New Era

September 1996

Volume 26, Number 9

Contents

• The Message: I Believe
  President Gordon B. Hinckley
  Ten articles of belief that can change our lives for the better.

• Top Priority
  Dar Parke and Marissa Thompson
  His son’s death was made a little easier because of what was number one in his life.

• Everyday Heroes: Goal Keepers
  Don and Catherine Thorpe
  Making a goal to keep the Sabbath day holy sets these Cypress, California, athletes apart.

• Pressure Relief
  Teresa Hunsaker
  Life was a pain, but the cure was as close as my scriptures.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  A friend asked me why we don’t wear crosses or have crosses on our buildings. Why don’t we?

• Mormonad: Life Is an Open Book Test

• Warm at Heart
  Janet Thomas
  The warmth of the gospel keeps Iceland’s young people focused on making wise decisions.

• Tuned In
  Julie DuVall
  The woman’s singing didn’t seem like worship until I changed my attitude.

• Sister Sisters
  Marvin K. Gardner
  These Hungarian missionaries are thrilled to be teaching the gospel in their own country.

• Royal Homecoming
  Jeanette Waite Bennett
  I wanted to be crowned queen, but then I found something better.

• FYI: For Your Info

• Fiction: Anchor to the Rock
  Shaun B. Roundy
  It took a misplaced handhold and a fall to understand the value of a safe anchor.

• Mormonisms

• Last Words
  Sherry Lynn Everett
  I never imagined those unkind words would be the last he would hear from me.

• Call for Entries: Creating New Horizons
  Announcing the 1997 New Era contest

• Poem: Anticipation of Autumn
  Robert M. Thompson

• Photo of the Month
  Anselm Spring

Cover: Hanna Karitas Bardardottir from Iceland stands in the main park in Reykjavik. See “Warm at Heart,” p. 20. Cover photography: Janet Thomas (front), Welden Andersen (back).