“Contents,” New Era, Nov. 1978

New Era

November 1978

Volume 8, Number 11

Contents

Departments
Feedback
The Message: In Football or in Life
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
Mormonisms
FYI: For Your Information
Participatory Journalism: A Bit of Heaven Granted
Deanna S. Martin
Mormonad
Feature Articles
Sending My Husband on His Mission in the Dead of Winter
Rosa Kohler and Robb Russon
The Gentile Cow
Rhoda Lewis Behunin
A Splashing Success
Richard M. Romney
A Land Called Chile
Melvin Leavitt
Turkey and Pumpkin Pie: A Way of Saying Thank You
Babzanne Park
Heard Through the Heart
Kim R. Burningham
A Cry for Help
Steve Larsen
“Be Not Ashamed”: Facing the Issues
Terry J. Moyer
Fiction and Poetry
A Word So Far Away
Mark Allen Johnson

Cover: Photos by Jed Clark

“I foresee the day when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be the most powerful influence in this nation”—Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Area Conference, Santiago, Chile, March 1, 1977