Leaving the Kid's Table

No Going Back

EPISODE TITLE: NO GOING BACK EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Genesis 34 is a chapter most people want to skip. It's uncomfortable, it's dark, and it raises questions nobody really wants to sit with. But buried at the very end is a single verse that stood out — and it has nothing to do with justice. It has everything to do with what drives you. What's the difference between a passion that fades and a calling you can't put down? And have you picked up your sword yet? IN THIS EPISODE: * The story of Genesis 34 — why it's hard to read and why it matters * Simeon and Levi's final response in verse 31 and what it reveals about commitment * Why Jacob's reaction in verse 30 tells you everything about whether their actions were endorsed * The honest difference between passions that fade and a calling you can't undo * Chad's own list — bison ranching, forestry, racing mowers — and what happened when the fire cooled * The moment he crossed his own point of no return with this podcast * What it means to go back to the altar when the motivation is gone and it just feels like work * The question you have to answer: Have you picked up your sword? And are you still swinging? KEY QUOTE: "Have you picked up your sword yet? And if you have — are you still swinging?" NEXT STEPS: * Subscribe so you don't miss an episode * Share this with someone ready to go deeper * Submit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] CONNECT WITH US: * Website: https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] ABOUT LEAVING THE KID'S TABLE: A WEEKLY PODCAST WHERE WE EXPLORE GOD'S WORD TOGETHER, ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME. EVERY MONDAY, JOIN ME AS I SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN SCRIPTURE AND CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. IT'S ABOUT GOING DEEPER WITH GOD IN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY—HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Am I Still Choosing Who God Said I Am?

EPISODE TITLE: AM I STILL CHOOSING WHO GOD SAID I AM? EPISODE DESCRIPTION: You can have a new name and still slip back into old habits. Jacob walked into Genesis 33 as Israel—the man who wrestled God—and one chapter later old Jacob tendencies are showing up alongside the new man he's becoming. That tension is real. And it might be exactly where you are right now. This episode isn't about falling apart. It's about the question you can't avoid when you look up and realize old you crept back in: am I still choosing who God said I am? IN THIS EPISODE: * Why Jacob's careful approach to Esau shows a man doing the hard work of making things right * The moment Jacob tells Esau one thing and does another—and why it's more complicated than it looks * How God's direction to Canaan changes the way we read Jacob's departure * The difference between Jacob's conditional "if/then" vow in Genesis 28 and his unconditional declaration at the altar in Genesis 33 * What El Elohe Israel really means—and why declaring direction matters more than declaring perfection * The slow creep of old habits alongside a new season—and the question that cuts through it KEY QUOTE: "The name doesn't disappear just because old you shows up sometimes. Israel was still Israel even when Jacob tendencies crept back in." NEXT STEPS: * Subscribe so you don't miss an episode * Share this with someone ready to go deeper * Submit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] CONNECT WITH US: * Website: https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] ABOUT LEAVING THE KID'S TABLE: A WEEKLY PODCAST WHERE WE EXPLORE GOD'S WORD TOGETHER, ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME. EVERY MONDAY, JOIN ME AS I SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN SCRIPTURE AND CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. IT'S ABOUT GOING DEEPER WITH GOD IN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY—HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Don't Tap

EPISODE TITLE: DON'T TAP EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Have you ever been in something so hard, so suffocating, that you just gave up? Jacob found himself alone in the dark, in the middle of his fear—and God showed up to wrestle. Not to destroy him. To mark him. What does it look like to hold on when everything in you wants to tap out? That's what Genesis 32 is about. IN THIS EPISODE: * Why Jacob was alone on the other side of the river—and why that moment mattered * The wrestling match: what the text actually says about who was winning and what it cost Jacob * The hip, the limp, and what it means that wrestling with God leaves a mark * Israel: the name that carries the struggle AND the victory inside it * The daily choice to not tap—even when you're on the ground and can't see the way through KEY QUOTE: "You might walk away from this marked. But you'll walk away different." NEXT STEPS: * Subscribe so you don't miss an episode * Share this with someone ready to go deeper * Submit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] CONNECT WITH US: * Website: https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] ABOUT LEAVING THE KID'S TABLE: A WEEKLY PODCAST WHERE WE EXPLORE GOD'S WORD TOGETHER, ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME. EVERY MONDAY, JOIN ME AS I SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN SCRIPTURE AND CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. IT'S ABOUT GOING DEEPER WITH GOD IN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY—HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

