New Era

August 1990

Volume 20, Number 8

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Stand Up and Be Counted
  Elder James E. Faust
  Let who you are shine through clearly.

• Mormonad: A Little Talent Can Be Big Fun

• Contest Winners: Worlds without Number
  The 1990 New Era Contest Winners

• My Mission
  Kevin Olson
  First-Place Song

• Strawberries and Octaves
  JoAnn Braithwaite
  Developing talents takes self-discipline.

• The Priceless Station Wagon
  Lana Robison
  First-Place Article: She had some fine qualities in common with a beat-up old car.

• Mormonisms

• Just Fiddlin’ Around
  Janet Thomas
  The Rich family finds harmony in making music together.

• Worlds without Number
  Selected Photography, Art, and Poetry Winners

• Courting the Spirit
  Elder Carlos E. Asay
  Becoming fit companions for the Spirit brings powerful blessings.

• My Little B(r)other
  Kristi Bangerter
  His essay about her put him in a new light.

• Drawing Conclusions
  Zachary Tippetts
  First-Place Fiction: When it comes to talent, your only real competition is yourself.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Ten Steps to Creativity
  Jack Weyland
  Weyland “interviews” Weyland about the creative process.

• O Zion Blest
  Lane M. Cheney
  First-Place Hymn