What's in a name?

A lot of new members -- and non-members -- get confused by some of our Church jargon. There oughta be a spot on the Church website that lists definitions for some of the strange phrases and acronyms we use!

Early riser

Sunday was seminary graduation, and tonight is high school graduation. I'll be there are pretty good odds that there's no one getting up early tomorrow!

Slow down for this one

This one came from the margins of my notes that were taken during a staff meeting. 

A rose by any other name

I had a wise man tell me once that a plant that grows where you don't want it to be is a weed.

Indeed.

Monday Sketchbook: Icing!

OK, I said I was done with hockey cartoons for the season, but I was wrong!

We have a couple of boys in our Primary who could be these very boys...the wind up in the penalty box almost every week!

Subject matter expert

I understand that sometimes speakers are selected because they need to learn something, and other times they are chosen because they are expert on the subject. And sometimes there are people who are asked not to speak at all!

As I was drawing this, I kept thinking that Arie Van de Graaff (aka, the Mormon Cartoonist) had drawn something similar. This gag isn't a blatant ripoff; rather, it's a variation on a theme.

Putting on the whole armor

I'm kinda there with his companion on this one. I had one comp who earned his black belt and he carried it with him, but that was about the extent of that.