New Era

August 1988

Volume 18, Number 8

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Pattern
  Elder J. Thomas Fyans
  Sometimes you have to learn the hard way to trust the original.

• The 1988 New Era Contest Winners: Sandscapes

• “So Let Him Give”
  Michael D. Phillips
  His wound was not deep, but it taught me a profound lesson.

• Scripture Lifeline: Crying Ballerina
  Shalayne Larsen
  Life seems to work out better when you put first things first.

• I’ll Follow Christ
  Reed Hainsworth and Rebecca Woodworth Hainsworth

• Water Down
  L. A. Johnson
  A skiing accident made a big splash in my mission preparation.

• Catching Your Second Wind
  Robert K. Thomas
  It’s amazing how exciting reading can be once you master it.

• Selected Photography, Art, and Poetry: Sandscapes

• Note by Note
  Janet Thomas
  LDS students at Interlochen make beautiful music together.

• Theater Magic
  Jo-Ann Callahan
  A 15-year-old is dramatically successful with school kids.

• Mormonisms

• FYI: For Your Information
  Lots of arts, smarts, and parts, with heart.

• My Family: The Beauty of Old Lace
  Janece Marsh
  Some things, and people, gain a certain elegance with age.

• The First December
  Nani Lii S. Furse
  Her world seemed to fit together so well, until the divorce.

• Praise to the Lamb
  Ryan Lee Kemp