“Contents,” Ensign, Mar. 1976, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: Relief Society—Its Promise and PotentialPresident Spencer W. Kimball
A Conversation with Sister Barbara B. Smith, Relief Society General President
Relief Society: Mukluks in Alaska, Night School in Mexico, Canned Bananas in MissouriJanice Smith
Problems, Solutions: Being a Latter-day Saint Woman TodayLavina Fielding
When You Feel Inadequate as a MotherClaudia T. Goates
Mormon SisterhoodMarilyn Arnold Betty Jessup Vicky Burgess-Olson LaRee Farrar Nancy Seljestad
“I Journey with an Angel”: Husbands Share Appreciation for Their WivesLane Johnson
New Testament Backgrounds: Galatians through ColossiansEdward J. Brandt and J. Lewis Taylor
“Provoke Not Your Children”F. Enzio Busche
Communication Counts: Teenagers Talk about Their ParentsJanice Smith
Announcing: Winners of the 1976 Writing Contests
Rules for the 1977 Contests
1976 All-Church Article Writing Contest Winner: The Strangers within Our GatesSusan Spencer Zmolek
1976 All-Church Poetry Writing Contest WinnersDale Bjork Marilyn Reynolds Jean S. Marshall
1976 Eliza R. Snow Poetry Writing Contest WinnersClara Laster Martha Pettijohn Morrise Lila Bennett Spencer
1976 All-Church Short Story Writing Contest Winner: The AnniversaryBarbara Bessey Campbell
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 4Hugh Nibley
Regular Features
I Have a QuestionHugh Nibley
Mirthright
Random Sampler
Keeping Pace
What Do You Make? Mormon Handicraft Shop Sells It, Shows It
Comment
Speaking TodayPresident Spencer W. Kimball Elder Mark E. Petersen Marian R. Boyer
News of the Church
On the cover: Applique by Phyllis Luch. Cover photography by Eldon Linschoten.
Inside front cover: Emma Smith, a 1941 painting by Latter-day Saint artist Lee Greene Richards. The original hangs in the Relief Society Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. Emma Hale Smith [was] wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith and first General President of the Relief Society.
Inside back cover: John Taylor. Photography by C. R. Savage, a noted early Mormon photographer. The date of the photograph is unknown, although it was taken during President Taylor’s presidency.