At The End Of Your Rope, There’s Hope By Susan Noyes Anderson

At The End Of Your Rope, There’s Hope By Susan Noyes Anderson 146 pages
Is there anything more frightening or discouraging than watching a beloved child abandon family and Church values in favor of choices that threaten physical and spiritual well-being?
 No stranger to this predicament, author Susan Noyes Anderson knows all about that struggle. She understands the depth of despair and severity of pain involved in trying to love, discipline, and redirect a rebellious teen. In this optimistic and helpful book she candidly describes her experience and that of other beleaguered parents who have found themselves engaged in such a battle and “at the end of their rope.”
 She (and her family) emerged victorious by applying the principles she teaches, but this is far from a dry, clinical treatise on how to deal with troubled children. Susan Anderson has found moments of comedy and irony in many of the situations she has encountered, and you will be moved and encouraged by her recollections of the circumstances she and others have faced. The problems addressed are real, but her lively presentation of them is both warm and entertaining.
 Though she enjoys using humor to illustrate her points, she hastens to say, “I do not intend to make light of your very real struggle, for I know from my own experience that parents of errant teens face unique and complex challenges.” It is, however, “still possible to maintain equilibrium, survive, and even enjoy the teenage years.”
 Susan Anderson is also a poet, and in her verses she reflects—sometimes playfully and sometime poignantly—on parent-child relationships.
 This is not just a helpful book. It is also a hopeful book. Filled with practical suggestions and specific recommendations for coping with your challenged and challenging teen, it will remind you that you are not alone in your struggle, that things do change, and that by applying tested techniques and the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ, you and your child can survive the troubled years.
 “The truth is: no matter what is happening with our teenagers, all is not lost.” The inspiration and insight that fill the pages of this book will lighten your heart and enlighten your mind. Be assured: At the end of your rope, there is hope!

Being Enough By Chieko N. Okazaki

Being Enough By Chieko N. Okazaki 225 pages
 Is there ever enough time, enough money, enough power within us to do all that our lives seem to require of us? Most of us feel our inadequacies keenly, and the fear of failure can keep us from reaching out and offering what little we do have. Citing the New Testament story of the widow who cast her tow mites into the temple treasury, Sister Chieko N. Okazaki explains that a feeling of abundance is rooted in faith. “This mortal probation is an invitation to walk with faith in the Savior,” she writes, “and his promise is that he will make up all of our deficiencies. If we will give Christ our trust, then he will give us everything we lack.”
 Filled with Sister Okazaki’s distinctive voice, her personable teaching style, her memorable stories, and her perceptive insights into human nature and the gospel, Being Enough will bolster your faith, provide hope, and help you meet the challenges you face in everyday life, in your relationships, or in the Church.

"The Trial of the Stick of Joseph" and Ancient Ruins of America, A Lecture Series By: Jack H. West

"The Trial of the Stick of Joseph" and Ancient Ruins of America, A Lecture Series By: Jack H. West     129 pages

"This is an actual transcript of three lectures of the ancient ruins of the Americas, given by Jack H. West on June 24th and 25th, 1954 at Brigham Young University. The text has been retained exactly as given, so that you, the reader, might have the feeling that you are right there, participating with the other class members. May you enjoy the informality, the change of pace, the sense of humor and the drama to e found in the Trial of the Stick of Joseph."

"...Then the judge called me into his office and said, "Jack, where in the world did you get the evidence you presented in this mock trial?" I grinned at him and said, "You remember at the onset of the trial I told all of you that I did not take credit for one particle of this evidence. Most of it has been available to the world for over a hundred years. It just needed to be uncovered and organized. And I told you then, as I tell you now, that I believe with all of my heart that God himself prepared that evidence and the witnesses..."