John Bytheway

John Bytheway (born October 1962) is an American author and academic, who is well known as a comic motivational speaker for youth within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Salt Lake City, Bytheway attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, receiving a Master's Degree in Religious Education. He also served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Philippines.

Bytheway is a religious studies instructor at BYU, currently focusing on the Book of Mormon. [http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=1869] BYU Magazine - Higher Humor] Bytheway and works as an advisor in its publishing department of Deseret Book. He also serves on the Aaronic Priesthood/Young Women Writing Committee for the LDS Church. Bytheway and his wife Kimberly have six children. Bytheway enlisted the help of his wife Kimberly to create a guide for newlyweds to their first year of marriage go more smoothly. [ [http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/9984] BYU NewsNet - Couple co-writes marriage book]

Publications/Audio-Video Releases

* "Are Your Standards Fences or Guardrails?"
* "The Best Three Hours of the Week", Audio Talk and DVD
* "Big Ideas, Little Budgets: Youth Activities and Family Activities"
* "Bytheway, It's John: The Second Verse"
* "A Crash Course in Teenage Survival"
* "Everything I Need to Know I Learned at Home"
* "First Solo: Learning to Recognize the Spirit"
* "Five Scriptures That Will Help You Get Through Almost Anything", Autio talk
* "When Times Are Tough: Five Scriptures That Will Help You Get Through Almost Anything", Book
* "Get an Attitude!: Heroic Examples from the Book of Mormon"
* "Golf: Lessons I Learned While Looking for My Ball"
* "Heroes: Lessons from the Book of Mormon"
* "Honoring the Priesthood: As a Deacon, a Teacher, and a Priest", Book and Audio Book
* "How To Be Totally Miserable: A Self-Hinder Book"
* "How to Be an Extraordinary Missionary"
* "How to Be an Extraordinary Teenager", Book and Audio Book
* "Isaiah For Airheads"
* "No-Brainers: Five Hard Decisions that the Gospel Makes Easy"
* "Out of the Mouths of Babes and Dudes"
* "Righteous Warriors: Lessons from the War Chapters in the Book of Mormon"
* "Rough Start, Great Finish"
* "Standards Night Live"
* "Supersonic Saints: Thrilling Stories from LDS Pilots"
* "Supersonic Saints, Vol. 2: More Thrilling Stories from LDS Pilots"
* "Tour De Family: Doing Your Part to Help Your Family Succeed"
* "Turn Off the TV and Get A Life!"
* "Weed Your Brain, Grow Your Testimony"
* "What's In Your Backpack?", DVD
* "What Are You Carrying in Your Backpack?", Audio Talk
* "What I Wish I'd Known Before My Mission"
* "What I Wish I'd Known When I Was Single"
* "What We Wish We'd Known When We Were Newlyweds", with Kimberly Bytheway, Book and Audio Book
* "Whose Values Do You Value?"
* "Women Are That They Might Have Joy Too", with Emily Watts
* "You're Gonna Make It"
* "You're Gonna Make It Through Junior High"
* "Rough Start Great Finish"

Notes

External links

* [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/MTAF&CISOPTR=15594&REC=1 Master's Thesis Work: A History of Especially For Youth 1976-1986] Digital Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
* [http://www.johnbytheway.com/ Sparse web page of John Bytheway] Addresses by John Bytheway, Brigham Young University [http://www.ldsvoices.com/terms_of_use.html Terms of Use]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=5564 Righteous Warriors: Lessons from the War Chapters in the Book of Mormon]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=4546 Especially For Young Single Adults: Who, When, and Why We Marry]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=1032 What's Going On In Your Teenager's Head?]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=501 The Best Three Hours of the Week: Getting the Most From Your Sunday Meetings]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=1024 Love at Home Isn't Any Big Thing--It's a Lot of Little Things ]
* [http://www.byub.org/findatalk/details.asp?ID=471 Gospel Values for Youth]