New Era

December 1991

Volume 21, Number 12

Contents

• The Message: Know the Shepherd
  Elder Robert E. Wells
  You celebrate his birthday, but do you really know the One you are honoring?

• Christmas in Paradise
  Siri-Lee Edwards
  No Santa? Christmas in the veterinary clinic didn’t look too bright until we discovered how many friends we had.

• In Tune: The First Christmas

  Julie Lofgren Wolford and Darwin Wolford

• Everyday Heroes: With Love, from Noah
  Lillian Woodland
  Noah Germaine, age 13, provided Christmas gifts for more than 100 Navajo children.

• Mormonad: Seek the Best Christmas Presence

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I don’t seem to fit in at church. All the other girls worry about are looks and clothes. I don’t have either. What can I do?

• A Christmas Sampler
  The Old Blue Bike, Joel R. Bryan;
  A Joyful Reunion, President Ezra Taft Benson;
  Starry Nights, Linda Hoffman Kimball;
  Child of the Night, Holly Woolley;
  Super Steps to Celebrating, Elaine Cannon;
  Twelve Days of Christmas;
  Unexpected Star, Margreta Spencer;
  Make-It-Yourself Christmas, Dian Thomas.

• A Letter-Perfect Christmas
  Rebecca Russell
  This seminary class gave each other gifts money couldn’t buy.

• Acrobat on Ice
  Adrian Gostick
  Canadian hockey player Scott Tollestrup really knows his goals.

• Fiction: Harry’s Carol
  Lisa Dahlgren
  Harry didn’t request a traditional carol, but then, this wasn’t a traditional Christmas morning.

• FYI: For Your Info

• Mormonisms

• The 1991 New Era Index

• Photo of the Month
  Dr. Richard Cleave

• Poem: Christmas Pastoral
  Debra Lyn Menssen