LDS Stories

What creativity sparks within when one faith-led author blends scripture, sci-fi, and service to inspire a community?
This week on Latter-day Lights, Scott and Alisha welcome back M.D. (Michael) House—novelist and president of LDSPMA—to walk us through his unlikely path from corporate finance to an anthology of stories that intentionally spread the light of the Gospel.
Michael shares eye-opening insight into all the best pieces of advice from various books and talks that inspired his writing: Why the Book of Mormon is the best book on leadership, how men and women can unlock the full power of priesthood, how to navigate the relationship between faith and AI, and how the LDS community can decipher its more helpful uses from harmful ones. At the heart of it all, Michael emphasizes how these themes converge in the mission of LDSPMA—equipping faith-driven creators to learn, collaborate, and share light—and how you can participate in the next conference.
By the end, we guarantee you’ll feel steadier about building the next big thing the Savior is nudging you to create. Walk away inspired, equipped, and ready to act on those promptings.

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To WATCH this episode on YouTube, visit: https://youtu.be/kG5hAA35fjI
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To READ Michael's books, visit: https://www.mdhouselive.com/
To LEARN MORE about LDSPMA (keynotes, conferences, workshops, etc.) visit: https://ldspma.org/
To READ Elder Gong's talk, “Faith, Ethics, and Human Dignity in an Age of Artificial Intelligence,” visit: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/faith--ethics--and-human-dignity-in-an-age-of-artificial-intelligence--a-call-to-action
To READ “Invincible Family” by Kimberly Ells, visit: https://a.co/d/fxaX4zt
To LISTEN to Scott & Alisha's guesting on the LDSPMA Podcast, "Called to Create," visit: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1696705/episodes/17374653
To READ Scott’s book “Faith to Stay,” visit: https://www.faithtostay.com/

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Chapters

1. “Faith to Stay” by Scott Brandley (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:30)

3. Welcoming Michael House to the show (00:01:00)

4. Michael in a nutshell (00:01:50)

5. Michael’s first Christmas story, “The Most Useless Man in The Apocalypse” (00:03:36)

6. On overcoming creative block (00:07:15)

7. Michael’s process on writing books (00:08:25)

8. The best book on leadership + Michael’s process on non-fiction (00:10:53)

9. How long does it take Michael to write a book? (00:14:00)

10. Organized Intelligence: Latter-Day Saint Perspectives on AI (00:15:40)

11. “Faith, Ethics, and Human Dignity in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Call to Action” by Elder Gong (00:19:00)

12. What does it mean to be children of God? (00:22:10)

13. Formulating analogies in writing (00:25:20)

14. How Satan attacks (00:27:55)

15. “Invincible Family” by Kimberly Ells (00:32:20)

16. Alisha on disconnecting faith from other life aspects (00:35:30)

17. The power of priesthood (00:38:10)

18. Michael on fulfilling a legacy (00:45:00)

19. “Everything’s going to be known” (00:49:35)

20. The expectations for Latter-Day Saints according to President Kimball (00:53:30)

21. All about the LDSPMA Conference (01:00:30)

22. How to participate in the LDSPMA Conference (01:06:40)

23. Final thoughts (01:10:00)

24. Outro (01:13:25)