Holy Places: True Stories of Faith and Miracles from Latter-Day Temples

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 160 pages
• Published by: Deseret Book Company April 1, 2006
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1590385454
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1590385456
• Book Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 12 ounces

Product Description
Bestselling author-artist Chad Hawkins brings together inspiring illustrations and compelling true stories about temples in a new, affordable gift book. Holy Places includes more than sixty faith promoting stories with accompanying artwork from temples around the world, including the most recent temples in Ghana, Manhattan, Newport Beach, and Nigeria. Based on more than a decade of personal interviews and in-depth research, each story in this gorgeous volume conveys a sense of God's hand in the important work of temples and the faith of Church members as they seek to perform that work. Families will love this treasured collection of stories documenting the faith and miracles associated with the most holy places on Earth.

About The Author
Chad Spencer Hawkins began drawing and selling a series of prints of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1989, at the age of 17, to support his eventual two-year mission in Frankfurt, Germany. Upon his return in 1993, he continued with his artwork while attending Weber State University with the goal of becoming a dentist. Realizing he would have to sacrifice his art career to attend dental school, he changed from a double major of zoology and chemistry and graduated with a degree in art. His portfolio to date includes special commissions for the governor of Utah, the Utah State legislature, West Jordan (Utah), the University of Utah, and This is the Place State Park in Salt Lake City. His artwork has been featured in magazines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and selected to be placed in the cornerstone of twelve of the Church’s temples. He is a popular speaker and the author of the bestselling book The First 100 Temple and Youth and the Temple. His work has been featured in LDS Church magazines, placed in the cornerstones of several temples, and is on permanent display inside the Vernal, Utah Temple.