Ponderizing

I loved the talk given by Devin Durrant, of the Seventy, during October 2015 General Conference. He talked about studying the scriptures by using a combination of pondering and memorizing. That formula is perfectly suited for Scripture Mastery! In my Seminary class we quickly adapted it to our weekly study of each of the Scripture Mastery scriptures.

We focus on different aspects of Scripture Mastery as we go through the days of the week.  On Mondays, we use ideas that help us remember the reference for the scripture.  Tuesday, we work on memorizing the scripture.  Wednesday we study the context and content of the scripture.  This is where the pondering comes in.  (I will provide some examples in a moment.)  Thursday we talk about the application of the scripture.  We discuss different ways to apply the principles to our lives and then we make an individual goal that we are going to focus on for the rest of the week.  Friday we play a challenging game that helps us remember and learn more.

When we go over context and content, I write the scripture on the board and I let the students discuss the things that stand out, words that they need to look up the definitions, what they can add cross-references to, etc..  It is my favorite part of our ponderization process.  Here are several of our studies: