July 1996
Contents
Strength through Obedience
Thomas S. Monson
What I Would Do Differently As a Parent
Filling the World with Goodness and Truth
M. Russell Ballard
Daddy’s Magic
Terry Chapman
Pride: A Challenge from Within
Stephen D. Nadauld
On Being a Missionary’s Mother
Shirley Farnsworth Berlin
An Oasis of Activation
Christopher K. Bigelow
Poetry
Repentance
Dorothy J. R. White
To My Relief Society Sisters
Jen Wahlquist
Pioneers
Colleen Cook Biddulph
Hearing the Still, Small Voice
Diana Dunkley
Our Seven-Generation Celebration
Mary Ellen Romney MacArthur
The Business of Honesty
Alan V. Funk
Charting a New Course in Micronesia
R. Val Johnson
The Refining Fire
Kellene Ricks Adams
The Eternal Gospel
Robert L. Millet
“Meet You at the Top!”
Gwendolyn Peterson Crank
I Have a Question
How was the Book of Mormon pronouncing guide developed?
Donald W. Parry
How does obedience to the commandments protect us from sin?
Thomas Tyler
Mormon Journal
“Help Zeca Know the Truth”
Rachel Ann Nunes
“Get Up and Move Your Bed!”
Aaron Larson
Could He Run Again?
Melvin J. Patterson
Our French-Bread Friends
Vicki H. Budge
“I Will, Dad, I Will!”
Malcolm Dearden
My Lesson in Mechanics—and Faith
Margaret d’Aquin
Portraits
Newsmaker: Harvard Dean Puts Family First
A Netherlands Pioneer
Brian K. Kelly
Sally’s Doll Project
In the Spotlight
I Can Do All Things through Christ
Random Sampler
The Cost of Not Saving
Terry L. Fowler
Excerpts from Recent Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley
Gordon B. Hinckley
News of the Church
President Hinckley Counsels Members to Keep the Faith, Uphold Standards
Members Help Arkansas Tornado Victims
Former Special Representative of First Presidency Dies
Church Canneries Link Need with Willing Hands
Radio Series Distributed Worldwide
Missionary Efforts Spur Growth in Uganda, Africa
Gretchen Knecht Clark
Update: Church Membership
Conversation: Church Historical Sites
Stephen D. Nadauld and Earl C. Tingey
“Random Sampler,” Ensign, July 1996, 71