New Era

January 1993

Volume 23, Number 1

Contents

• The Message: From Darkness to Light: The Gift of Repentance
  Elder Helvecio Martins
  It’s the way back from darkness and sorrow to light and joy.

• Mormonad: Repentance Is Strong Soap

• Norman’s Song
  Norman Hill
  Dean taught Norman a new song and taught a powerful lesson to the whole bus.

• Everyday Heroes: Mission Accomplished
  Christie Giles
  These “secret agents of love” in wacky costumes bring love and friendship.

• Scripture Lifeline: Just a Teenager
  Ann Jacobs
  My talk with a stranger on Temple Square taught me I can be a missionary.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  How can I help the homeless and the hungry when I don’t even have a job myself? I feel guilty not doing anything, but what can I do?

• How I Know: I Expected Miracles
  Tara Pearson
  I wanted something big, but that small, warm feeling was the answer I needed.

• Small Branches, Big Blessings
  Laury Livsey
  How LDS teens are finding a rich spiritual life in small towns everywhere.

• My Very Own 911
  Dawn Thurston
  When things went wrong at the party, I was glad I could call Dad.

• Finding Your Way in Madrid
  Lisa A. Johnson
  Spanish teens help each other navigate around the pitfalls of the big city.

• FYI: For Your Info

• Fiction: Pride of Lions
  Eugene E. Woodbury
  Forrest might be a “shophead,” but he knows a jackal when he sees one.

• Mormonisms

• Like Yourself
  George I. Cannon
  Don’t like the person in the mirror? Reflect on these suggestions.

• Take Time
  Lucy-Anne Stanbury
  Investing time in the scriptures brought big dividends to this student.

• No More a Stranger
  John Nelson Schneider
  Members of a small French branch show love for a man they never met.

• Feedback
  Letters to the Editors

• Poem: Frosted Memories
  Kaylene Jarvis

• Photo of the Month
  Keith Proctor

Cover: LDS kids in Morgan City, Louisiana, have discovered life in a small branch has its own big rewards. See p. 20. Cover photography: John Luke (front), Jay Drowns (back).