New Era

August 1976

Volume 6, Number 8

Contents

• Departments

• Feedback

• The Message: Spiritual Crocodiles
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• Missionary Focus: I’m a Mormon
  Mark Flygare

• Mormonisms

• Participatory Journalism: Living Up to Nicknames
  Dayle G. Ash

• Feature Articles

• Joseph Smith and the Lighter View
  Leonard J. Arrington

• Winners: The 1976 New Era Writing, Art, Photography Contest

• Looking for a Few Good … Writers, Artists, Photographers

• “Let Me Soar”
  Newell Dayley

• Selected Poetry and Photography Winners

• Gerda, I Love You
  Linda K. Hoffman

• On Keeping a Diary
  Don Hemingway

• The More Abundant Life
  Erin Silva

• Some Thoughts on Songwriting
  Marvin Payne

• Fiction

• Heartthrob Catastrophe
  Kristin Hardy

Cover: Photo by Curtis Haderlie