Scripture Songs

When I was in Russia as a missionary, there would be times when people would ask me a question, and I knew that I could answer their question with a scripture. The problem was that I often did not remember exactly where the scripture was located.

Later, when I taught Russian at the Missionary Training Center, I would put Russian phrases that the missionaries needed to learn to a song, and the music would help them memorize the phrases, plus it made learning more fun. Meanwhile, I was trying to memorize scriptures when I was working at the MTC, but within a week or so, I would forget any scripture that I had learned. I eventually realized that I could put scriptures to music. Doing so has made memorizing the scriptures easier, more fun, and most importantly, permanent. I now have dozens of scriptures memorized, word perfect, because I put them to song. You can find my “scripture songs,” as I call them, here. I will be continually updating the collection as I learn new scriptures.

My hope is that these songs will help my children be more effective missionaries if they decide to serve missions, and that my wife and I will also be able to teach better from the scriptures as senior missionaries.