1983

August 1983

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Feedback

  • Every Good Gift

    Robert D. Hales

  • Bach, Beethoven, and the Book of Mormon

    Mary Hasler Earl

  • The 1983 New Era Contest Winners: Reflections of Creativity

  • As Becometh Saints

    Brent Schindler

  • Jesus, My Savior

    Joel H. Johnson and Brent N. Jorgensen

  • I Knew They Cared

    Janet Fisher Blehm

  • Selected Photography, Art, and Poetry Winners: Reflections of Creativity

    • The Birthday Present

      Holly Ann Welker

    • Sunset Song

      Becky Jo Ward

    • Canned Speeches

      Denise Marie Belnap

    • On My Father’s 50th Birthday

      Holly Ann Welker

    • The Balloon

      Denise Marie Belnap

    • Fields

      Becky Jo Ward

    • Patience

      Holly Ann Welker

    • A Question Better Unanswered

      Jessica Goodfellow

    • The Taste of Love

      Kirsten Christensen

    • Rain Reverie

      Becky Jo Ward

    • Piano

      Elayne Wells

    • Night Crier

      Denise Marie Belnap

    • I Didn’t Know

      Shane Stewart

    • Feet

      Holly Ann Welker

    • Haiku

      Becky Jo Ward

    • Homecoming

      Becky Jo Ward

  • Road Show—How to Write a Winner

    Debbie Howell and Nancy Wudel

  • The Song of the Flute

    Richard M. Romney

  • The Visit

    Dayle King Searle

  • The Light Never Moves

    Spencer J. Condie

A Question Better Unanswered
August 1983


“A Question Better Unanswered,” New Era, Aug. 1983, 25

A Question Better Unanswered

by Jessica Goodfellow

How many tomorrows are there

to fill with promises

and still have time enough

to break them all?

Photo by Dana Beck

Illustrated by Patricia Slade