"New" Testament

The marketing team behind the New Testament certainly have done their job. Maybe when we get good at following Christ's teachings to love your enemies, judge not, and  turn the other cheek (just to name a few); we won't have to consider the doctrine "new." Until then, we'll keep practicing and keep calling it "new."

And thus concludes your Ward Cartoonist Come, Follow Me lesson for the week. (For further resources, check out the New Testament Come, Follow Me Activity Book.)

Quite the Trek

It's all perspective. I've been on four trek reenactments and a fifty-miler scout backpacking trip and none of them are as tough as spending a couple of hours being dragged through a department store. Perhaps, Elder Van Dyke should give Elder Daynes some slack.

Ten Lords a Leaping

A couple of weeks ago, I complained about drawing a half dozen reindeer. Today I've drawn ten lords a leaping. I must be a glutton for punishment. Look for my comic featuring Time Square on New Year's Eve next week!

I don't think the Church has an official stance on when a gift becomes tithable. I'm also not sure if the rotten gift-giver in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" actually engaged in slave trading or merely rented all of those people in his attempt to make up with his girl. Either way, he went a little overboard. He's probably really bad with money, I'd dump him.

Merry Christmas to all of you.

Benefits of the Word of Wisdom

Buddy the Elf!

Sure, Buddy the Elf went to New York to find out about his father, but if he wanted to learn about his mother, he could have simply visited FamilySearch.org.

Today's gag comes courtesy of an idea from Sister V.

Mission Hair Loss

Poor guy. I know what that's like (albeit at an older age).

Comfortable Reindeer

We have Clement C. Moore to thank for eight reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh (he even named them). But I promise you anyone who has ever had to draw those suckers aren't thanking him. (I only managed to squeeze six of them in today's gag.) They are awfully cumbersome--and that's before you add Rudolf! Bah humbug!

(Brigham Young jokes are always low hanging fruit.)

What's in a Name?

This is why it is so important to use the Church's full name.

Christmas Crèche

A crèche, for those who don't speak French, is a fancy dancy word for nativity scene. It is probably not a good idea to use such highfalutin language in the church. 

By the way, neither the name or the carving represents any crush I might have had as a junior high school student. (Although the hair is probably a fair representation.)