Liahona

December 2002

Volume 26, Number 12

Contents

• Features

  • Comment

  • First Presidency Message: A Testimony of the Son of God

    President Gordon B. Hinckley

  • “A Cloud of Witnesses”

    Stephen K. Iba

  • Finding Hope in Christ

    Elder Johann A. Wondra

  • Latter-day Saint Voices

    • Wrapped in My Mother’s Love

      Bonnie Danielson

    • Living Christmas

      Julia María Cortés de Peluso

    • A White Christmas in Ecuador

      Carl Grossen

    • The Gift My Father Gave Me

      Ruth M. Anderson

    • She Brought Light

      Muriel Robinson

    • The Little Christmas Miracle

      Name withheld

  • Visiting Teaching Message: Rejoice in the Blessings of the Temple

  • Women of Righteousness

    Elder M. Russell Ballard

  • Liahona Classic: The Testimony Which I Have Given Is True

    Lucy Mack Smith

  • Using the December 2002 Liahona

• Especially for Youth

  • Testimonies of Christ: Latter-day Saint Artists Bear Witness of Him

  • Song: In That Holy Place

    Sally DeFord

  • Questions and Answers: Why Does the Church Teach That We Shouldn’t Date until We Are 16?

  • Idea List: Priceless Gifts

  • Our Little Gift

    Joshua DeMoux

  • Paying Tithing

    Jennifer M. Severino

  • Did You Know?

• The Friend

  • A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World: The Savior’s Gift of Love

  • “I Am the Light of the World”

    Kimberly Webb and Christine Rappleye

  • Song for a Prophet

    Lori Mortensen

  • New Testament Stories

    • The Second Coming

  • Sharing Time: The Prince of Peace

    Vicki F. Matsumori

  • Friend to Friend

    Jan Pinborough and Elder Adhemar Damiani

  • “I Am the Light of the World” Cutouts

    Kimberly Webb and Christine Rappleye

On the cover: Front: Detail from Beside Still Waters, by Simon Dewey, courtesy of Altus Fine Art, American Fork, Utah. Back: Behold, the Lamb of God, by Walter Rane.

[illustration] Inside back cover: Without Any Ire, by Nancy Glazier. “How blessed the day when the lamb and the lion Shall lie down together without any ire, And Ephraim be crowned with his blessing in Zion, As Jesus descends with his chariot of fire!” (“The Spirit of God,” Hymns, number 2).