Archery Squad

Another gag set to the week's Come, Follow Me lesson. I love the story of Samuel the Lamanite. It's telling that God chooses Samuel to share the message of Christ's coming. Think of it, He could as easily asked His prophet Nephi, arguably the greatest prophet in all the Book of Mormon, to share the supernal news of Christ's birth; but instead God sends Samuel, a Lamanite, to the heart of Nephite civilization. 

For over 500 years the Nephites have looked down on Lamanites as something less than themselves. For nearly all that time, the Lamanites have certainly been less spiritual. And when God needs to share His greatest news, He picks the most unlikely of messengers. For a Church that reveres a prophet called as an uneducated 14-year-old farm boy and sends mere teenagers out to share the gospel throughout the world, this story resonants. 

Return Appointment

I managed to maintain my cool in pretty much every situation as a missionary. That I did so as a 19 and 20-year-old is a huge deal!

CSI: Zarahemla

Today's gag ties nicely with this week's Come, Follow Me lesson.

I've often wondered what entertainment will look like in the Millennium. I figure most, if not all, of our television will have to be replaced. Personally, I look forward to a show recording the exploits of the three Nephites as they go from place to place solving problems and making things right. For sweeps week, I'm sure we'll get special episodes featuring John the Beloved.

And of course, there will be CSI: Zarahemla with the Nephi from the Book of Helaman playing the role of Columbo. (It will be cancelled after the first episode.)

Yelp! Mission Area Review

Priorities, priorities, priorities...

Labor in the Vineyard

Here's a mystery of the kingdom for you, how are these two missionaries still companions eight and a half years after their first gag?

Busy

This is what I imagined many of the people who told me they were too busy to hear our message were doing when we came a knockin'.

Decisions, Decisions...

On the one hand, solar panels pay for themselves somewhere between 6 and 15 years. On the other hand, Mosiah 2:22-24 states that if you serve God, "He doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you."