December 2008

Contents
Contents
The Best Christmas Ever
Thomas S. Monson
How Could I Help?
April A. Love
Room in the Inn
Neil L. Andersen
Three Christmas Stories
Gather to the Temple
Claudio R. M. Costa
Temple Blessings in a Part-Member Family
Kay Przybille
Consecrate Thy Performance
Neal A. Maxwell
My Answer at the Door
Victor L. Harris
Becoming Spiritually Whole
Shari Phippen
Four Tips for Family Night
Deann Starkey
I Remember Joseph
Questions and Answers
The Energy Drink Epidemic
Thomas J. Boud
The Other Part of Forgiveness
Becky Dastrup
From a Small and Simple Invitation
Tom Smith
Living by the Light of Christ
Spencer J. Condie
Jesus Christ Is the Light, Life, and Hope of the World
Latter-day Saint Voices
Random Sampler
News of the Church

Three Christmas Stories

December 2008

“Three Christmas Stories,” Ensign, Dec. 2008, 16–19

Three Christmas Stories

They Came with Haste

“Did these shepherds, personally invited to undertake a search for the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger, concern themselves with the security of their possessions? Did they procrastinate their search for Christ? The record affirms that the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem. … And they came with haste” (Luke 2:15–16; emphasis added).

President Thomas S. Monson, “In Search of the Christmas Spirit,” Ensign, Dec. 1987, 5.

Cookies and Carols

Bethany Bingham
A Small, Snow-Covered Tree

Darrell Smart
In Shepherds’ Field

Annie Tintle