Love Thy Neighbor

If this truly is a way to keep the commandments,* then I've got a lot of repenting to do. I'm more a lurker on social media.

*It's not.

Plan for the Future

I'm sure Elder Van Dyke would appreciate his mom's care.

For the first time in over 13 years running this blog, I missed a deadline. Mission Daze comic strips are supposed to be posted on Mondays, today is a Tuesday. To my tens of readers, I apologize.

Law of Consecration

The idea of the united order actually came during Brigham Young's time, making this particular gag an anachronism. If you've got a problem with that, take it up with Eric V., Ava V., and Jena L. (they're the faithful readers that came up with this particular gag). Personally, I thought it was funny enough that I let it slide.

More Companionship Inventory

Is there a way to hold companionship inventory without hurting feelings? Do missionaries even do this anymore?

Nephi's Bow Alternative

One of the coolest things I ever heard about this particular scripture story was an explanation about Nephi's arrows. The scriptures make a point that Nephi not only built himself a new bow after breaking his steel* one, but an arrow out of straight stick. Why would Nephi construct an arrow when he likely had a whole shaft of them left over from his previous bow and arrow set?

As it was pointed out in some random Sunday school class I attended, Nephi's homemade wooden bow would have required a lighter arrow to function properly. I had no idea. This information came from someone expert in archery. More important, though, I doubt Joseph Smith would have any idea. This story, then, becomes another small confirmation of the divine source of the Book of Mormon. (It also makes for a pretty gag!)

*Probably not steel (since that particular alloy hadn't been invented yet), rather it was probably the same metal as that called steel in 2 Samuel 22:35 and Psalms 18:34.

Companionship Inventor

This is not going to end well.

Monster Investigator

You might think these Elders would be serving in the Transylvania Central Mission, but they are actually serving in the Japan Tokyo Mission. Obviously, that is not Godzilla, but some bargain basement, garden variety kaiju.*

Sometimes you create a gag because you've got something witty to say, and sometimes you create the gag because you really want to draw a giant lizard rampaging a city.

*Preferably one without an aggressive copyright. 

Happy 4th of July

Have a great Independence Day, everyone!