Petty jokes about his name aside, who was Richard Ballantyne? Bryan and Lindsay dive into Brother Ballantyne and his history with the history of Sunday School in the Mormon church. Shownotes: DONATE TO SUNSTONE Richard Ballantyne founded the first sunday school in Utah 1897 Things You Didn’t Know (or May Have Forgotten) about Sunday School …
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Job’s Comforters
By Dana Haight Cattani Dana Haight Cattani was diagnosed with uterine cancer in April 2012. She lives with her family in Indiana. Or download the audio file here: Job’s Comforters A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Proverbs 25:11 Succor the weak, lift up the hands which …
How to Fix Your Sunday School Class Using These Three Easy Tricks
By Stephen Carter A friend of mine who works in the Church History Department once said that for every person who leaves the Church because of its history, two leave because of boredom. His estimate is probably conservative. I’m sure the Church has put time and resources into figuring out how to unbore its …
The Call of Abraham
Their fervor triggers a trip to a different dimension. The members of the Gospel Doctrine class are involved in an energetic discussion of the Abrahamic covenant. In my cocoon, I’m aware of what’s going on, of how dynamic the exchanges are as various class members share ways that being part of that covenant blesses …