Six-year-old JJ Veitch is a sweet, curious boy who loves the Lord, helping others, and embarking on adventures in the woods. Unfortunately JJ has no idea that he is at the beginning of a journey that will push him to the brink of manhood and teach him that bullies come in all shapes and sizes. JJ's father, Jason, is battling bullies. His are the most fearsome kind: adults. Desperate for change, he has to somehow find a way to stop the copper thieves who are robbing him of his livelihood. But when he takes matters into his own hands, he lands in jail, a horrifying place he never thought he'd be. As his family battles on Jason's behalf, JJ is terrorized by neighborhood thugs and must make a difficult choice whether to turn the other cheek or stand tall and fight for his beliefs. Will he and his family realize they only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed before it is too late?

Six-year-old JJ Veitch is a sweet, curious boy who loves the Lord, helping others, and embarking on adventures in the woods. Unfortunately JJ has no idea that he is at the beginning of a journey that will push him to the brink of manhood and teach him that bullies come in all shapes and sizes. JJ's father, Jason, is battling bullies. His are the most fearsome kind: adults. Desperate for change, he has to somehow find a way to stop the copper thieves who are robbing him of his livelihood. But when he takes matters into his own hands, he lands in jail, a horrifying place he never thought he'd be. As his family battles on Jason's behalf, JJ is terrorized by neighborhood thugs and must make a difficult choice whether to turn the other cheek or stand tall and fight for his beliefs. Will he and his family realize they only need to have faith the size of a mustard seed before it is too late?

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It's the phone call that every parent dreads. When the ringing awakened Jackie Carpenter on that black Georgia night, she found everything she had ever known or believed or trusted ripped from her. Jackie's gentle son Jason was in jail, accused of murder, and Jason's wife and six year old son were shaken and helpless. What began as a nightmare grew into an ordeal. The story caught fire, grabbed headlines, and polarized a community. As she spiraled deeper into night, Jackie found herself adrift. Jason sat, terrified, in jail. Jackie began to fight with the ferociousness of a mama tiger, to save her sanity, her family, and hold on to her faith. What Jackie found in the darkness was a treasure that now empowers her. For though she was lost, she was never alone. And her message is now one of hope, and of the eternal light that cuts through the darkest night. Michael McClendon is a writer/director/actor for both stage and screen. After decades on the stage, he turned to film and TV, and has appeared opposite film greats like Tommy Lee Jones, Carroll O'Connor, Lily Tomlin, Patrick Swayze, and Jessica Lange. More recently, he directed and wrote the screenplay for Stand Your Ground, the motion picture inspired by the story in this book. Current or upcoming releases as writer/director include the award-winning shorts Dead Channels, Locations, and Inseparable. Michael's writing and directing have won top honors at the Alaska Film Festival, Indie Horror Film Fest, Avalonia Film Festival, WWWFF, Wular Lake International Film Festival, and more. He teaches film acting in between gigs and was recently named one of the five People To Watch In The Georgia Entertainment Industry.

The e-mail Danny and Allison read on their new computer in 1996 looks no different from the millions of others received by Web users around the world, with one glaring exception--it was sent by their dads who died during the 1970s. While residing in the afterworld at an amenity-laden paradise called Midway Manor, guitar-strumming Mickey Parks and piano-playing Lloyd Wallace monitor and manipulate the lives of their adult children on earth from the mid-'70s through the 1990s. Tampering with the facility's sophisticated computer, the dads thrust Mickey's daughter Allison and Lloyd's son Danny into a passionate but sometimes stormy relationship-a relationship steeped in Danny's heavy drinking and entangled in the often-zany world of men's adventure magazine publishing. After carefully implementing a plan to send their son and daughter a gift of knowledge that could enrich their lives forever, the dads' brief contact is cut short. They are banished to another destination in the afterworld, but not before they impart indisputable proof of life after death--and unwittingly put Danny's and Allison's earthbound lives on the line.

The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have established the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series to help you deepen your understanding of the restored gospel and draw closer to the Lord through the teachings of latter-day prophets. As the Church adds volumes to this series, you will build a collection of gospel reference books for your home. This book features the teachings of President Spencer W. Kimball, who served as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from December 30, 1973, to November 5, 1985.