New Era

August 1990

Volume 20, Number 8

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Stand Up and Be Counted
  Elder James E. Faust
  Let who you are shine through clearly.

• Mormonad: A Little Talent Can Be Big Fun

• Contest Winners: Worlds without Number
  The 1990 New Era Contest Winners

• My Mission
  Kevin Olson
  First-Place Song

• Strawberries and Octaves
  JoAnn Braithwaite
  Developing talents takes self-discipline.

• The Priceless Station Wagon
  Lana Robison
  First-Place Article: She had some fine qualities in common with a beat-up old car.

• Mormonisms

• Just Fiddlin’ Around
  Janet Thomas
  The Rich family finds harmony in making music together.

• Worlds without Number
  Selected Photography, Art, and Poetry Winners

• Courting the Spirit
  Elder Carlos E. Asay
  Becoming fit companions for the Spirit brings powerful blessings.

• My Little B(r)other
  Kristi Bangerter
  His essay about her put him in a new light.

• Drawing Conclusions
  Zachary Tippetts
  First-Place Fiction: When it comes to talent, your only real competition is yourself.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Ten Steps to Creativity
  Jack Weyland
  Weyland “interviews” Weyland about the creative process.

• O Zion Blest
  Lane M. Cheney
  First-Place Hymn

Cover: Life is richer when you develop your own creativity. New worlds open up to your vision, and your appreciation of the Lord’s limitless creativity grows. Front cover photography by Welden Andersen, back cover art by Dilleen Marsh