New Era

March 1992

Volume 22, Number 3

Contents

• The Message: Right for the Climate
  Elder John H. Groberg
  How you dress does show your status—spiritually.

• The Enemy in the Gutter
  John Bytheway
  The magazine belonged with the rest of the dirt. Could I leave it there?

• In Tune: I Am a Daughter of God

  Brent N. Jorgensen

• Is Relief Society for Me?
  Yes! It has a lot to offer the young woman who gives it a chance.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  My parents and friends are encouraging me to get my patriarchal blessing. But I’m not sure I want to yet. What should I do?

• Turning Their Hearts
  Janet Thomas
  A Tennessee youth conference puts enjoyment and meaning in personal and family history.

• Flunked?
  Gideon Burton
  He failed the simplest test there was. How he reacted would be an even bigger test.

• Mormon Corner
  Larry A. Hiller
  For these LDS kids in Fairbanks, fun and friendship are always around the corner.

• Mormonisms

• How I Know: Convert’s Shoes
  Chris Crowe
  My friend seemed so sure. Now I wanted to follow in his footsteps.

• Mormonad: Make your appeal more than skin-deep

• Fiction: The Twinkie
  Anya Bateman
  Tormenting his sister was half the fun, but would his personal hero approve?

• Hidden Agony
  Lisa A. Johnson
  Abuse: whether it’s you or someone you know, there are things you should understand and things you can do.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Feedback
  Letters to the Editor

• Photo of the Month
  Chad L. Mosher

• Poem: Open Windows
  Lani Berry

Cover: Adam, Amanda, and Adriane Talley of Knoxville, Tennessee, have been learning that family history includes present blessings as well as past. See p. 20. Cover photography: Peggy Jellinghausen (front), Phil Shurtleff (back).