Ensign

December 1998

Volume 28 Number 12

Contents

• First Presidency Message: What Is Christmas?
  President Thomas S. Monson

• Nourishing the Spirit
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks

• Life—the Gift Each Is Given
  Elder Alexander B. Morrison

• Sharing the Fire of Our Faith
  Richard Davis

• “God Setteth the Solitary in Families”
  Maria Cristina Santana

• Gift for a Stranger
  Donavene Ahier Jaycox

• Sealing Families, Strengthening a Ward
  Paul VanDenBerghe

• Australia: Coming Out of Obscurity Down Under
  Christopher K. Bigelow

• Trust—Etched in Glass
  Pat Kohler Warren

• Place of Honor
  Jan Tindall

• Tasting the Bread of Life
  Sherrie Johnson

• I Have a Question
  Who were the Maccabees, and how did they influence Jewish history? Gaye Strathearn

• Mormon Journal
  What Present Could I Give? Marilou D. Paderanga Idos
  The Art of Perspective Laura Russell Bunker
  Stockings Filled with Love Henry Copier
  An Angel in Deed Amanda Rowe
  Just a Few Stamps Short Wanda Daines Hammond Vetterli

• Random Sampler

• The Visiting Teacher: Observing the Law of Tithing

• Portraits

• News of the Church

• Annual Index