Ready or not, the school year is back! If you’re like most people, that means life is about to get a whole lot busier. Whether you’re a working parent trying to balance keeping food on the table, shuttling kids back and forth from their many activities, and keeping up with laundry, dishes, and everything else it takes to maintain a home; a young single adult trying to get through college courses and still have a social life; or a high school student navigating the awkward teenage years and going back and forth between the aforementioned activities that keep your parents’ heads spinning, the increase in secular activity during this time often makes it easy to let some of the seemingly less pressing spiritual aspects slip through the cracks. So how can we balance our various activities and obligations and still keep Christ at the center of our lives and homes during this busy time?
Elder Richard G Scott of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles defines a Christ-centered home as one “where the gospel is taught,
covenants are kept, and love abounds.”[i] Below are 5 simple things we can do during the school year to fulfill our
many secular responsibilities while still successfully building this kind of
home.