The spiritual life consists of many virtues and activities — earnest prayer, scripture study, love of fellowman, caring service — to name a few. Undergirding all, it seems, is attitude toward God. Here Elder Neal A. Maxwell shows how crucial is that element. For the disciple, he points out, the teaching and example of Jesus Christ shows an inescapable pattern — submission always to the Father's will. The Savior's greatest test and greatest triumph — the love-inspired Atonement — capsulizes...

The frontier can be a dangerous place.Its worlds are remote and yet uncounted—an entirely new region of space to explore, lending curiosity to those seeking both fortune and adventure.But it’s no place for soft hands or kind words. The frontier is home to both the desperate and the accused. Its planets are half-settled and often devoid of any governance or law.And that’s exactly why Tucker Mass is headed there.However Tucker isn’t quite the man he once was. ...

In the distant future, not much has changed.The government is still run by assholes, your boss is still a prick, and out there somewhere is a guy whose job is to take simple tasks and transform them into bureaucratic mounds of tangled-up dog vomit.Unfortunately, humanity has managed to take all its bad habits and shamelessly drag them across the stars. The garbage rings of Earth and Mars, while still disgustingly impressive, are no longer unique to Sol. Entire forest moons,...

"None is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly," the prophet Mormon taught. (Moroni 7:44.) Why is meekness such an important requirement for salvation? What does it mean to be meek? How can we attain meekness?In Meek and Lowly, Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, discusses this critical-but often misunderstood-principle. "The rigorous requirements of Christian discipleship are clearly unattainable wi...

In the midst of deep affliction, the Prophet Joseph Smith was told, "All these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good." The world at that moment was shown anew that God is aware of man's suffering, and that pain is not without purpose. Such concepts are not always easy to accept, but, as Elder Maxwell observes, "the hardness is usually not in their complexity, but in the deep demands these doctrines make on us." All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience focuses on s...

Readers of the scriptures have long marveled at the account of the translation (or removal heaven-ward) of the city of Enoch. Why were the people of this city so blessed? What was their society like? What kind of man was Enoch himself? Through imaginary communications from a man called Mahijah (Moses 6:40) to his imaginary friend Omner, Elder Neal A. Maxwell probes the reasons for the glory of the city of Enoch, whose inhabitants were called by the Lord Zion, "because they were of one hear...

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the new Third Edition incorporates examples and hands-o...

Sybil Rides tells the inspiring true story of events during the American Revolution which resulted in sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington becoming known as the Female Paul Revere. Her ride helped stop a plan by British Commanders to bring an end to the Revolutionary War.As a teenage female heroine Sybil Ludington is part of many school’s history curriculum yet many people never heard of her. Even fewer know what led to Sybil’s ride or the intense drama and events connected with it.

Sybil Rides tells the inspiring true story of events during the American Revolution which resulted in sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington becoming known as the Female Paul Revere. Her ride took place during a raid planned and executed by the British Commanders to bring an end to the Revolution.As a teenage female heroine Sybil Ludington is part of many school’s history curriculum yet many people never heard of her. Even fewer know what led to Sybil’s ride or the intense drama and even...

James A. Maxwell's M aking Every MFL Lesson Count: Six principles to support modern foreign language teaching shows modern foreign languages (MFL) teachers how they can take their students on a learning journey that both educates and inspires.Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, experienced MFL teacher James A. Maxwell empowers educators with the strategies and know-how to boost their students'...