Month: June 2015

  • Notes on the Book of Daniel

    Notes on the Book of Daniel

    Last year I had the best calling in the Church: Gospel Doctrine teacher, during study of the Old Testament. I wrote out fairly detailed notes for each lesson and figured I’d post some of them here in case they’re helpful to a future teacher.  Daniel is another story that takes place in exile – earlier than Esther,…

  • Galta Monkey Temple

    Galta Monkey Temple

    The first time I went to India, in 2008, I picked up the paper and read about monkeys that were raiding villages and stealing food and medicine. I’m pretty sure I read that they were stealing human babies, too, although now that I try to find an article online about it I’m having a rough…

  • Beagle vs. Lamb Death Match

    Beagle vs. Lamb Death Match

    We keep adding creatures to the backyard. The boy is raising a lamb for a couple of months as a 4-H project. After letting Lambert, the lamb, and Ralphie, the beagle, check each other out through the fence for a couple of days, we introduced them without barriers. It went well, although I thought the dog would…