[photopress:Tree_708.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Anthony E. Larson

The colorful symbolism of the “Tree of Life” vision given to Lehi and his son, Nephi, is well known and rather easily interpreted by today’s Latter-day Saints.

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[photopress:Seagull_708.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Annette Lyon

One hundred sixty years ago, in 1848, the year-old settlers of the Great Salt Lake valley came head-to-head in a battle to the death with some of the valley’s oldest settlers: voracious crickets, an insect often roasted by local Indians for their winter food supply.

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[photopress:family_Exercise_708.jpg,thumb,pp_style]By Marilyn Richardson

When it’s too hot (or too cold) to go outside, a half hour of indoor circuit training may be the answer. This can be especially fun if the whole family participates.

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[photopress:Girl_with_Orange_708.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Nettie H. Francis

Oranges remind me of freedom—and of an experience I had when I was sixteen years old.
At the last bus stop the students climbed out, used the clean restrooms, bought sodas and stood around talking and laughing as usual. I walked a few feet away from the group and looked east, toward rolling, green hills. In the distance I could distinguish two faint, grey lines running parallel along the hills. I looked up at the huge, West German flag waving over me. It was July 1990, nine months after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and I was on a student exchange trip to Berlin.

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[photopress:Shumway_1943_708.jpg,thumb,pp_style]by Beth S. Moore

One of the last World War II warriors is dying, but happy. Death is not the end, and a beloved daughter and wife are waiting to greet him. His life of darkness, filled with the light of the gospel and his strong faith, will be over.

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