New Era

July 1989

Volume 19, Number 7

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Next Fifteen Minutes
  Elder Robert L. Simpson
  The Lord sent an answer to dispel a deacon’s doubts.

• Mormonad: The Best Things in Life Are Not Things

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  Why is life so easy for some people and so hard for others?

• Willing Hands
  Ann W. Moore
  I’d always found a way out of yard work, until now.

• Called to Serve: An Historic Event—159th Annual General Conference
  New General Authorities

• Scripture Lifeline: The Best at Something
  Scott Slivka
  Everyone wants to be great in some area. I tried the scriptures.

• Bridge the Gap
  Janet Thomas
  History can be a blast with a youth conference built around it.

• Life Preservers
  Genevieve Van Wagenen
  Some “lifesaving” devices can deceive you.

• Feeding the Masses
  Lisa A. Johnson
  Priests in Washington, D.C., try to help the homeless.

• The Latest News
  Richard M. Romney
  Youth in Tours, France, enjoy spreading the word.

• Mormonisms

• FYI: For Your Information
  Traveling down under, staying on top, and much more.

• Fiction: The Grandpa Quilt
  Susan Meredith Hinckley
  Grandpa was gone, but his warmth remained.

• Tiger Brown and the Kingbirds
  Laird Roberts
  He was tough. He was mean. But he had a soft spot.

• Photo of the Month
  Lisa Lake

• Poetry: Sneakers
  Katherine Roberts

Cover: Although collecting information from historical tombstones was a fascinating part of the youth conference, the event was anything but grave. See page 20. (Photography by Brent Peterson [front], Phil Shurtleff [back].)