New Era

September 1988

Volume 18, Number 9

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Eye of Faith
  Elder Robert B. Harbertson
  Belief is good, but you have to back it up with action.

• Tell Them You Love Them
  Katie A. Libby
  Dealing with the dilemma of sibling rivalry.

• First Person: Just Cross the Street
  Vivian Harmer
  You’re better off on the sunny side.

• Missionary Focus: Anything but Average
  David Morrison and Sandra Stallings
  He seemed to be your basic kid, but he set an incredible example.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I don’t feel as if I belong. What can I do?

• Mormonad: There Aren’t Any Frogs

• True Colors
  Janet Thomas
  LDS high school students in Oregon are extremely successful. Why?

• Staying in Step with a New Parent
  Lisa A. Johnson
  Ideas for learning to like and love your stepparent.

• My Family: Tough Act
  K-onna Mason
  Good-byes can be painful—especially when your sister leaves.

• The Swimming Lesson
  Mark Greenhalgh
  I didn’t make a splash in class. There was only one I could outswim.

• Mormonisms

• Fiction: Watching Big Brother
  Chris Crowe
  He was practically perfect, and I had to live in his shadow.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Possible LDS Olympians and other athletic feats, plus more.

• Youth Is the Season
  President Gordon B. Hinckley
  A special message for young women of the Church.

• The 1989 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest: Threads of Life