New Era

September 2000

Volume 30, Number 9

Contents

• The Message: The Faith of a Sparrow
  Elder H. Bruce Stucki
  Do you have the faith and the trust to come unto the Lord when He calls?

• Sidewalk Service
  Choi Chung Lap
  In bearing another’s burden, two missionaries were blessed for their effort.

• Contest Winners: A Perfect Fit
  Introducing the 2000 New Era contest winners.

• He Is There
  Margo Edgeworth
  First-Place Song

• Look What I Found
  Shara Braithwaite
  A knock at my door brought me some great, new friends and a new faith.

• One Hundred Questions
  Lani Ricks
  First-Place Article: My friend’s list seemed overwhelming, but I found all the answers.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I feel like I don’t have any real friends. I know a lot of people, but they’re just acquaintances. I’m so lonely, and I feel like there’s no one I can talk to. What can I do?

• Mormonad: Look Ahead

• Pieces of Life
  Selected winning photography, art, and poetry entries.

• Impressions in Wet Cement
  Adrian Robert Gostick
  Fame and fortune seemed within reach, but this musical group gave it up to serve the Lord.

• Of All Things

• My Dad the Dictator
  Elyssa Renee Andrus
  Transcribing Dad’s stories helped me understand him, and we became closer.

• Idea List: Ways to Win
  Darrin Lythgoe
  Saying no to temptation means thinking things through in advance.

• Letter from Home
  Kimberly Webb
  First-Place Fiction: I was serving a mission, but my best convert was thousands of miles away.

• Mormonisms

• The Pink Tie
  Jeanne Nalder McInelly
  One strange necktie was the ticket to the stake dance and the start of a testimony.

• We’ve Got Mail

• Reader’s Guide

• Let Us Awake
  Meg Nielson
  First-Place Hymn

Cover: We build our lives piece by piece. When we choose the good and make the Savior central, the final result is pleasing. See “Pieces of Life,” p. 20. Cover photography: Derek Smith (inset), electronic composition by Scott Welty and Patric Gerber