Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
We started this journey shortly after becoming new parents to a beautiful little boy named Clarence. We want Clarence to love scripture stories, not simply because they are scriptural, but because they are beautiful stories with profoundly human characters who are struggling to do and be good in a complex world. We want Clarence to know he is a good boy capable of doing good things. We also want him to know that other people are good and loved, even when they are mean and even when they do bad things. We hope that these stories will teach him that.
We have tried very hard to make each story impactful, and so we’ve relied on Nephi’s admonition to liken the scriptures unto ourselves. One example is the addition of playful anachronism. Amulek is drinking chocolate milk when he sees Alma. Captain Moroni uses the postal service to deliver a message to Pahoran. These are not modern adaptations. Rather, we ha…
