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Holy Places: True Stories of Faith and Miracles from Latter-Day Temples
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 beautiful 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.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2006
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April 11, 2020
Many uplifting accounts that are associated with temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Very enjoyable!
May 31, 2021
Such a great book and powerful! I recommend everyone to read it! LDS Temples is my happy place!
May 13, 2019
What an inspirational audio this was! I highly recommend it.
February 6, 2021
My 12 year old son & I have been reading the stories every night since Christmas. It starts with a story of the groundbreaking of the Billings Montana Temple, which I attended with my 2 oldest children, and includes others that I also personally have a connection to. The stories are wonderful & the illustrations are beautiful!
June 14, 2025
It was so great to read of the miracles that happened while temples were built all over the world. It confirmed to me that truly these are houses of the Lord and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the restored church of Jesus Christ.
December 6, 2016
Easy read - lots of lovely and inspiring stories of the various temples. Some were more well written than others.
September 7, 2017
I enjoyed every one of these stories and the illustrations are wonderful.
April 25, 2018
a beautiful book with a hidden treasure in each photo. I loved the stories. some of had heard before and some of hadn't.
September 21, 2018
4.5 ⭐ quick and uplifting read!
January 3, 2019
A few good stories with some of his impressive artwork.
April 19, 2019
I listened to the audible and it's a "fireside" talk before an audience. I really love it.
May 27, 2019
Stories of building different temples around the world.
February 21, 2020
Amazing but ok with really interesting stories and facts about Temples of the Lord!
March 13, 2020
It was fine. The stories were short and sweet.
June 1, 2020
This book was good. It had a lot of inspiring temple stories!
May 26, 2025
Loved these short stories about the LDS Temples.
November 9, 2025
Beautiful touching stories
August 4, 2019
Fast, fun read with some great stories. I love a collection of short stories that I can devour quickly.
August 2, 2020
This was a super quick read, just a compilation of very short stories about various miracles related to different temples. Inspiring to see the small and simple ways the Lord's hand is in His work.
August 22, 2012
What an amazing book!! I loved every story I read about the different Temples around the world!! I loved how each story had such a wonderful message about Faith, Testimony and sacrifice. I had always wondered how besides being built through divine revelation there wore other contributing factors why and how each were built. The illustrations were so beautifully done and some even had hidden images in them which made each illustration even more beautiful. Now every time I attend one of the many Temples I will have a much better understanding of the history of that particular Temple. My Testimony has been strengthened immensely from reading this book!!!
November 3, 2012
I was looking for a specific temple story which was not included in this book, and that was kind of a let down, but the the stories of miracles surrounding the building and use or these temples were wonderful. I liked that the author chose to use only stories that were well documented and published in other places as well as in this book. There were no fantastical accounts of the three Nephites, but rather little "everyday" miracles that could be called coincidence by non-believers. It was a fun, quick read, and it made for some great dinnertime discussions as I re-told some of the stories to my children.
June 22, 2008
I loved this book because there is so much that we don't know that goes on in regards to the building of temples and this gives you a small glispe into everything that goes on before and during and after the process. I would say the stories that were most thought provoking to me were the stories about the Billings, Montana Temple because you never know what is happening only the Lord knows so instead of being disappionted that you don't have great weather you have trust that it is all working out the way the Lord needs it too. I also liked the stories about the Houston Texas Temple.
November 26, 2011
This small book packs a great many faith inspiring stories! It was really enjoyable to read outloud with my husband - and alone.
It's a book packed with short stories about little miracles that happened during the construction of different Latter-Day Saint Temples. The author is also an artist and with every story is a handsketched picture of the temple the story is about.
I have bought this for my Dad for Christmas! I love it - fun to pick up and read - great stories to share with others too!
It's a book packed with short stories about little miracles that happened during the construction of different Latter-Day Saint Temples. The author is also an artist and with every story is a handsketched picture of the temple the story is about.
I have bought this for my Dad for Christmas! I love it - fun to pick up and read - great stories to share with others too!
November 15, 2009
Very short (1-2 page), uplifting stories about the temples. Most of the stories are about miracles that occurred during temple construction or sacrifices made by members to attend the temple. I was expecting more insights into the temple ordinances, so it was only so-so. However, it earns an extra star just for the beautiful illustrations.
This would make a nice gift book - or a book to keep on an end table for people to thumb through and read a few stories.
This would make a nice gift book - or a book to keep on an end table for people to thumb through and read a few stories.
December 31, 2009
Four stars, not for the writing, but for the content. The stories connected to the building of the temples are inspiring. Also, the sketches of the temples by Chad Hawkins are beautiful, and most of them have a hidden picture of Christ. I really enjoyed reading this. There are some out-of-the way temples, like Redlands, and Manhattan.
March 11, 2009
This was a very interesting book to read. It had some great stories about miracles that have occured at temple sites, mostly during temple constructions and openings. It was a very simple and easy read, but I liked it.
June 28, 2010
This book is a miracle. The spirit was so strong while I was reading it. The miracle to me is that I read the whole book on a Monday morning. Usually Monday mornings are crazy. This book is proof that the Lord protects his house. I would recommend this book to anyone who is endowed.
September 5, 2010
This was a nice, easy read. It was a book of short one page anecdotes about temples. I read a couple every night before bed. It made me feel good and happy as I read it, it recharged my hope battery and I learned stuff. I'm looking forward to reading the second book.
May 31, 2015
Great book! I enjoyed reading stories about various temples and things that happened during construction, dedications, etc. It is amazing to read about the Lord's hand in the development of these temples. It's a quick read, so check it out!
June 16, 2016
I've read this little book three times since it was given to me as a gift back in 2000. I love the black and white illustrations, and the temple stories are wonderfully miraculous. I would like to get the author/illustrators newest book, Temples of the New Mellenium.
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