Ensign

December 1980

Volume 10 Number 12

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Jesus of Nazareth
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Gaining a Testimony of Jesus Christ
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• “Really, Is It Any Wonder I Love Her?”
  Marvin K. Gardner

• The Unspoken Words
  Masakazu Watabe

• Putting the Family into Home Evening
  Joyce Hendricks

• Voice from Nigeria
  Anthony Uzodimma Obinna

• Our Covenants with the Lord
  Robert J. Matthews

• Magnifying the Lord: Mary’s Example for Us
  Sheryl Condie Kempton

• Education without a Classroom
  Pam Bookstaber

• A Boy Scout’s Death
  Libby Frech

• Discover Yourself—Keep a Journal
  Janet Brigham

• President Kimball Speaks Out on Personal Journals
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Regular Features

• Mirthright

• I Have a Question
  Daniel H. Ludlow
  Spencer J. Condie

• Mormon Journal
  The Smell of a Mothball D. Michael Stewart
  Where Should I Spend Christmas? Carol P. McIntosh
  She Shared Her Poverty Martha P. Taysom

• Random Sampler

• Sharing

• Poetry
  December’s Living Art Iris W. Schow
  Snowfall Steven C. Walker
  Muscle or Morale Evalyn M. Sandberg

• Keeping Pace

• News of the Church