Books and lessons
What it is for
The Books tab follows the printed study. For each book and week you can answer the discussion questions before your group meets and complete the quiet times assigned for that week. Progress is tracked per book.
Before you start
- Which book and week your group is on.
Steps: open a lesson
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Open Books and tap your book (Book 1 to Book 4).
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The weeks are listed with a progress indicator. Tap the current week.
Screenshot pendingA book's weeks with progressA book's weeks with progress
Steps: answer the discussion questions
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In the week, tap Discussion questions.
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Type your answers. They are saved as you go, so you can come back later; previous submissions are shown above.
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Tap Submit when you are done. Your answers are there to refer to in the group.
Screenshot pendingDiscussion questions with a draft answerDiscussion questions with a draft answer
Steps: the week's quiet times
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In the week, tap Quiet times. The assigned passages are listed with a tick for the ones you have completed.
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Tap a passage to open a journal entry for it; saving the entry ticks it off.
Screenshot pendingThe weekly quiet times listThe weekly quiet times list
Additional quiet times
Some books include extra passages beyond the weekly ones; they appear at the end of the week list.
Tips and troubleshooting
- Your answers are private to you and are not shown to staff.
- Changed books? Progress is kept per book, so you can go back any time.
- Reset progress for a book is under Settings if you are starting the study again.
- The lesson text is available in the app's languages; switching language under Settings changes the questions too.