New Era

September 1993

Volume 23, Number 9

Contents

• The Message: This Favored Season
  President Gordon B. Hinckley
  You are a chosen generation living in the greatest age in history. Act accordingly.

• How I Know: The Words of the Song
  Paige Marriott
  Suddenly I knew. I am a child of God.

• In Tune: Marriage for Eternity

  Jill Johnson and K. Newell Dayley

• Wings
  Anne Yelvington Lynch
  When I taught him to read I gave him wings. Then he learned to fly.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I want to read good books, but I just dropped a class because I felt it had questionable reading material. How do I know I’m not being too picky?

• Mormonad
  Labels Hide People

• Institute of Highest Learning
  Laura Mayo Bangerter
  Texas A&M has some great traditions. LDS students are adding even more.

• Scripture Lifeline: Day in the Park
  Aaron Lee Shill
  Our attackers left scars that needed healing from within.

• QB or Not QB
  Laury Livsey
  Darrell Bevell of the University of Wisconsin went from QB to MTC to RM and back to QB.

• Mormonisms

• FYI: For Your Info

• Fiction: Dragon Boats of Fragrant Harbor
  Nanette Larsen Dunford
  You might say he stumbled over his roots and found the gospel.

• What’s Your Temple IQ?
  Harry and Susan Davis
  Test your knowledge of temples.

• Your Creative Touch
  Announcing the 1994 New Era contest.

• A Small Moment
  Holly Carter
  A little paper kite, a scripture, and I was soaring high.

• I Want My Life Back
  Elder William R. Bradford
  Unclutter your life and get back to the things that matter most.

• Poem: Old Family Pictures
  Laurie D. Smith

• Photo of the Month
  Joy Amy Pace

Cover: Rick Daniel gave up football at Texas A&M to serve a mission. He’s just one of the LDS students there who’ve been blessed by institute. See p. 20. Cover photography: Richard M. Romney (front), Phil Shurtleff (back).