“Contents,” Ensign, Dec. 1977, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: The Ideal Latter-day Saint HomePresident Marion G. Romney
Teaching and Leadership in the Home
Really Getting Somewhere with Father’s InterviewsRonald J. Zirker
Making the Most of Limited Time We Found Time for Each Other Carol A. Thomson A Precious Half Hour Claudia Black, as told to Arlene L. Bascom Scripture Reading Jane C. Babcock The Magic of Five-Minute Microlessons Carol Ann Olsen Participation: Our Family Home Evening Success Key Glen W. Harper
Changing Children’s Behavior: How to Help Them Stop Doing What They Shouldn’tDean and Paula Sorensen
Christmas at Our HouseLaurie J. Wilson
The Orange and the TrampKathryn P. Fong
The Nauvoo Generation: Our First Five Relief Society PresidentsJill Mulvay Derr and Susan Oman
Nephi, Lehi, and Samuel the LamaniteBrian Best
The Church Welfare Services Department Answers … Frequently Asked Questions about Career Development
The Year in Church HistoryDavis Bitton
The Walker and the WalkEmma Lou Thayne
Regular Features
I Have a QuestionLaurie Williams Sowby Wendell J. Ashton Wayne C. Booth
Fiction: The Year We Discovered Tradition Jay A. Parry
Poetry Eldest Daughter (Genesis 29, 30) Kathleen Whitworth Qualitative Change Paul Armstrong Early Morning Seminary Vernice Wineera Pere Resistance Carlene Petree
Comment
Speaking Today All in Six Years Marvin J. Ashton “Maybe Christmas Doesn’t Come from a Store” Jeffrey R. Holland
News of the Church
Arizona Temple
On the Cover: The Annunciation, by John Scott (c. 1975–76), 130″ x 85″, oil, Salt Lake Visitors Center
Inside front cover: Jehovah Appears to Moses and the Seventy Elders, Jerry Harston (1977), 16″ x 23″, acrylic on masonite, from series prepared for Jewish-American missionary flipcharts
Inside back cover: Arizona Temple