December 1997
Contents
A Season for Gratitude
Gordon B. Hinckley
Major Curriculum Changes in Priesthood and Relief Society
Don L. Searle
I Remember When
Norman Hill
The Unexpected Christmas
Enid O. Ellis
Putting Down Roots in Uruguay
Néstor Curbelo
Living Singly
Irene E. Dearden
“Because I Have Been Given Much”
LaRene Porter Gaunt
“Let Earth Receive Her King!”
Joy to the World from Bulgaria
Beth Dayley
Bangkok’s Journey to Bethlehem
Lynne Waits
Birth of the Messiah
Paul Thomas Smith
A Child’s View of Pioneering
On the Trail in November and December
William G. Hartley
Poetry
Pioneer
Ed D. Lauritsen
Mormon Journal
Reverencing His Name
Evelyn Candland
Who Was That Man?
Sheri E. Slaughter
Partaking of the Fruit
Janna K. Findlay
The Crumpled Letter
Chris Geilman
Roast Beef for Two
Jody Marie Saunders
Random Sampler
Gifts for the Savior
Scott and Angelle Anderson
Planning to Feed a Crowd: Seven Easy Steps
Janet M. Grambo
Dividing Up the Paycheck
Margo Johnson
“Always Remembering for What They Are Given”
I Have a Question
Max W. Brown
Portraits
Newsmaker: Returned Missionaries Recognized
Touching Lives with Music
Marlene Keawe
Serving Through Signing
Valiant Saints
Jane McBride Choate
News of the Church
New Church Documentary Film: Ensign to the Nations
Elder Peterson Critically Injured
Appointments
Personal Ancestral Software Compatible with Windows
Conversation: The Church in Western Europe
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Gene R. Cook, and F. Burton Howard
Members Deal with Effects of Typhoons, Floods, Fire
Kiribati Flowers in the Pacific
Joyce Findlay
Church’s Public Affairs Projects Promote Values
Comment
“Poetry,” Ensign, Dec. 1997, 52