Ensign

January 1987

Volume 17 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Meeting Your Goliath
  President Thomas S. Monson

• Elder Neal A. Maxwell: Pursuing “A More Excellent Way”
  Bishop Henry B. Eyring

• More Than Names
  Derin Head Rodriguez

• The Chance to Say “I Love You”
  Eileen Wood

• “A Bible! A Bible!”
  Robert J. Matthews

• Mary and Martha—Faithful Sisters, Devoted Disciples
  Evelyn T. Marshall

• A Circle of Support: The New Visiting Teaching Messages

• The Land of Jesus, Part 2
  David H. Garner

• Harvest in Herefordshire
  David J. Whittaker

• Overcoming Those Differences of Opinion
  Elder Robert E. Wells

• Regular Features

• Poetry
  Ninja Vernice Wineera Pere
  Beyond the Tip of Mystery Florence Boutwell

• The Visiting Teacher: Service: Charity in Action

• Mormon Journal
  We Needed More Than Muscle Skip W. Holling
  A Newborn Missionary Susan M. Freeborn
  The Unexplained Birth Certificate Anne S. Perry
  The Spirit Changed the Subject Julian C. Lowe

• I Have a Question
  Church activities on Monday night Rex W. Allred
  The best evidence for the Book of Mormon Ellis T. Rasmussen

• Handbook for Families: Helping Children Understand the Media’s Influence

• Random Sampler
  Late Again!
  “It’s Your Night to Cook”
  Letters with Life

• Portraits
  Leta Keith: Weaving a Life of Commitment Ed Tano
  Paul Theriault: Offering Symbols of Love Irene Cummins

• Speaking Today: “Love Thy Neighbor”
  Elder Russell M. Nelson

• News of the Church

On the cover: Photography by Derek Smith.

Inside front cover: Flight into Egypt, by Robert Barrett, 24″ by 36″, oil on canvas, 1986.

Inside back cover: Preparing for the Call, by Anne Marie Oborn, 24″ by 30″, oil on canvas, 1985. Courtesy of Merlin and Lois Blad. Becoming Servant, by Giles H. Florence, Jr.