Fitting Scripture Study into Your Back-to-School Schedule

We are now a couple of weeks into school, and fall activities have begun. Your family's schedule is undoubtedly packed. But don't forget to make time for family scripture study. Life is busy and hectic; you have to make room for things that matter. 

Here's a few quick tips to make family scripture study happen:

1) Meet together as a family and pledge to have scripture study every day. Discuss ways to make it happen as a family. Get everyone's ideas, problems, and solutions. 

2) Decide what time of day will work for you. Before school? After dinner? Before dinner? Before bedtime? And get it on the calendar. You might have some days that after dinner is too crazy, so plan to read early that day. If you have a plan you won't end the day THEN realize you didn't get your scripture study done. Some families have a planning meeting each Sunday or Monday for the week. This would be the perfect time to decide when to study each day that week.

3) Don't be afraid to be creative. You could read to your kids while they eat breakfast. You could have the kids take turns reading in the car as you drive them to soccer practice. You could take turns reading and doing the dinner dishes. 

4) If your family scripture time is not "perfect" enjoy it anyway. Some families can't meet all at the same time. Do two or three groups of study if needed. You might have young ones who can only sit through one verse. Read the verse, praise your little ones and move on. 

5) Use your digital devises. Maybe you will study a certain chapter or verse and send it out by text. You can then each read, ponder and reply. Add the thoughts to your digital scripture journal. Digital devices make looking up cross references so easy. Use it to make your study more interesting.

6) Find the right tool for your family. Do some online or bookstore research to find the tool that will make the limited amount of time give your great returns. Check out my book here: Small and Simple Keys of Protection.  

7) Do your best, but don't beat yourself up when things don't go as planned. Just keep going. 

Tell me what has worked for you in different stages of your family's life.