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The Humility Cycle: Handout

The Humility Cycle: Handout

You know that handy diagram that's made its way around Church publications for several decades now? I first encountered it in high school seminary, where it shows a cycle of righteousness and wickedness, pride and repentance. It was in a seminary video depicting...

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Scripture page insert: The family proclamation

Scripture page insert: The family proclamation

A printable version of the Family Proclamation, typeset in scripture-style two-column format with verse numbers and footnotes. Print it two-sided, trim it to size, and paste it into your scriptures, You’ve always wanted to canonize, haven’t you?

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Come Follow Me reading schedule: Book of Mormon (2020)

Come Follow Me reading schedule: Book of Mormon (2020)

This reading schedule takes the weekly reading assignments from the Come Follow Me scripture study curriculum‘s table of contents and puts them into a weekly chapter checklist, lined up side-by-side with a calendar that allows you to also...

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Structured Edition scripture sample: 1 Nephi

Structured Edition scripture sample: 1 Nephi

Try reading 1 Nephi in this format, and you might be surprised at how you notice new things. Here's a rough draft of the book of First Nephi from my custom edition of the Book of Mormon that I'm working on. I've tried to make it look more like a novel or textbook,...

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Come Follow Me reading schedule: New Testament (2019)

Come Follow Me reading schedule: New Testament (2019)

Track which weeks Sunday school meets, and which reading passages will be covered. This reading schedule takes the weekly reading assignments from the Come Follow Me scripture study curriculum's table of contents and puts them into a weekly chapter...

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Images of motherhood

Images of motherhood

I stumbled across this painting back in autumn 2014 while browsing the LDS Church's art competition. It struck me motionless, I found it so absorbing. It made me think of all the best qualities of motherhood, and I wanted to post my thoughts about it and the meaning I...

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Structural chapter reading chart: The Old Testament, Seminary selected readings

Structural chapter reading chart: The Old Testament, Seminary selected readings

This chart is identical to the structural chapter reading chart for the Old Testament, except I have greyed out many chapters so that only the selected readings from the Seminary Old Testament course are highlighted. I have also added the books of Moses and Abraham. I think Seminary students (and teachers!) would greatly benefit from using a progress-tracking chart like this, because they can learn something about the organization of the books while they read. Becoming oriented is central to understanding and retaining what you’re reading.

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Kings of Judah and Israel: Chart

Kings of Judah and Israel: Chart

I created this chart to help you keep straight the various rulers in the biblical books of Kings and Chronicles, especially because many have the same names. It’s color-coded to match my map and scripture timeline (forthcoming). A few patterns and insights emerge after looking at the chart, which can lead to some useful personal applications.

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