New Era

November 1997

Volume 27, Number 11

Contents

• The Message: How to Find Safety and Peace
  Elder M. Russell Ballard
  Here are simple steps to help you keep and strengthen your faith.

• An Instrument in His Hands
  Eric D. Snider
  My talent for the piano was most satisfying when I used it to help convey the Spirit.

• In Tune: Our Father and Our God

  Douglas L. Ipson

• Scripture Lifeline: All Is Not Well
  Name Withheld
  My family life is difficult, but the scriptures bring me needed strength.

• Idea List: Doing Time
  Tamara Leatham Bailey
  Always in a panic to get things done? Here are some time management tips.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I know it’s wrong to cheat. But so many kids at school do, that I’m afraid they’ll beat me out for scholarships. Don’t I deserve an equal chance?

• Mormonad: Good Call

• Paradise Found
  Lisa M. Grover
  Young testimonies bloom like tropical flowers in the Bahamas.

• Close Call
  Andrea Densley
  When our bus skidded to a halt, I was relieved to find I was as sound spiritually as I was physically.

• Dirty Hands, Pure Hearts
  Janna Nielsen
  In Richmond, Virginia, young Saints are up to their elbows in service and loving it.

• Are You a Mormon?
  Marissa D. Thompson
  Joseph F. Smith answered the question while staring down the barrel of a gun.

• Mormonisms

• The Bulletin Board: Keeping You Posted

• Fiction: Last on the List
  Terrie Lynn Bittner
  The Lord was ready to tell me who my counselor should be—when I was ready to listen.

• Everyday Heroes: Adam’s Game
  Michael J. Gray
  This was one basketball game both teams won.

• Out of the Ashes
  Jared Barlow
  When our house burned, we found treasures no flame could touch.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: Divine Music
  Anna Marie Mecham

• Photo of the Month
  Anselm Spring