Your April 2025 General Conference Activity Packet

I've had talk opening jokes bomb. I've felt the same way as this poor guy does.

General Conference is nearly upon us. Which means it is time to print off your General Conference Activity Packet! I realize there are dozens of packets available for you to choose from, but there is only one packet that is endorsed by the Ward Cartoonist! (That should count for something, right?)

Download your copy in either English, Spanish (thanks to Gaby Herrera for the translation), or Portuguese (thanks to Dani Queiroz de Souza for the translation).

If the conference packet isn't enough to sate your appetite for Church-themed activities to entertain your young (or young at heart), Let me direct you to an assortment of my books:

• Doctrine and Covenants Come, Follow Me Activity Book
• The Book of Mormon Come, Follow Me Activity Book
• The New Testament Come, Follow Me Activity Book
• The Old Testament Come, Follow Me Activity Book
• Super Sunday Activity Book
• Scripture Power Activity Book
• Now That I Am Baptized: A Puzzle Book for LDS Kids

For those of you uninterested in print, check out my apps (iOS only, sorry!). Your kids will love LDS Scripture Heroes or Book of Mormon Adventure available at the Apple App Store.

Finally, I should mention Mission Daze, my collection of nearly 500 comic strips tracking a missionary from mission call to homecoming. It's a great gift for any missionary.

The Holy Grail

Historians generally recognize eight crusades between 1096 and 1270. They fail to recognize, however, the numerous minor crusades taking place all over the world as North American missionaries seek out peanut butter throughout all sorts of foreign lands.

Samson's Rock, Paper, Scissors

By my count, this is the fourth Samson gag I've done on this website and the second rock, paper, scissors gag I've done. Yeah, I've been at this for a while!

Timely Critique of 1970s Latter-day Saint Musical Theater

Preach it, Elder Toms!

Homecoming Talk

Just think of the homecoming talk Paul could have given!*

*If he'd only managed to live through his missions, that is.

Great Moments in Latter-Day Saint Cinema

I have shared my affinity for The Phone Call already many times on this website.  If you haven't already, please watch this classic short film as soon as possible. (Possibly for tonight's Family Home Evening.) I'm convinced that the makers of Napoleon Dynamite either consciously or subconsciously took liberally from this beloved film!*

Cipher in the Snow, though, is and has always been trash.

*Not only that but it stars Marc McClure who played both Jimmy Olsen in the Christopher Reeve's Superman movies and Marty McFly's big brother in Back to the Future!

Every Deacon's New Favorite Scripture

When we talk about how the Church is the same everywhere, we are also talking about the fact that you pull up the internet in any building using the same username (liahona) and password (alma3738).*

*At least, that's been my experience.