New Era

February 1996

Volume 26, Number 2

Contents

• The Message: Around the Table
  Elder LeGrand R. Curtis
  Spending time together as a family pays great dividends.

• Everyday Heroes: Close Shave
  Colleen Saxey
  When Chris Saxey lost his hair because of cancer treatments, his friends lost theirs because of love.

• Then and Now
  Jayne Farrell
  In 40 years of early-morning seminary some things have changed—but not the Spirit.

• The Mango Miracle
  Jana Seiter
  Our investigators may have let us down, but the Lord sure didn’t.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  How can some people be members of the Church all their lives and still not know it is true?

• Mormonad: The First Sign of Repentance

• England in Bloom
  Anne Bradshaw
  Dance, politics, music, missionary work—talents bloom among English youth.

• Getting It Right
  Paula T. Weed
  We discovered a real key to service—giving what is needed.

• Service of Sorts
  Jeanette Waite Bennett
  How you can help people all over the world, right in your own hometown.

• FYI: For Your Info

• Fiction: The Bull Rider and the Barrel Man
  Adrian Robert Gostick
  Our “bull” was named Leonard. Our barrel was a garbage can. Then the game turned serious.

• Mormonisms

• The Night I Gave the Money Away
  Elizabeth Mason
  I learned lessons in Christlike living from an honest customer and a forgiving boss.

• Do You Mind?
  Lisa M. Grover
  It was a scary moment in the air above an amusement park. Good thing I knew what to say.

• Easy Answers
  David D. Harris
  I knew the correct responses. The application was where I was lacking.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: A Season’s Wait
  Miles Tuason

• Photo of the Month