New Era

January 1989

Volume 19, Number 1

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Mind over Matter
  Elder Francis M. Gibbons
  Great actions and attitudes begin in the mind.

• First Person: Not a Hypocrite or a Hero
  Marcelle Gill
  To cheat or not to cheat, that was the question.

• Scripture Lifeline: Counting Blessings Not Problems
  Kellie Burrahm
  The Doctrine and Covenants helped me survive in a new school.

• Called to Serve: New General Authorities

• Mormonad: A Spotless Future

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  How can I forgive a friend who really hurt me?

• Special Victories
  Judy C. Olsen
  Handicapped show Las Vegas youth winning ways.

• It’s Only a Game
  Bryan Lee Shaw
  You don’t have to win the event to be victorious.

• Mormonisms

• Chickens, Junkyards, and Carnival People
  Greg Jensen
  They all can give us insight into treating people well.

• Will the Real Me Please Stand Up
  Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard
  What should you really write in your journal?

• My Family: Going Home
  Kendra Kasl Phair
  It’s not where you go, it’s who you’re with that counts.

• True Power Lifting
  Quinn Millington
  A mission gives a champion weight lifter real strength.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Fun and games, Eagles soar, and more.

• Prophecy in His Pocket
  William G. Hartley
  War was coming, but few people believed it.

• Fiction: Cheryl’s Poem
  Patty Redd Kennington
  He was cool, she was too shy, and I had to help.

• Photo of the Month
  Katrina Bakker

• Poetry: Kindness
  Cindy Kirk

Cover: Photography by Jed Clark. It was a field day when 300 youth from the Las Vegas Stake sponsored a track meet for the handicapped. See story, p. 20. (Photography by Jed Clark.)