We are in Egypt excavating, you can be following

We have been excavating in Egypt! You can follow at byuinegypt.blogspot.com. It will be worth it for you!
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Authoring a New Column

Meridian Magazine has asked me to author a series on the Old Testament for them. In this monthly column I will be trying to help people understand and come to love the Old Testament. You can check out the column at:
http://ldsmag.com/article/1/14107

Helping so many people

Return Unto Me has now reached well over 1,000 readers. I am happy about this, but I think the book has so much potential to help so many people that I will not be satisfied until it reaches a far wider audience. Anything you can do to help people learn about this book and its message would be appreciated.

This is why getting the book out there means so much to me: A sweet lady in her 70's recently told me that this book has changed her life. She said that after all these years she now more fully understands her relationship with God, and that she feels closer to God than ever in her life. She says she finds more joy and comfort in almost every aspect of life. Nothing could make me more happy than to help someone in this way!

More Good News

Return Unto Me gets an excellent reader review and 4.33 stars at "Good Reads" website. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18604292-return-unto-me#other_reviews

Good News

Very happy about some book reviews I received in Deseret News. "Return Unto Me" was described as "Powerful and Profound," http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865593417/Book-review-6Return-Unto-Me7-is-powerful-and-profound.html and, while I can't find it online, yesterday's "Mormon Times" had my "Essential Companion to Your Study of the Old Testament," on its front page. Happy day.

Lecture in Hawaii goes well

 Dr. Muhlestein was recently in Hawaii as the lecturer for the 2013 Joseph Smith Lecture Series. As part of that he did a lecture on God's Love as exhibited in the Old Testament, featuring ideas found in his Return Unto Me book. The lecture went very well, and the question and answer session afterwards was wonderful.

Dr. Muhlestein also delivered the devotional address at BYU Hawaii on the Book of Abraham and revelation. It was broadcast on BYU TV, and the text and video are available online (best viewed in Safari and Google Chrome we are told.



You can see them here:
https://devotional.byuh.edu/media131112


Lectures on Joseph Smith being tutored during his family's poverty and other faculty discussions also went well.