New Era

September 1989

Volume 19, Number 9

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Addiction or Freedom
  Elder Russell M. Nelson
  Those who choose to abuse also choose to lose.

• Please Don’t Give In
  A former addict talks about how tough it is to recover.

• The Daring Book Report
  Robert Avery Grey, Jr.
  Talk about the Book of Mormon? In front of the whole class?

• Mormonad: You Can Handle Pressure Brilliantly

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I feel pressure to bear a testimony I’m unsure of. What can I do?

• Water and Stone: A Photo Essay
  Larry Hiller
  The secret to finding beauty and truth in the commonplace.

• From the Isles of the Sea
  Anne C. Bradshaw
  Despite difficulties, youth in the British Isles stand firm.

• Fiction: Palmer the Embalmer
  Judith M. Williams
  I wondered if this chemistry teacher was really human.

• FYI: For Your Information

• I’m Sorry, Bertha
  Sheron S. Gibb
  How could I have treated her that way?

• First Person: Locker Room Talk
  Charles Creel
  Our coach didn’t let us down.

• The 1990 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest: Worlds without Number

• Photo of the Month
  Candy Young

• Poetry: Heart of Isaiah
  Jon Tolman

Cover: Back to school—to scholarship and friendships; back to seminary—to gospel scholarship, spiritual growth, and more friendships. (Photography by Scott Tanner.)