Shakespeare and his plays have been on my mind a LOT lately. That’s because my youngest child just performed as Berowne in Love Labour’s Lost, one of the Bard’s many plays. He did a fabulous job! He had this billowy cape to add dramatic flair to his costume. It’s so fun to think he is following in his older siblings’ footsteps. Each of them has performed in at least two years of Shakespeare plays with whatever homeschool co-op we belonged to at the time. One of his big brothers played the same role, Berowne, 9 years ago. This is probably our last year doing a Shakespeare play as part of a co-op so we are feeling bittersweet. Of course, we can always read and watch his plays and learn the memorable lines that are so cleverly rendered. I’d love to get the book I heard about in this podcast by Sarah Mackenzie about teaching Shakespeare over here.

With Shakespeare on my mind, it’s so cool that I randomly found this video below from Scripture Central about Shakespeare. Did you know that Shakespeare and the Book of Mormon share the same literary device? Watch below to find out what it is! It features Jack Welch as one of my interviewees. For more of Jack’s story, go here.

It’s just so amazing that God knew that the Book of Mormon, as Another Testament of Jesus Christ, is to go forth to all people, so He inspired its authors to use a literary device, chiasmus, that will translate into any language and retain its poetic beauty. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and as Joseph Smith said, “a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (See the introduction to the Book of Mormon.) I have been blessed so much by living by its principles, including having the Holy Ghost in my life to guide me. This book gives me so much peace and joy, I am so grateful for it. I testify that it’s truly the word of God.