Author: joshsabey

Ether’s people were scared of death and of each other. They were fighting and killing and dying. And the war grew and grew and everyone joined in and fought and died until there was just one person left alive. One person, beside Ether. And the whole time, Ether could only watch as the world fell … Continue reading The story Ether, the optimistic pen pal (Ether 12-15)

Jared and the Brother of Jared and their family and friends all agreed that they would follow God and step into the boats, which were actually barges, which were like submarines. And then they pushed into the water, and took one last look at the land before closing the hatch. It would be a year … Continue reading The people who forgot how to love the world (Ether 6-11)

The stories of Ether are not about the Nephites or the Lamanites. They are much older. They start way back, when people first came to live on the earth. At first, people did not know if they could trust the earth to take care of them. And then there was a big storm and lightning … Continue reading The people who tried to climb to heaven (Ether 1-5)

Mormon was one of the only survivors of the big, terrible, Nephite-ending battle. His city was destroyed and he wept for the roads and the buildings. His dog and his horse were killed, and he wept for the animals. His friends and his soldiers were killed and he wept for them because he could remember … Continue reading Moroni, and his books, and his friends (Mormon 7-9)

Jesus told us that everyone would forget Him. But still, it’s hard to believe, isn’t it? But that’s what happened. It did take a while, because Jesus is hard to forget. But eventually, people stopped talking about Jesus and then they stopped thinking about Jesus.   And because no one was thinking about Jesus, they started … Continue reading Mormon and the book (Mormon 1-6)

Before Jesus left the Nephites and the Lamanites, they were just the Nephites. They had  decided to all live together. And they agreed to share almost everything, including their name. They shared food and water. They shared money and toys. They shared homes and cities. They even shared toothpaste. But they did not share their … Continue reading The three men who kept living and living and living and living (3 Nephi 27 – 4 Nephi)

Jesus spent three days with the Nephites and the Lamanites. He talked and talked. And the people listened. Every night when Jesus left, the people wondered if He would come back the next day. Or if He had run out of things to say. But when the morning came, there was Jesus again, talking and … Continue reading Zion and the big balloon (3 Nephi 20-26)

When Jesus came to the Nephites, He taught them to be meek and He taught them about heaven. And all this teaching and loving and smiling took a long time. But no one noticed. No one noticed as the sun moved from the horizon to directly over their heads. No one noticed as the clouds … Continue reading The long day that wasn’t long at all (3 Nephi 17-19)