New Era

October 1990

Volume 20, Number 10

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Chocolate Bar
  Elder Monte J. Brough
  The gospel is sweet. It’s your job to help others taste it.

• Mormonad: Killing Time Injures Eternity

• Hidden Feelings
  Suzanne Francis
  Now is the time to express love to family members.

• The Best Policy
  Julius B. Caesar
  Honesty with a little money pays big dividends for a Filipino youth.

• A Shining Example
  D. J. Harman
  The way she lived was even more beautiful than her voice.

• Pumpkin Pie
  Stephen R. Brayton
  That prank was really theft, and now he had to make restitution.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I can’t control my temper. Is it really wrong to get mad when you’ve got a good reason? If it is, how can I stop?

• The Seeker
  Gail Andersen Newbold
  Her invention seeks sunlight; Syndi seeks truth.

• In Case of Disaster
  Janet Thomas and Joy N. Hulme
  Kids in South Carolina and California cope with hurricane and earthquake.

• Saved for a Mission
  Thom Stimpson
  In a brush with death he found a purpose in his life.

• A Spiritual Giant
  Terry O’Rand
  Tavita Sagapolu knocks down football opponents, but lifts everyone else.

• Fiction: Oil Slick Brady
  Don Smurthwaite
  The “princess of weird” turns out to be a Mormon who needs a friend.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Photo of the Month
  Marit Dahneke

• Poetry: Looking Out into October
  Nora Schelasin

Cover: Syndi Nettles is an award-winning inventor who’s serious about circuits, but not herself. Life is fun for this girl with the electric personality. See p. 20. Cover photography: Welden Andersen (front), John Luke (back).