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Peace: Essays of Hope and Encouragement
Essays of hope and encouragement. A compilation of addresses given by General Authorities on the topic of 'Peace'.
147 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Gordon B. Hinckley
67 books362 followersGordon B. Hinckley was born 23 June 1910 in Salt Lake City, a son of Bryant Stringham and Ada Bitner Hinckley. He served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995–2008.
Hinckley’s first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, he earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then served two years as a missionary in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was appointed as an assistant to the Church apostle who presided over all the Europe
Even before his term as president, Hinckley’s extensive Church service included 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the highest presiding body in the government of the Church, and 20 years before that as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Gordon B. Hinckley was known, even at the age of 95, as the tireless leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who always put in a full day at the office and traveled extensively around the world to mix with Church members, now numbering nearly 13 million in 171 nations.
His quick wit and humor, combined with an eloquent style at the pulpit, made him one of the most loved of modern Church leaders. A profoundly spiritual man, he had a great fondness for history and often peppered his sermons with stories from the Church’s pioneer past.
He was a popular interview subject with journalists, appearing on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace and on CNN’s Larry King Live, as well as being quoted and featured in hundreds of newspapers and magazines over the years. During the Salt Lake Olympics of 2002, his request that the Church refrain from proselytizing visitors was credited by media with generating much of the goodwill that flowed to the Church from the international event.
At a general conference of Church members in April 2001, President Hinckley initiated the Perpetual Education Fund — an ambitious program to help young members of the Church (mainly returning missionaries from developing countries) receive higher education and work-related training that they would otherwise likely never receive.
Closer to his Salt Lake City home, President Hinckley announced the construction of a new Conference Center in 1996 and dedicated it four years later. Seating 21,000 people, it is believed to be the largest religious and theater auditorium in the world and has become the hub for the Church’s general conference messages to the world, broadcast in 54 languages.
Hinckley’s first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Deseret News. After attending public schools in Salt Lake City, he earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Utah and then served two years as a missionary in Great Britain. He served with distinction and ultimately was appointed as an assistant to the Church apostle who presided over all the Europe
Even before his term as president, Hinckley’s extensive Church service included 14 years as a counselor in the First Presidency, the highest presiding body in the government of the Church, and 20 years before that as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Gordon B. Hinckley was known, even at the age of 95, as the tireless leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who always put in a full day at the office and traveled extensively around the world to mix with Church members, now numbering nearly 13 million in 171 nations.
His quick wit and humor, combined with an eloquent style at the pulpit, made him one of the most loved of modern Church leaders. A profoundly spiritual man, he had a great fondness for history and often peppered his sermons with stories from the Church’s pioneer past.
He was a popular interview subject with journalists, appearing on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace and on CNN’s Larry King Live, as well as being quoted and featured in hundreds of newspapers and magazines over the years. During the Salt Lake Olympics of 2002, his request that the Church refrain from proselytizing visitors was credited by media with generating much of the goodwill that flowed to the Church from the international event.
At a general conference of Church members in April 2001, President Hinckley initiated the Perpetual Education Fund — an ambitious program to help young members of the Church (mainly returning missionaries from developing countries) receive higher education and work-related training that they would otherwise likely never receive.
Closer to his Salt Lake City home, President Hinckley announced the construction of a new Conference Center in 1996 and dedicated it four years later. Seating 21,000 people, it is believed to be the largest religious and theater auditorium in the world and has become the hub for the Church’s general conference messages to the world, broadcast in 54 languages.
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May 26, 2015
Powerful. I love the distinction between what the reader can control and what he can't.
March 29, 2015
So it's a book of essays and talks given by a number of apostles and prophets all with the theme of peace. Humm... seems like a session of general conference. I'm not mocking at all, just making an observation. As for the content, powerful. Some of these talks touched my heart and started healing my soul. I know that I can read it a year from now and get something entirely different. This is a great book for a despairing heart or depressed mind. The best part about it was that each essay was at about the right size for a daily read and comfort to the spirit.
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