New Era

September 1999

Volume 29, Number 9

Contents

• The Message: A Grateful Heart
  Elder Gordon T. Watts
  Happiness comes from gratitude for our true blessings.

• Contest Winners: Every Good Gift
  Introducing the 1999 New Era contest winners.

• Just a Moment in Eternity
  Margo Faraoni Edgeworth
  First-Place Song

• Reading with Ben
  Tammy Munro
  First-Place Article: His example helped her feel the power and glory of Christ’s appearance in the New World.

• Idea List: A Major Decision
  Darrin Lythgoe

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  Every now and then, I feel so bad. It seems like everything is going wrong, not just in my life but in the world. It feels like Satan is getting too strong. Is there anything I can do?

• Mormonad: Mouse Trap

• Every Good Gift
  Selected winning photography, art, and poetry entries.

• The Ahuna Adventure
  Laury Livsey
  The Ahuna family of Hawaii finds ways to spread the gospel message through sharing their talents.

• On the Spot
  Kimberly Tucker
  In the spotlight, in front of a rowdy crowd, he sang his testimony.

• A Vote for Myself
  Kari Ann Rasmussen
  When an opponent ripped down her posters, she won by not fighting.

• The Bulletin Board: Talent Show

• The Inheritance
  A. Jonathan Vance
  First-Place Fiction: Who’d think that an old mechanic in a strange town would have clues to Tom’s lost heritage.

• Mormonisms

• Choose Your Words
  Karen Lynn Davidson
  Ever wanted to write a hymn? Try these seven habits of good hymn writing.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Saints
  Thomas L. Kay and Rachel Bastian
  First-Place Hymn

Cover: Jesus as a young man working in His father’s carpentry shop. See “Every Good Gift,” p. 20. Cover illustration: Robert T. Barrett (front). Cover photo: Lana Leischman (back).