October 1989
Contents
A Mighty Change of Heart
Ezra Taft Benson
Christ-Centered Teaching
C. Richard Chidester
Sharing General Conference
Elizabeth S. VanDenBerghe
Mom—at Home
Derin Head Rodriguez
One of “Those” Families
Why Are These Things Not Recorded in Your Journal?
Michael K. Parson
Legacy of the Mormon Pavilion
Brent L. Top
“But I Thought Husbands Took Out the Garbage!”
Kenneth W. Matheson
“Hearken, O Ye People of My Church”
Margaret P. Baker
Called to Tubuai: Missionary Couples in French Polynesia, 1850
S. George Ellsworth
Mormon Journal
Our Potato-Crop Prayer
Edward C. John
I Pretended to Be Asleep
Lilly Swanigan and Annie Smith
We Knew the Plane Would Come
Maudene (Deanie) Adams
Teaching Children to Keep the Sabbath
Portraits
Her Storehouse of Love
Lila Hansen
The Missionary Pitch
James and Carolyn Foley
His Kind of Calling
Awaking the Sleepy
James W. Ritchie
Open-House Granny
Family Home Evening for One
Judyth F. Barton
I Have a Question
How can I meet baby-sitting needs on Sunday?
Jayne B. Malan
Can a nonmember friend hold a Church calling, or are callings reserved for members only?
Paul M. Norton
Random Sampler
The Loveliest Job in the Ward
Penny Allen
Self-Sufficiency Scavenger Hunt
Viemarie Knouse
Party by Proxy
Janene Hansen
Turning Our Hearts
Research and Perspectives: Hebrew Literary Patterns in the Book of Mormon
Donald W. Parry
Who Will Adopt a Dying Child?
Carole W. Hankal
“Out There” and Back
Don L. Searle
The Waning of Belonging
Bruce C. Hafen
Comment
News of the Church
Fireside Marks Ninety Years for President Benson
Remembering the Pioneers—
Plaque, Cabin Memorialize 1847 Pioneers
Update
Paris, Idaho, Tabernacle Focus of Centennial
Church Joining in Effort to Help Armenia Rebuild
Promised Valley Playhouse Vocal School Gaining Prestige
Name Extraction Milestone: 100 Million since 1977
In Ham Lingo, Radio Group’s Convention Was “Fine Business”
Appointments
Policies and Announcements
Remodeling Completed in Temple Square Visitors’ Center
LDS Scene
BYU Scientists Honored for Work in China
“Remembering the Pioneers—” Ensign, Oct. 1989, 75