Earth Day Bonus: Caring for Creation (Replay) We took a week off from the Podcast. For earth day, please enjoy this replay of our second episode ever: “Caring for Creation”… Today we focus on a second creation story from the Bible, and when God

26: Alleluia Voices

Apr 15th, 2020

26: Alleluia Voices Our Easter episode opens with “Alleluia Voices”, a collection of Alleluias from the families and friends of Forest Hill Church. Then we cover the Easter story and come to the incredibly simple and incredibly complicated real

25: Palm Sunday

Apr 11th, 2020

25: Palm Sunday This week we discuss Jesus’s celebratory entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. Also, be sure to check out our Holy Week Art Show. Along with our Holy Week Story-time videos.

24: Hate

Apr 3rd, 2020

24: Hate The COVID-19 Pandemic has made our “Into the Wilderness” unit a lot more real, and most of us are hunkered down at home. Since we were unable to have in-person Sunday School, we attempted a virtual class this past week and asked famili

23: Deception

Mar 27th, 2020

23: Deception The COVID-19 Pandemic has made our “Into the Wilderness” unit a lot more real, and most of us are hunkered down at home. Since we were unable to have in-person Sunday School, we attempted a virtual class this past week and asked f

22: Fear

Mar 21st, 2020

22: Fear Our “Into the Wilderness” unit got a lot more real this week. The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought a lot of new fear and anxiety to our community and to our world. and most of us our hunkered down at home. Since we were unable to have in

20: Into the Wilderness

Mar 6th, 2020

20: Into the Wilderness This week, we begin a new unit: Into the Wilderness. We have left the story of the Israelites. They are free from Egypt and from Pharaoh. They are no longer slaves. They crossed the sea but now will spend 40 years wander

19: Long Walk to Freedom

Feb 28th, 2020

19: Long Walk to Freedom This week, we finish our unit following the Israelite story of Liberation out of Egypt.

18: Let My People Go

Feb 21st, 2020

18: Let My People Go This week, we continue our unit following the Israelite story of Liberation out of Egypt. In this episode, we talk about when Moses went into Egypt and told Pharaoh to Let God’s People Go, or “Let my people go”.

17: Fire of Freedom

Feb 14th, 2020

17: Fire of Freedom Last week we picked up with the Great Family of Genesis and heard about how they have been oppressed and enslaved by the Egyptians who forced them to do hard and cruel work because they were different. We also heard about ho

16: Women of Liberation

Feb 7th, 2020

16: Women of Liberation This week, we begin a new unit. We will pick up with the Great Family in the second book of Torah: Exodus. The story of the Israelite liberation from slavery begins with the actions of women. Shiphrah and Puah saved live

15: Incarnation

Jan 31st, 2020

15: Incarnation We are finishing our Incarnation unit, where we are discussing what it means for God to have been born and live and be among us. Today we discuss Matthew 25 and seeing Jesus in everyone we meet.

14: Injustice

Jan 24th, 2020

14: Injustice We are continuing our Incarnation unit, where we are discussing what it means for God to have been born and live and be among us. Today we will talk about injustice, and what God’s presence pushes us to do. In 1968 sanitation work

13: Immersion

Jan 17th, 2020

13: Immersion We are starting a new unit about “Incarnation.” For the next three weeks we will be talking about what it means for God to have been born and live and be among us. Today we will talk about how God, through Jesus, was immersed in h

11: Advent 1 – Hope (Oppression)

Dec 6th, 2019

11: Advent 1 – Hope (Oppression) Isaiah is a book of Exile, of Oppression, but also of Hope. Assyria was the dominant power of Isaiah’ day, and the prophet speaks to a subjugated and oppressed people, but also offers hope in God, and God’s comi

Bonus: Thanksgiving

Nov 28th, 2019

Bonus Episode: Thanksgiving What are you thankful for? What is something about your family that you are thankful for? What is something about your church that you are thankful for? What do you think God is thankful for?

10: The Kin-dom of God

Nov 25th, 2019

10: The Kin-dom of God This is our last episode of our “Kin-dom” unit. Last week we finished the story of the Great Family of Genesis with Joseph and the family’s migration to Egypt. Next week we will begin our Advent unit, as we await the birt

09: The Brother Who Was Different

Nov 22nd, 2019

09: The Brother Who Was Different Today we finish the book of Genesis as we near the end of our “Kin-dom” unit. Today we talk about the story of Joseph. In the story, his brothers hate him out of jealousy of what makes him different and banish

08: Children of Israel

Nov 15th, 2019

08: Children of Israel This is week five of our “Kin-dom” unit, this week we continue the story of the Great Family of Genesis through Jacob’s 12 sons (the 12 tribes of Israel). We will focus on how all families are unique in their own way. Jac

07: Jacob’s Sacred Stone

Nov 6th, 2019

07: Jacob’s Sacred Stone Today we continue the story of Jacob from the Great Family of Genesis. After tricking his brother Esau, Jacob flees to the desert and sleeps on a stone where God visits him in a dream.

06: Jacob and Esau: A Trickster Tale

Oct 31st, 2019

06: Jacob and Esau: A Trickster Tale This is week three of our “Kin-dom” unit and the Great Family of Genesis. Today we explore the story of Jacob and Esau as a Trickster Tale. Native American Theologians have seen a connection between the Bibl

05: Children’s Sabbath (Hagar and Ishmael)

Oct 21st, 2019

05: Children’s Sabbath (Hagar and Ishmael) Today, we continue to go through the Great Family of Genesis in our Kin-dom unit. Last week, we started with Abram/Abraham. Today we talk about Hagar and Ishmael. Hagar was Abram’s second wife. And Ish