An Endowment of Love: Embracing Christ's Covenant Way of Living and Loving

There are countless ways we might figuratively approach the House of the Lord—some shaped by prior experiences there, others influenced by thoughts parents, teachers, or friends have shared, and yet others formed by our personal worldview. In An Endowment of Love: Embracing Christ’s Covenant Way of Living and Loving, author Melinda W. Brown invites us to join her in a unique approach to the temple that is specifically focused on developing a loving relationship with the Lord and learning His way of loving God and others.

This book looks expansively at the Christlike characteristics we learn to love and emulate as we worship in the Lord’s holy house. Framing the five key covenant commitments of the temple endowment as eternal principles of divine relationships, Melinda W. Brown spotlights love—love for God and love for one another—as the heart of obedience, sacrifice, the gospel of Jesus Christ, chastity, and consecration, as she reminds us that embracing these core commitments can bless our every relationship, not just in the distant eternities but here and now.

Melinda W. Brown is an author and educator. She earned a master’s degree in Christian Practice from Duke Divinity School with an emphasis in Christian Education. She is the author of Eve and Adam: Discovering the Beautiful Balance, and a frequent contributor to the Magnify podcast and LDS Living. Mindy and her husband Doug have four children and five grandchildren.