“Contents,” New Era, Sept. 1975 New Era September 1975 Volume 5 Number 9 Contents Departments Feedback The Message: The AdversaryElder ElRay L. Christiansen Missionary Focus: What a RiotJeff Manookin Q&A: Questions and AnswersKaren LynnReed C. Durham, Jr.Elder Loren C. DunnJohn M. R. CoveyPresident J. Murray Rawson Participatory Journalism: One in 1,500!Marilyn Duncan Mormonad General Authorities’ Wives: Sister Dorothy Cobbly StoneMaurine Jensen Ward FYI: For Your Information Mormonisms Photo of the MonthDon Thorpe Feature Articles “Is It Raining?” The Conversion of a QuarterbackElaine McKay PicklesMary K. Stout The Aaronic Priesthood Holder and AthleticsBishop Vaughn J. Featherstone The “Dark Continent”: Safaris, Seaweed, and SeminaryJacki Burrows Scriptophobia: or How to Write an English ThemePaul James Toscano School Gamesmanship Fiction and Poetry Second ThoughtsBecky Worthen Kagel Finding a FriendGail Christensen Cover photos by Bruce Chapman