Liahona

June 2003

Volume 27, Number 6

Contents

• Features

  • Comment

  • First Presidency Message: Enriching Our Lives through Family Home Evening

    President James E. Faust

  • Successful Family Home Evenings

  • Family Councils: A Conversation with Elder and Sister Ballard

    Elder M. Russell Ballard and his wife, Barbara

  • Words of Jesus: On the Cross

    Elder Alain A. Petion

  • Visiting Teaching Message: Prepare Youth to Meet Opposition in the World

  • A Rock-Solid Foundation for Marriage

    Brent A. Barlow

  • Latter-day Saint Voices

    • The Much Needed Rain

      Juan Carlos Rodríguez

    • Honoring the Lord’s Day

      David Oscar Sarmiento

    • He Took My Purse

      Rebecca Thomas

  • Using the June 2003 Liahona

• Especially for Youth

  • My Fathers

    Rosemarie Deppe

  • Gospel Classics: Our Greatest Happiness

  • Spanning the Generations

    Shanna Ghaznavi

  • Questions and Answers: How Can I Reach Out to My Less-Active Brother Who Isolates Himself from Our Family?

  • Did You Know?

• The Friend

  • Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice: Love One Another

    President Thomas S. Monson

  • Sharing Time: I Know God’s Plan

    Vicki F. Matsumori

  • New Testament Stories

    • Jesus Is Risen

  • Isaac’s Talk

    Dawn Nelson

  • Special Witness: Heavenly Father’s Plan

    Elder Richard G. Scott

  • Temple Cards

On the cover: Front: Illustration by Phyllis Luch.

Back: Photographs by Welden C. Andersen, Steve Bunderson, Craig Dimond, Lana Leishman, and Marty Mayo, posed by models.

Inside back cover: Hearts to the Fathers, by Derek J. Hegsted