New Era

August 1992

Volume 22, Number 8

Contents

• The Message: Changing Channels
  Elder Marion D. Hanks
  How the great principles of love and agency work together to bless our lives.

• Contest Winners: Sharing Their Insights
  Introducing the 1992 New Era contest winners.

• My Father’s Care
  Kevin R. Olson
  First-Place Song

• The Best Christmas
  Nancy Fairchild
  First-Place Article: When she took Christmas to others, it returned to her own heart.

• O Savior, Thou Who Healed the Sick
  Kaimi Wenger
  First-Place Hymn

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  My journal is really boring. Why should I even keep one?

• Mormonisms

• Inspirational Insights
  Selected winning photography, art, and poetry entries.

• Sculpture
  Amy Jo Jackson
  A simple, hand-carved wooden knife symbolized the love she felt from her father.

• Something You Really Love
  Melissa Engle and Lisa A. Johnson
  She proves you play the violin with your heart, not just your fingers.

• Prayer on Stage
  Edgar E. Eaton
  The nonreligious cast prompted him to ask for behind-the-scenes help.

• FYI: For Your Info
  Putting together the perfect dance? Here are some ideas for doing it right.

• How I Know: I Had to Try
  David Hersam
  Kneeling in the forest, he discovered that his testimony had been growing quietly for years.

• Slightly Larger than Life
  Janet Thomas
  He may be a cartoonist, but David Gallagher takes the gospel seriously.

• Scripture Lifeline: Who Needs to Change?
  Teresa Hunsaker
  My friends had made me angry. Now I needed to love them even more.

• Beginning with Joshua
  Katharine Rogers
  First-Place Fiction: Joshua wouldn’t let a friend drop out, starting a chain reaction of fellowshipping and conversion.

• Feedback
  Letters to the Editor

• Mormonad: Blow Your Own Horn