New Era

February 1989

Volume 19, Number 2

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Perception
  Elder Charles Didier
  How you feel about the gospel depends on how you look at it.

• Mormonad: Open a Thank Account

• I Can See Clearly Now
  Kim Rives
  A day of skiing became a night of terror.

• First Person: Still Reaching
  Trista Crossley
  My non-LDS cousin reminded me I should be glory bound.

• Scripture Lifeline: “Art Thou Greater?”
  Jennifer Clark
  I got an answer to the question, “Why me, Lord?”

• How to Talk to Your Parents
  Chris Crowe
  Tips for some of the most important communicationyou can have.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  How can my dad and I agree about music?

• Mormonisms

• Everything Safe, Mon
  Janet Thomas
  What’s happening with LDS kids in the Virgin Islands.

• Sweet Is the Work
  Kathleen Lubeck
  Processing honey helped Canadian youth get to the temple.

• The Family That Kicks Together
  Laird Roberts
  Karate kids do missionary work.

• Fiction: The Movie Machine
  Jack Weyland
  Kyle changed a movie and changed a life.

• Carefully Knit
  Linda Smith
  A little kindness made a big difference.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Daring to date, doing the dynamic, and much more.

• Love, Dad
  Carol Davis Robinson
  It took a special man to mend my broken heart.

• What It Takes to Be Happy and Successful
  Joe J. Christensen
  People who are successful have certain things in common.

• Photo of the Month
  Brian K. Kelly

• Poetry: The Wish
  Janean Buhler

Cover: Don’t worry, “bee” happy, advise youth from Sainte Brigide d’Iberville, Canada, as they work on a honey project. See p. 28. (Photography by Sharon Beard [front], Jed Clark [back].)