What Are You Carrying?

EPISODE TITLE: WHAT ARE YOU CARRYING? EPISODE DESCRIPTION: We all have things in our lives we've never stopped to question — they just became part of the routine without us ever deciding they would. But then there are the other things. The things we know about. The things we took with us on purpose and buried where nobody can find them. In Genesis 31, one verse stopped Chad cold. Rachel stole her father's household idols, hid them under her camel saddle, and lied about having them. She left Laban's house — but she didn't leave empty handed. The question is: what are you carrying out of your last season? And are you brave enough to look at it? IN THIS EPISODE: * How things enter your life through a side door. * Laban's household idols, sitting out in the open, familiar, unquestioned, and what that looks like in your life today * Rachel's moment, stealing, hiding, lying, and the difference between what we don't notice and what we refuse to admit * The phone as both: the thing that's always around AND the camel bag we reach for when we're avoiding something deeper * Chad's honest confession about choosing the scroll over the Word and what it means to force time with God instead of choose it * The question that won't let go: are you choosing God or forcing God? * Why hiding something from the people around you is one thing but you were never hiding it from God KEY QUOTE: "Are you choosing God or are you forcing God? And do you even know the difference anymore?" NEXT STEPS: * Subscribe so you don't miss an episode * Share this with someone ready to go deeper * Submit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] CONNECT WITH US: * Website: https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] ABOUT LEAVING THE KID'S TABLE: A WEEKLY PODCAST WHERE WE EXPLORE GOD'S WORD TOGETHER, ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME. EVERY MONDAY, JOIN ME AS I SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN SCRIPTURE AND CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. IT'S ABOUT GOING DEEPER WITH GOD IN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY—HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.

How Did It Get Here?

EPISODE TITLE: HOW DID IT GET HERE? Episode Description: We all start something with a reason. A passion. A purpose. But life gets busy, things shift, and somewhere along the way we stop asking why. In Genesis 30, Rachel and Leah are deep in a rivalry that started over love — and has quietly turned into something they probably don't even recognize anymore. Chad digs into one of the strangest and most overlooked moments in the story to ask a question we all need to sit with: have you lost your why? IN THIS EPISODE: * Why kids ask "why" — and why we stop * The slow drift that happens when we forget what we are really fighting for * The mandrake exchange — one of the most transactional and heartbreaking moments in Genesis * How Rachel, Leah, and even Jacob all lost their why without realizing it * The greatest why in history — and why His never changed even when yours did * A challenge to go find your why again — or discover a brand new one KEY QUOTE: "It is never a big obvious sign sitting in front of you saying 'ask yourself why.' It just slowly shifts day by day until one day you look up and you are trading mandrakes for something you used to hold sacred." NEXT STEPS: * Subscribe so you don't miss an episode * Share this with someone ready to go deeper * Submit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] CONNECT WITH US: * Website: https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ [https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/] ABOUT LEAVING THE KID'S TABLE: A WEEKLY PODCAST WHERE WE EXPLORE GOD'S WORD TOGETHER, ONE CHAPTER AT A TIME. EVERY MONDAY, JOIN ME AS I SHARE WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN SCRIPTURE AND CHALLENGE YOU TO DISCOVER WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU. IT'S ABOUT GOING DEEPER WITH GOD IN AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY—HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOE, ONE STEP AT A TIME.