Trials of faith

Never go against the Young Women. It's a lesson best learned early in life.
 

A fair deal

It's state fair season in the USA, and that brings out some of the craziest cuisine! Some of the most notorious are the deep fried foods that involve deep frying...anything! 

 

Turning up the heat

Here's another from the Disney collection. Having just returned from vacation (not to Disney, though), I can tell you this fear is very real. Even though I've got good credit and we save a couple of cards specifically for travel, there's always that little bit of worry niggling at the back of my brain.
 

Sketchbook: The hand that prepared it

Kinda obvious why this stayed in the sketchbook. 
 

Be still my sole

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

You'll want to hold it a bit away from your nose, however.

 

Book of Mormon stories

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

One of these days I'm going to explore this idea further. Like, how did Ammoron feel when he got mail from Captain Moroni?

 

Snooze storage

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

Here it is still August and it seems like we're in the only school district that hasn't started for the year. What's up with that? They used to wait until after Labor Day!

 

It's elemental

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

We've been getting our fair share of that fervent heat in our neck of the woods. How are things where you are?

Sketchbook: In his own tongue

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

As we're reading Paul's epistles, I'm reminded of how it's promised that each will hear the gospel in his own tongue — which doesn't always mean language. It means they'll hear it in a way they can understand. I like how this sketch works with that message on multiple levels. Maybe it should move beyond the sketchbook?

Doing the good that we need

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

Raise of hands — who else feels awkward blessing the refreshments?
 

The heat is on

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

It was 88 degrees when I got up this morning. By noon it was over 100. I'm thankful that the church building has air conditioning!
 

We're all the same

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

The ward we visited last week had reports from some of the girls who went to Girl's Camp. It maybe wasn't the happiest of experiences for all of them. 
 

Back to school

Editor's note: I'm taking a bit of a vacation, so I'll be running some reruns for the next little while.

I like how the teacher's expression says that he's heard this excuse before.

Sketchbook: Playing possum

I think this or a similar scenario has happened to every missionary!
 

A little bigger

I don't know why the Small World cartoons seem to be so much fun to draw.
 

Call of the mild

Yeah, maybe this should have stayed in the Sketchbook.
 

Never can say goodbye

It's always hard when the missionaries leave!
 

Object lessons

After all, what missionary doesn't want to see his friends in the water?
 

Sketchbook: How it works at our house

Honestly, it is hard to remember sometimes. 
 

A gold record

Yeah, another variation on Nephi and the plates. It never gets old.
 

Time for a transfer

One of our family Come, Follow Me discussions led to the question, "How would you like to be Paul's mission president?"

 

Pulling my weight

Our stake did its trek last week. On Sunday our Young Women asked about the possibility of having a multi-ward activity with a very specific ward that has, apparently, a strong Young Men's program. Coincidence?
 

Go ye therefore

Luckily this one is not based on personal experience!

Have you had the experience of reading the newspaper comics and noticing that some of the gags have similar themes? It happens more frequently than you might expect. So it strikes me as funny when the Ward Cartoonist and I have cartoons that are similar in subject matter that run around the same time. It occurred with gags about square dancing on trek (his and mine). It just so happens that a couple of days ago, he ran one about bad smells — not a topic often covered in the scriptures or at church. The subjects are different, but the theme of stink is crucial to the gag. It's an odd phenomenon.

Now that I've mentioned it, you'll probably see it happening all the time now. You're welcome!