New Era

July 1998

Volume 28, Number 7

Contents

• The Message: Don’t Be Afraid
  President James E. Faust
  These are challenging times, but you don’t have to fear. Here’s why.

• How I Know: Amazed
  Melissa Ransom
  The words of the hymn really hit home. I knew the Savior loves me.

• Called to Serve
  New General Authorities and new temples were announced at April’s general conference.

• Night Light
  Brittney Achter
  My attempts to make scripture reading a habit finally paid off. Here’s what it’s done for me.

• Comforters
  Julie DuVall
  Youth in North Ogden, Utah, make a “material” contribution to grieving parents.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  It’s hard for me to sit through my Sunday School class. The lessons always seem to be on subjects we’ve talked about over and over. What should I do?

• Mormonad: He Lives!

• Barnstormers
  Darrin Lythgoe
  At this youth conference, they build testimonies along with a pioneer-style barn.

• No Lie
  Kathy Merritt
  The umpire was asking me to make the call, and it might cost us the game.

• Russian Pioneers
  Richard M. Romney
  With the gospel as their compass, young Latter-day Saints are blazing new trails in the former Soviet Union.

• Your Life Can Never Be the Same Again
  Sheri L. Dew
  When you come to the Savior, your life changes in a wonderful way.

• Fiction: Primary Purpose
  Don Smurthwaite
  I was supposed to teach the CTR class. So how come I ended up learning so much?

• Mormonisms

• The Bulletin Board

• I’m Impressed
  Annette Larsen Proulx
  Two students, working part-time in a dry cleaners, set an example with spotless living.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: To Live My Dreams
  Kristine Anne Keele

• Photo of the Month
  Cindy Young

Cover: Cody Larkin (top), Karen Christensen, and J. D. Price of the Sandy Utah Hidden Valley Stake helped hammer out a great youth conference. See “Barnstormers,” p. 20. Cover photography: Welden Andersen