Ensign

March 1986

Volume 16 Number 3

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Joy in Christ
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Elder M. Russell Ballard: True to the Faith
  Kathleen Lubeck

• “Don’t Bet on It!”: A Latter-day Saint Look at Gambling
  Marvin K. Gardner

• On Being Divorced
  Cathy Hulse

• Enriching and Protecting the Home: A Conversation with Barbara W. Winder, Relief Society General President

• Working Double-Time: The Working Mother’s Dilemma
  Jan Underwood Pinborough

• A Large Family of Small Children
  Vickie H. Randall

• If You Would Serve Them, Love Them
  Susan Hainsworth

• Janie Thompson
  Jayne B. Malan

• When Children Pray
  Carolyn S. Manwaring

• Supplement to the Primary Fireside for Parents, Leaders, and Teachers
  “Teacher, Do You Love Me?”
  The Primary Role: Aiding Parents by Teaching the Gospel to Their Children Dwan J. Young
  How to Show Love to a Primary Child
  How to Love Teaching Primary
  Parents and Primary: Partners in Teaching Children the Gospel
  Primary Changed Our Lives Donna Allred Hahn
  The Silver Dollar Effect: A Priesthood Leader Ponders Primary J. Kent Millington

• Testimonies of the Book of Mormon
  A Mother’s Dream Vira H. Blake
  “Isn’t the Bible Enough?” A. Edward Carlson, Jr.

• B. H. Roberts: Seeker after Truth
  John W. Welch

• Winners of the 1986 Writing and Music Contests

• Poetry Winners
  Sweetwater Alchemy Joyce Nuttall
  My Father’s Prayers Jean Zundel Liebenthal
  Whisperings of Spring Charlotte May Hutchins
  At the Garden Tomb, John 1:5 Mary Young

• Short Story Winner: Leaven: A Sacrifice of Thanksgiving, Amos 4:5
  Sharon C. Morgan

• Personal Article Winner: My Garden—A Harvest of Peace for the Soul
  Brenda Taylor Peterson

• Regular Features

• Handbook for Families: Traditions Worth Keeping

• I Have a Question
  New Testament Scriptures on Genealogy George H. Fudge
  Moroni 10:4 Daniel H. Ludlow

• Random Sampler
  Back to School—at Any Age
  Rx for the Blues
  Time with Mom

• Speaking Today: Trust in the Lord
  Elder Gene R. Cook

• News of the Church