Ensign

June 2004

Volume 34, Number 6

Contents

• First Presidency Message: Inspirational Thoughts

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Teaching from the Heart

  Elder Richard G. Scott and Elder Charles Didier

• The Red Starfish

  Troy L. Love

• Book of Mormon Principles: He Knows Our Suffering

  Elder Flávio A. Cooper

• Book of Mormon Principles: A Change of Heart

  Elder Gerald A. Mead

• From Me to We

  Randal Thatcher

• Bringing Church Home

  Judy Kay W. Frome

• Our Son’s Battle with Drugs

  Name Withheld

• Julia and Emily: Sisters in Zion

  Debbie J. Christensen

• Seeing beyond Single

  Chris Brough

• Teaching Our Children to Accept Differences

  Gayle M. Clegg

• Questions and Answers: How can I overcome feelings of inadequacy as a new member?

• The Neighbors No One Wanted

  Marilynn Barnes

• Book of Mormon Principles: Obeying the Lord’s Spirit

  Elder Ross H. McEachran

• Be Ye One

  Elder H. Aldridge Gillespie

• Visiting Teaching Message: Feeling the Love of the Lord through Exercising Charity

• Building a Lesson from Teachings of Presidents of the Church

  Jan Pinborough

• Latter-day Saint Voices

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

Back cover: Photograph by John Luke, posed by model; front cover: Photograph by Jerry Garns, may not be copied

Inside front cover: Going as a Lamb, by Liz Lemon Swindle. May not be copied. In June 1844 “when Joseph went to Carthage to deliver himself up … two or three days previous to his assassination, he said: ‘I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer’s morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men’” (D&C 135:4). Here he bids farewell to his family.

Inside back cover: Waters of Mormon, by Linda Curley Christensen