Spiritual hunger

I know Solomon could have made a fortune with a side hustle working for a Chinese restaurant!
 

By the Numbers

I suppose it all depends on how you define "story problems." Moses had a lot he was dealing with!
 

Up, up in the sky!

As I read my scriptures for Come, Follow Me the other day, I noticed something. Pres. Monson told us to "Look up." Pres. Nelson told us to "Think celestial." And God told Abraham to "Look now toward heaven."

I have a feeling there may be a not-so-hidden message in there somewhere!

 

With unlimited text and data

This is a rerun from the last time we studied the Book of Mormon, but it's one of my favorites. How much do you depend on your phone for light?
 

One eternal round

In our Come, Follow Me this week, Jacob talks about things that are infinite and everlasting. I tried to think of ways to liken that concept unto us, and this is what I came up with. It never ends.
 

Found 'em!

It's been a LONG time since I've done anything with Zarahemla Times. But as I've been pondering this first week's contents of our Come, Follow Me study, I keep thinking back to some of my old cartoons.

In 1 Nephi 5:22, it says that it's "...wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them (the scriptures) with us as we journeyed in the wilderness..." I don't know how it is in your family, but not too many years ago we were like these guys. Searching the scriptures meant trying to find them. Now we're able to carry a whole church library on our phones in our pockets. We carry them with us. 

It seems significant to me that as Nephi is writing to our day that he would include that emphasis. Maybe it is important for us to carry them with us. Always.
 

Level of discourse

Have you noticed that discussions don't seem to go off the rails nearly as much as they did in the days before Come, Follow Me? 

My opinion is that using Come, Follow Me has elevated the level of discussion. We're getting a lot more meat and meaning with our lessons — which means nobody has to bring up stuff like ancient American astronauts or Adam's belly button to make the conversation interesting!
 

Still too soon

I’ll admit it. I certainly felt awkward reading the nativity story just a short time after chopping up the Christmas tree for firewood. 
 

Sketchbook: A following

I still think this when we do our Come, Follow Me. 
 

Teaching by the spirit

Are you ready? Five straight weeks of Isaiah in Come, Follow Me! 

When I taught Sunday school, I both dreaded and looked forward to teaching Isaiah. Dreaded because people either (a) freak out, or (b) figure they know it all. I looked forward to it because it's all kinds of cool and approachable on so many levels.

One thing I like is how he often writes in poetic form and repeats ideas. For example in Isa. 1:18 "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow" followed by "though they are red as crimson, they shall become like wool." It says the same thing, just in a different way. If you don't get it in one verse, don't panic! If you read the next verse or two, he'll probably say the same thing.

OK, you came here for the cartoon, not the Sunday school lesson. But if your family is like ours, we're getting way more out of our scripture study this time around than we did before Come, Follow Me. Enjoy these lessons — it'll be fun!
 

Bringing the heat

This is what happens when our stake's Girl's Camp coincides with our Come, Follow Me study of Elijah.

In my experience, Girl's Camp usually has great food. It's what is on the Young Men's menu you have to worry about!
 

Working on my core

You think your teacher is boring...!

My guess is that this is the week that a lot of people figure out just how easy it was to sit in Gospel Doctrine and be fed a lesson every week.

Come, Follow Me will encourage a spirit of learning and of gospel study in the home. There are a ton of resources available to make it more exciting and engaging, and take our study of the Savior to a deeper level.

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