< 1 minute readHere’s a little visual I used today in Sunday school for the 5 year olds. This helped them to visualize what Jesus meant when he said; “…a foolish man built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: […]
Read More The Wise Man and the Foolish Man3 minute readToday at Church, we had a pretty fun Sunday School lesson for the 4 year olds. The topic was “Always Tell the Truth“. Here’s more-or-less how it went down: “Have you kids ever heard of ‘the Truth Fairy’? Not the Tooth Fairy (ask your parents about that), the ‘Truth Fairy’. No? Well, today we’re going […]
Read More “Truth Fairy” Primary Lesson4 minute readGoing on vacation next week when my monthly reminder to do this will probably go off, so I figured I’d do this now. What am I grateful for now… let’s see… Good Experience Today in Sunday School with My Class of 5 Year Olds I’m co-teaching the 5 year olds at church for an hour […]
Read More Gratitude Journal July 20184 minute readThings I’m grateful for. Amanda (again) I find being a father very fulfilling and satisfying, and so I need to repeat that I’m grateful for my wife Amanda. Before going through the roller coaster of parenthood (which I realize is still starting), I thought the sacrifice of mothers mostly focused on labour and giving birth. […]
Read More Gratitude Journal, May 20185 minute readHere’s my updated thoughts on a few things that I’m grateful for: Healthy “Munchies” (“Munchies” are how Amanda and I refer to our children. I don’t think anyone else uses that word. It originated from how “munchy” they were as babies and has stuck ever since.) Our 4-year-old and 2-year-old girls are healthy and usually […]
Read More Gratitude Journal April 2018< 1 minute readThis is a poem by Ann Madsen, one of my religion professors at BYU. I stumbled upon it while reading the biography of her husband Truman G. Madsen The Music of Home The music of home: a subtle melody hard to improvise while far away. Now as it crescendos surrounding me, sometimes in simple silence […]
Read More The Music of the Home3 minute readHere’s another lesson for the 4 year olds. I’m not sure if the actually material sunk in too well, but there were some fun parts and I think they kinda learned something. Materials: Picture of pre earth life iPad with pre earth life video Pearl of great price Crayons and paper Time machine, visit: -when […]
Read More Primary Lesson: We chose to follow Jesus Christ2 minute readSo I’m now teaching Sunday school to the 4 and 5 year olds (with Curtis Bachelder). A bit intimidated because I don’t know how to control them, but so far it’s been really fun. I prepared the lesson today and Wyatt Cunliff substituted for Curtis who was sick. I’m sharing this just to give posterity […]
Read More Primary Lesson: I can choose the right2 minute readAt church I’m now called to team-teach Sunday school to the four year olds. (We’ll see how this goes! But I see they’re mostly really surprisingly good kids, and I’m mostly a big kid, and the other teacher is mature, so we should be fine). Part of the first lesson said to mention times I […]
Read More Times I’ve Felt Really Happy8 minute readToday I was released from being the “Elders Quorum President” in our local Duncan Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Myself and my two counsellors, Mike McCullough and Grant Cassell, were basically charged with leading and instructing the 20-50 year old men in our congregation. More specifically we were arranging lessons […]
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