Be Still, My Son

Be Still, My Son is the true story of a boy born into a typical Latter-day Saint family in the heart of Utah. In his youth, he enjoyed the blessings of living the gospel until his father became disaffected with the Church and sought polygamy as an alternative.

This story depicts the heart-wrenching emotions the boy experienced as he watched his family leave the Church for an austere fundamentalist lifestyle. He spent long, hot summers in the polygamist community of Short Creek, Arizona.

During the school year, he had to hide his true identity for fear that his family's underground lifestyle would be found out. When he turned sixteen, he escaped and entered an unknown world full of challenges. He relates how the Lord carefully guided him back to the Church with the promise that "life would be filled with constant rewards."

Determined to forge his own path in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he escaped his controlling upbringing and answered a mission call to Scotland—only to face debilitating illness, reassignment, and heartbreak. This candid spiritual memoir traces one man's struggle to "wait on the Lord," to be patient amid unanswered prayers, and to find healing, purpose, and the loving arms of Christ.

• What happens when you sacrifice everything for a mission—and get sent home anyway?
• A raw, honest look at learning to 'wait on the Lord' when the blessings don't come
• From a broken childhood to the loving arms of Christ: one man's journey of surrender

Perfect for anyone who has faced unanswered prayers or hard trials and needs reassurance in God's timing and refining process.