Study Snippets

Ready for quick, simple and powerful spiritual thoughts from this week’s Come Follow Me reading? Check out my Study Snippets here, starting from most recently published. If you are looking for ideas for quick spiritual thoughts, or easy lesson starters, this is your place! This list is automatically updated as new Snippets are added, so check back for new thoughts each day!

Alma 30-31

Leading away women

Korihor was preaching his carnally-pleasing message, “leading away many women”. Did anyone else notice this? Mormon then follows that with, “and also men”. But let’s

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Alma 30-31

The kite analogy

I remember flying kites at the beach when I was a kid. My sisters and I all got brand new kites, and we spent the

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Alma 30-31

Nothing and peace

“What did you do at school today?” When I taught 6th grade, I would tell my students to imagine their parent had just asked them

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Alma 23-29

Am I ungrateful?

Many of you know that I just had a sweet, perfect, smiley, active baby boy in January. Ever since Barrett was born, I’ve gazed into

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Alma 23-29

Testimonies are just words

“I know this gospel is true.” What a weirdly simple sentence. But behind that sentence is a whole wave of emotions and truths. So sometimes

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Alma 23-29

Praising and perishing

The Anti-Nephi-Lehies were walking out onto the battlefield. Completely sword-less. They began to praise God. I imagine they lifted their voices in prayer. I imagine

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Alma 17-22

A fresh look at repentance

King Lamoni’s dad is pretty awesome. (I feel badly that we don’t get to know his name! Sorry, “King”.) As Aaron is teaching him, he

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Alma 17-22

Our unique lots

A question that boggles my mind every time I start to really think about it: Why do we all get completely different “lots”? The sons

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