"Faith is not handed down in a lecture. It is handed down at the dinner table."
— The Devotionist
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One week from both books, page by page
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You've Started a Bible Plan Before. Something Always Got in the Way.
Most plans are built for someone with free time:
- ✕ A dated schedule you fall behind on by March, and then the guilt.
- ✕ Leviticus and the long lists, with nobody explaining what they mean.
- ✕ Nights when you have five minutes left in you, not forty.
- ✕ Your kids left out, or reading something that has nothing to do with yours.
God is not keeping a tally. You need a plan built for real family life.
One Story. Two Books. One Dinner Table.
You read your book, your child reads theirs, and the same question is printed in both. By the end of the year your family has read the whole Bible together.
Same Dinner Question
The question for each day is printed in your book and your child's book.
Too Tired? Read Just This
A few verses for the nights you only have five minutes. It still counts.
No Dates
A catch-up day every week. Start any week of the year.
Art in Both Books
52 oil paintings for you and 260 story pictures for your child.
One week at a time.
Five reading days, a catch-up day and a family day, in both books.
The Week Opens
An original painting, the big idea, a timeline of where you are in the story, and a verse to carry.
Your Daily Recap
Read the chapters in your own Bible, then a plain recap of what happened and what it shows about God.
For Your Heart
One page each week for what moms carry: guilt, worry, exhaustion, fear for our kids.
Your Child's Page
The same story in simple words, a picture, an activity and a short prayer.
Same story. Same day. Same question at dinner.
Most Bible-in-a-year plans are written for one adult with a quiet hour. Real evenings look different: homework, dishes, a toddler who will not sleep, and maybe ten minutes for yourself.
The Family Edition is two books that move together. Yours walks through all 66 books in story order with a recap for every reading, a painting every week and a short version for the nights you are too tired. Your child's book tells the same story the same day, with pictures, an activity and a prayer.
At dinner, one of you asks the question printed in both books. That is the whole system, and it is why the set comes as two books.
A day with the Family Edition.
Built for real evenings, not perfect ones.
Step One
Read Your Page
Read the chapters and your recap, or the short too-tired version.
Step Two
Kids Read Theirs
Your child reads the same story, then does the activity and the prayer.
Step Three
Ask at Dinner
One question, printed in both books. Everyone answers.
Step Four
Catch Up, Then Gather
Day 6 is for catching up. Day 7 is a 20-minute family day.
Step Five
Repeat for 52 Weeks
No dates. Pick up wherever you left off.
Everything you need to know.
Before you buy, before you give it.
Yes. The parent book is a companion to your Bible. You read each day's chapters in any translation you love, then the recap helps you understand them. Short Scripture quotes in the books are from the King James Version.
Younger children do best reading with a grown-up. Many 8 to 11 year olds read their page alone and then talk about it at dinner.
There are no dates in either book. Every week has a catch-up day, and you simply pick up where you left off.
Yes. Start on any week of the year. Week 1 begins whenever you open the book.
It is written for Christians across traditions and keeps to the plain story of Scripture. Where faithful readers understand a passage differently, the book says so and points you back to the text and your church.
After checkout you get a download link for the PDFs. Read them on a phone, tablet or computer, or print them at home for your own family.
Yes. Choose Parent Book Only or Kids Book Only in the options above. The dinner question works best when you have both.
If the books do not help your family read the Bible, email support@thedevotionist.com within 30 days and we will refund you.