Ensign

February 1999

Volume 29 Number 2

Contents

• First Presidency Message: Life’s Obligations

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Children: Our Priceless Converts

  Patricia P. Pinegar

• A Caring Community: Goodness in Action

  Elder Alexander B. Morrison

• Getting Involved, Giving Service, Growing

• Tips for Serving Effectively

• Luke: One Facet of a Diamond

  Roger R. Keller

• A Balanced Effort in New Orleans

  Christopher K. Bigelow

• “Be Ye Doers of the Word”

• A Miracle Named Benjamin

  Jill B. Crosland

• Could I Wait for a Temple Marriage?

  Loie Lott Benson

• I Have a Question

  • Is there anything wrong with getting a tattoo or body piercing?

    David A. Burton, M.D.

  • How can we pray in accordance with God’s will?

    Alan L. Wilkins

• Meditations on Motherhood

  Joy F. Evans

• The Visiting Teacher: God Speaks to His Children through Personal Revelation

• Knee-High Visiting Teacher

  Debbie VanDerwerken Schaffer

• Mormon Journal

  • My Dearly Loved Spirit Sister

    Bonnee Byrne

  • “You’ll Be Needed in 30 Minutes”

    Scott G. Fraser

  • I Didn’t Feel Worthy

    Ed Poplin

  • Having Ears to Hear

    Lisa Ann Jackson

  • In My Heart I Knelt

    Fred Mattinson

  • “The Winds and the Waves Shall Obey”

    Nilda M. Berge

• Portraits

• Random Sampler

• Priesthood Perspectives

• News of the Church