Feast Upon the Digital Word

The Gospel Library application was my very first iPad download. After lugging around binders, manuals, scriptures and notebooks with me to church, I was finally able to consolodate my church life into one digital tool. Not only did the iPad give me access to all the resources I needed at church, but I was also able to link General Conference talks to my scriptures, access every church manual, and become the coolest guy in my ward. People started asking me questions about the iPad during Sunday School. They would watch me scroll through scriptures, occasionally commenting on how cool something looked. A man in my ward even offered me a job doing logo design for his company because he had seen me drawing on the iPad during a church meeting. It didn't take long to realize the iPad was becoming a distraction to other people and to myself. Eventually, I resolved to abstain from the digital word of the Lord. After a few clean weeks, I began once again to crave the power of the iPad. Convincing myself that with proper use, the iPad could be a fantastic tool, I have resolved once again to use it at Church. Since then, the iPad has increased my participation in lessons by giving me an infinite number of resources to cite and speeding up the scripture search process. Thus, if used properly, the iPad will truly let you feast upon the digital word!