Seminary Dilema

Poor guy. I once had a seminary teacher who, when one of his students fell asleep during a lecture, picked up a brick behind his lectern and threw it at the sleeping student. For a brief moment, the class thought we were witnessing a murder. We were soon relieved to realize that the brick was made out of harmless foam. We all shared a good laugh (and never fell asleep in the class again).

Early Morning Seminary Pillow (er) Scripture Case

Nothing says back to school like a general lack of sleep. This gag from my long-since out of print Mormon Life* book includes two classic Mormonads featured in the New Era.** I'm pretty sure I included them in the gag when I first drew it hoping they would help ensure the New Era would purchase the joke. (It didn't work.)

*Even the name is dated.

**This post is full of out-of-date references.

Sleeping Beauty's Early Morning Seminary

With school right around the corner, I thought it might be a good idea to spotlight one extremely unqualified candidate for early morning seminary. Sleeping Beauty had better hope they have release time in her neck of the woods.

Late-Night Seminary

If the Church was really interested in boosting seminary attendance, it might want to consider this idea:

Early Morning Seminary

Here's a comic that appeared in this month's New Era. Prior to submitting it, I did a YouTube search for "early morning seminary", I wanted to make sure that the gag was at least truthful. Especially, after I submitted another gag earlier only to find out that that what I thought was an exaggeration was, in fact, exactly what was happening.