Ilyan Kei Lavanway: 23 books

More than a decade ago, I heard a Church leader declare that the time was fast approaching when the spiritual convictions we had cultivated up to that point in our lives would not be sufficient for what lies ahead. I believe that time has already arrived. If we are not actively strengthening our personal...

Why marriage? How can you make your marriage last forever? Why would you want to be wed only until death do you part? Is not there some way to be united as husband and wife, and as families, not only for time, but for all eternity, even after death, and even after resurrection? If you love someone,...

The short story titled The Modern Day Gadianton Golden Boy is a speculative political thriller that links the current usurpation of American executive power to an ancient order of secrecy that employed dark oaths to murder and get gain. Prophetic warnings both ancient and modern come into play in this provocative narration.

Step into a future where faithful Christians discern truth from error as clearly as day and night. A time when wars and tempests rage across the seas. A time when the North American continent is divided. A time when temple-ready Latter-day Saints are being rescued and gathered from across the world...

You had seldom given a second thought to the meaning of Easter, until today. You wander the streets, alone. An unexpected encounter leaves you baffled but hopeful in a way you had never imagined. You witness a quintessential change for the better. You are glad you chose to endure, for you now understand that the end will usher in a new beginning, a glorious and joyful beginning.

Aside from actually dying, do you have to have a near death experience (NDE) to visit the spirit world? Perhaps the better question is, if you have visited the spirit world, can you say you have had a near death experience. Or is there such thing as a micro death event while sleeping? I have never...

Onions of Eternity is a brief and thoughtful book that expounds a few concepts addressed in my books, Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900, Circumscription Hypothesis, and Intelligent Universe. Onions of Eternity invites readers to explore a simple visual model of how ongoing creations of universes may be...

Often, the most difficult and unpleasant tasks in life are the ones that teach us most about ourselves and help us develop a personal relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ, and his Father who sent him. This short and touching message shares a real life and death experience that changed the heart of the author. Hopefully, it will change many more hearts.

In a day and age when many people have no interest in starting or maintaining a family, and all types of alternative lifestyles are being practiced and legislated by man, is there any solace for those who value traditional families? Is there any hope that real family relationships can remain intact...

Ancient records suggest that universes, galaxies, stars, and planets are alive and sentient and capable of communicating with their Creator, as are the peoples who inhabit them. What does our universe look like? What does it have in common with human physiology? How are we connected to it? What natural...

Discover the connection between intelligence and light and the theory of everything. Quantum physics and relativity seem contradictory rather than mutually supportive. Why? What is missing? What bridges the chasm of inexplicability and satisfies the demands of both schools of thought? Is there one...

Thought Log 2015.08.17.1900 is a compilation of more than a decade of pondering and ongoing personal study of deep subject matter relating to the cosmos and man's relationship to God. The date and time displayed in the title refer to the commencement of the author's efforts to make a written...

In the near future, the United Nations have become the enforcement arm of the New World Order. What was once the United States of America has been absorbed into the North American Superstate that includes Canada and Central America. Against unspeakable odds, freedom loving people have gathered and...

This book shares personal thoughts intended to illustrate the majesty and condescension of Jesus Christ, whose birth and life we celebrate. May the Holy Ghost open to our spiritual eyes an eternal vista through which we may begin to understand how profoundly our Heavenly Father loves us, and how intimately...