Ensign
July 2006

Volume 36, Number 7

Ensign, July 2006
[illustration] On the cover: John the Baptist Baptizing Jesus, by Greg Olsen, may not be copied.

[illustration] Inside front cover: The Randolph Tabernacle, by G. A. Garns, may not be copied. During the early part of the twentieth century in the small Utah town of Randolph, this brick tabernacle was the center of activity for the people who lived there. Today the well-maintained tabernacle on the main street looks just as it did more than 100 years ago.

[illustration] Inside back cover: Into the Storm, by Byron Pixton, may not be copied. On this 150th anniversary of the handcart pioneers, we remember the 10 handcart companies that made their way from Iowa City, Iowa, and Florence, Nebraska, to the Salt Lake Valley between 1856 and 1860. While most of these companies traveled the more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) with little trouble, two companies became stranded in early snowstorms in Wyoming, where many died.

Contents

First Presidency Message: In These Three I Believe
President Gordon B. Hinckley

My Personal Parable for Peace
Nancy M. Christensen

On the Wings of Eagles
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

A Hole in Her Soul
Name Withheld

Finding Ancestors, Uniting a Ward
Rebecca M. Taylor

More Than a Name
Laura Bunker

Yelled At, Barked At, and Rained On
Katharina Betz Birch

Getting Past the Hurt
Robert F. Williams

Songs of the Righteous

Some Must Push and Some Must Pull

Cambodia-a Land of Developing Peace
Marissa A. Widdison

Breaking the Chains of Sin
Elder H. Ross Workman

The Fulness of the Gospel: Putting Off the Natural Man

Families Are Forever-and So Is Parenthood
Garth Hanson and Steve Hanson

Lessons from the Old Testament: Following the Holy Ghost
Cheryl C. Lant

Visiting Teaching Message: Strengthening Families

Latter-day Saint Voices

Random Sampler

News of the Church

Making the Most of This Issue



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