I've been collecting some links and other information regarding the Armor of God.  As usual, I start out with a very grandiose idea and whittle it down to something simpler.  At first I had planned to have each student make a full cardboard set of armor.  Cool, yes.  Physical reminder of a powerful lesson, yes.  […]

I didn't realize there was a form for assessing student understanding of Seminary lessons until I accidentally found it last year on the Seminary and Institutes website.  I suppose that this file is mostly used by full time Seminary teachers, but I am going to try it in my class tomorrow to see where I […]

Okay.  That's a terrible title.  But the site did get awesomer yesterday! For years I've been collecting and aggregating feeds of several blogs out there trying to send traffic to them.  Smaller websites have fantastic ideas, but often they don't get enough traffic to let them know their posts are worthwhile and appreciated.  They sometimes […]

Youth devotionals -- they can put the most patient of teachers over the edge.  The forgetting, the faking, the false doctrine, the too-familiar gospel cliches all combine in a slow-moving train wreck that can make opening exercises in your class a miserable experience. Students forget or ignore assignments, and we teachers act like it's okay […]

Luke 15 While we were watching this fantastic movie this morning: all of the students were commenting on how talented this sand story artist, Joe Castillo is. Then, one of my least introspective students asked himself aloud: "I wonder what I'll be good at?" Another Freshman turned to him and said, "I know man! Me, […]

Luke 15 While we were watching this fantastic movie this morning: all of the students were commenting on how talented this sand story artist, Joe Castillo is. Then, one of my least introspective students asked himself aloud: “I wonder what I’ll be good at?” Another Freshman turned to him and said, “I know man! Me, […]

Well, it's obvious that I've been away from teaching for a while. I'm feeling like I'm not quite on my A-game yet. I don't know if the kids have gotten out of the habit of discussing with the other teacher or if I'm not asking the right questions. Either way, my lesson today could have […]

After an extended vacation, I'm back! I'm still pretty jet-lagged from the trip, but at least getting up in the morning for Seminary isn't a challenge. I'm waking up at midnight and trying to get back to sleep. Rome is 7 hours ahead and it's taking a little time to get back into this time […]

I am going to be unavailable for General Conference weekend, and I will not be uploading the General Conference Jeopardy game like I did last year. 🙁 I hope to be able to do it for April's conference, but it definitely won't happen for October 2012. If you make one, please share it here so […]

Today we covered Matthew 4, the temptation of Christ. This has always been one of my favorite scripture stories. I'm not sure if it's because Jesus owns Satan so soundly or if it's that I feel like the temptations give an insight into the personality of the Savior... whatever it is, I always like this […]