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Finding God at BYU

S. Kent Brown, Kaye T. Hanson, and James R. Kearl, Editors
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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
    Finding God at BYU
    S. Kent Brown, Kaye T. Hanson, and James R. Kearl
  • First Things First
    Patricia Terry Holland
  • Chance
    Frank T. Rothaermel
  • At the Precipice
    Madison U. Sowell
  • Hard Choices
    Steve Clements
  • A Catholic Rediscovers God
    Juliana Boerio-Goates
  • Knocking at the Door
    Alfred Gantner
  • A Frog in the Well
    Van C. Gessel
  • I Am Known
    Kate L. Kirkham
  • Millersville or BYU
    Robert S. Patterson
  • A Matter of Choice
    Bruce L. Christensen
  • Stages
    Charles Metten
  • Put to the Test
    Vivian K. Mushahwar
  • Lessons Learned
    Michael K. Young
  • Leaving Room for Holy Envy
    David Rosen
  • Transplanted
    Benoy Tamang
  • Just a Closer Walk with Thee
    Eula Ewing Monroe
  • Translating
    Johnny A. Bahbah
  • Mirroring Influences
    Larry Echohawk and Terry Echohawk
  • Sustaining the Presence
    Karandeep Singh
  • Act Well Thy Part
    Melinda Cummings Cameron
  • Playing the Games
    Earl F. Kauffman
  • And Back Again
    Allen E. Bergin
  • The White Picket Fence
    Kevin Giddins and Lita Little Giddins

About the Book

This book is about finding God and strengthening faith. Though some stories are about joining the LDS church, this is not a book of conversion stories. This three-year effort began as a search for interesting stories about how BYU intertwined with people's lives and how it affected their faith. The compilers were pleased to discover experiences that were much richer in thought and detail, and far more complex than the anticipated recitations of meaningful classroom interactions and the introduction of religious values in an intellectual environment.

In this thoughtful, inspriring, and sometimes humorous book, you'll read the stories of more than twenty people and their personal interactions with BYU. You'll read the account of Patricia Holland, who as a young teenager was deeply touched by her first contact with the University. Rabbi David Rosen shares his poignant account of traveling to Salt Lake City to meet with Church leaders about the BYU Jerusalem Center. And you'll read about Earl Kauffman, then a non-LDS athlete who visited BYU on a recruiting visit and immediately fell in love with the University and found God in his daily interaction with teammates, students, and faculty, and later joined the Church.

These essays, each a significant part of the contributors' life histories, also serve to enrich our lives, as well as our perspectives on Finding God at BYU.

ISBN 9781577349297

Published in 2001

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