New Arrivals

This issue celebrates Brilliant Star’s 50th birthday and gives kids tools for developing cooperation and consultation skills. Compelling content includes:

• A behind-the-scenes look at how Brilliant Star is created;
• Nur’s Nook craft about creating your own mini magazine;
• Quiz yourself on cooperation skills;
• Take a creativity challenge in “Maya’s Mysteries”;
• Get to know Brian Lepard, a law professor who helped with the earliest version of Brilliant Star when he was a kid;
• Draw yourself as a future Stargazer;
• Develop a growth mindset and learn from mistakes;
• Get tips on consultation for stronger teamwork.

In the second and final volume of the thrilling historical novel Wise Men of the West, the search for the Promised One takes dramatic turns as our spiritual explorers pursue surprisingly parallel prophecies from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim sources, all pointing to the same time, and all pointing eastward.

Upon his return to America, Zach finds William Miller and the Adventists reeling from the impact of what was already being called "The Great Disappointment." How can he convey to his religious countrymen the magnitude of his discoveries?

The Coming of the Glory and its succeeding two volumes comprise a survey of a vast ancient world: the development of religion as we know it today. Beginning with the ancient historical context from which Adam emerged, archeological sites in the Middle East give evidence for animism, ancestor veneration, and other religious practices and beliefs. This is followed by an exploration of the prophets of the Hebrew Bible, whose purpose was to address the problems of their time–idolatry and disobedience to the Mosaic Dispensation–and to call the people to obedience to the Divine Covenant. They also foretold a time of Glory in, what was to them, the distant future—an age of global peace and the unity of humankind.

From the French Revolution to the 21st century, from the Tablets to the Kings to the institute process, this book offers a perspective on the significance of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation for the spiritual empowerment of the masses as protagonists of their own advancement.