Ensign

March 2006

Volume 36, Number 3

Contents

• First Presidency Message: Inspirational Thoughts

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• I Felt Understood

  Karen Van Alfen

• Lessons from the Old Testament: Blessed in My Affliction

  Bonnie D. Parkin

• A Talent for Touching Lives

  Emily Metheny

• Like a Perfect Puzzle

  Jack Brown

• The Fulness of the Gospel: Agency

• Questions and Answers: How can I hope for marriage when I rarely date?

• Sunrises, Sunsets, and Seasons

  Isabelle L. H. Cluff

• The Sacred Responsibilities of Parenthood

  Elder M. Russell Ballard

• In Denmark, a Quiet, Vibrant Faith

  Don L. Searle

• Let the Mountains Shout for Joy!

• Making a Difference for Women: Belle S. Spafford

  Janet Peterson and Connie Lewis

• The Nauvoo Temple: One Stitch at a Time

  Karol Jean Kasteler Miller

• The Sound of Relief Society

  Kim Woodbury

• Visiting Teaching Message: Teaching the Doctrines of the Kingdom of God

• Filling the Void

  Victoria Anderson

• Stop Using Words That Hurt

  J. Thomas Cearley

• Lessons from the Old Testament: Fleeing Temptation

  Elder Ronald A. Rasband

• Latter-day Saint Voices

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

On the cover: Photography by Don L. Searle.

Inside front cover: Wash Day, by Lynde Mott. Emma Smith, left, is shown with Jane Manning James, a faithful African-American Latter-day Saint who lived for a time with Emma and the Prophet Joseph Smith at the Mansion House in Nauvoo. Jane and eight members of her family had journeyed on foot from Connecticut to Nauvoo, a distance of 800 miles.

Inside back cover: Why Seek Ye the Living among the Dead? by Jan Astle