June 24-30: Alma 13-16
In Alma chapter 14, Alma and Amulek are imprisoned and reviled by the people of the land, notwithstanding the penitent Zeezrom’s pleas for their pardon. How can any of us witness the misery or hardship of those around us? Sometimes, the experience echoes over generations. Linda Jones Gibbs relates the story of her grandmother, the artist Caddie Lyle Stewart in this week’s Come Follow Me – Art Companion.
June 17-23: Alma 8-12
The chapters of Alma 8-12 are replete with contrasting opposites: persistence and patience, light and darkness, freedom and imprisonment, wickedness and righteousness. Likewise, the image by artist Dennis Applebee contains contrasting relationships, as well: light and dark, old and new, photography and abstraction.
June 10-16: Alma 5-7
From evolutionary biologist Steven L. Peck and visual artist Jackie Leishman’s collaboration, DeCreation, the pair investigate the losses caused by climate change. What does this have to do with Come, Follow Me and The Book of Mormon study of Alma 5-7? Find out now?