New Era

April 1991

Volume 21, Number 4

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Mrs. Patton, Arthur Lives
  President Thomas S. Monson
  In the darkest of times, the reality of the Resurrection shines brightly

• Dad Caught Me
  Mary Lou Johnson
  I was hurtling toward disaster when Dad simply reached out.

• In Tune: He Is Our Guide

  Stanley J. and Rebecca Woodworth Hainsworth

• How I Know: I Found Out for Myself
  Robert J. Cutter
  His testimony was challenged. Here’s how he met that challenge.

• Mormonad: Foul Language Is for the Birds

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  My friends don’t like each other and want me to choose between them. What should I do?

• Faith to Move Monsoons
  Mary Ellen Robertson
  Youth guides at the Arizona Temple grounds learn that faith overcomes fear.

• The Bus Stop
  C. S. Hankins
  One girl stood out from the crowd and brought the gospel to a whole family.

• Inner City Angels
  Carolyn Sessions Allen
  Los Angeles youth bring food and cheer to the hungry and homeless.

• Nothing but Good
  Lisa A. Johnson
  Would this tough guy accept the book? She had to find out.

• Mormonisms

• Going Home Clean
  Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.
  The Resurrection is real, and repentance is a vital preparation.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Soaring
  Adrian Gostick
  He had learned to trust the glider pilot. Now he trusts a far greater pilot.

• Fiction: After Dad Died
  Tory C. Anderson
  Jarren knew the plan of salvation, but he still had to deal with his grief.

• Photo of the Month
  Eldon Decker

• Poetry: For an Unseen Finish Line
  Laurie D. Smith

Cover: Youth from the Glendora California Stake spent their spring break serving the homeless in the heart of Los Angeles and discovered that “this is what the gospel is all about.” Cover photography: Carolyn Sessions Allen (front), John Luke (back).