Description

The scriptures teach us that before the Gods created the world and all its creatures—including us, their children—they first imagined it and us. And, hoping we would imitate them, they implanted the great gift of imagination in our hearts, minds, and souls, hoping we would use it to create beauty and meaning that would lead us to love them and one another and thus return to their presence. This devotional explores the multiple dimensions in which imagination can be magnified and multiplied.

Until his retirement in 2022, Bob Rees was Visiting Professor and Director of Latter-day Saint Studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He has also taught at UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley. Bob’s most recent publications are: Imagining and Reimagining the Restoration(2025) and Making Space for Mormon Thought ad Culture: The Enduring Influence of Eugene England (2025). Currently he is co-editing a collection of essays titled “Pillars of My Faith” and a collection of poems about Joseph Smith. He is also the co-founder of two non-profits—The Bountiful Children’s Foundation and FastForward for the Planet.