Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Believe it or not, I can totally sum up the rest of Alma in one blog post. Since last I posted we’ve had Seminary less than 10 times. Last week we met only once due to another snowstorm and another freezing rain event. At this point I can’t even remember which days we met and which we didn’t without looking at our attendance sheets, which I have ignored entering in…
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Well. This was not the best Seminary lesson. I was so excited, too. I have to say that I’m not quite sure what went wrong. I have two new students, one of whom is testing me, another student who is trying to get the new student to notice her at any cost, another whose feelings I must have hurt but who wouldn’t talk to me about it, and I let…
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Today’s lesson went well despite a minor snafu — I nearly slept in! I woke up rested, which as all you Seminary teachers know is an unusual and unfamiliar state in your life during winter. It took a few moments to register that I was probably feeling good because somehow I had slept in. It took another few minutes for Jared to find a clock and check the time —…
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These past few days are the first I’ve felt I had both feet solidly undeneath me since November. Just when I thought I was getting a grip, our family careened headlong into another crisis. The strain has just been so much. I collapsed again into a deep depression with a short triggered relapse while Jared and I were on our trip to the Bahamas. Who knew you could be depressed…
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I’m really not the superstitious type, but wow, twenty thirteen has proved a bad year for us. Also age thirteen was a bad one for our son, though I suppose that’s to be expected: ah, middle school. But wow, this has been a lame few months. I’m just plain tired. Last week I made an attempt to catch up on the blog while we were out with the ice storm,…
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The 2014 Mutual Theme is Come Unto Christ.
I did Jacob 5 differently than the manual. The manual is set up for students who have not read Jacob 5, but as you know, the kids in my class read the text and so “discovery” type activities just don’t work for them. How horrible would it be for me to ask kids to slog through Jacob 5 and then make them reread it again in class??? So anyway, I…
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Electronic Device Use of Electronic Scriptures Survey Report, 2012-2013 By Jenny Smith Note from the Author: I originally gave Russell Simon permission to publish this paper on his blog this past summer. Due to some (frankly silly and inconsistently applied) requirements from Seminaries & Institutes, Brother Simon set all Seminary related items on his blog to private. I’ve decided to post the document here in case it offers any help…
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This has been a fun few days for me in class. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m back in the groove or because the stress level is back down or what, but things have been good. The only issue has been that I’m barely keeping ahead of the lessons. I did get two lessons planned yesterday, so I am now a single lesson ahead. I’m hoping to get some…
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So this was quite a day. My investigator asked to be included in our devotional and prayer rotations, so I added her name to our prayer bucket. Today her name was drawn for opening prayer. I asked if she was okay praying, and she said “Yeah, but don’t be expecting a fancy prayer.” I laughed and said we don’t have any fancy prayers in here — had she ever heard…
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2 Nephi 29-30 Today I used the ideas from Teaching the Book of Mormon Part One to teach my lesson. I loved the Fred example from the book and modified it into a comic strip form so that every kids could participate in finding a respoonse to someone who may not be interested in the BoM because they believe God has not shared any of His word anywhere besides the…
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2 Nephi 27 Due to some unforseen circumstances, I was completely unprepared ahead of time for this lesson. I had prayed to the Lord to let him know I had been doing my best, but I just could not get the lesson prepared, and went to bed. I HATE having the kids come without a real lesson prepared. I just feel if they are willing to come sacrifice at that…
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