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The episode explores sibling relationships and the importance of love and kindness through a story about Nora and her brother Lloyd.

Read: Matthew 5:43-44; Galatians 6:9-10 Nora let the door bang shut just as her brother reached it. “Well, thanks,” Lloyd said sarcastically. “You never hold the door open for me,” said Nora. “You never hold the door open for me,” echoed Lloyd. Nora scowled. “Don’t copy me.” “Don’t copy me.” “Stop it, Lloyd!” yelled Nora. “Stop it, Lloyd!” came the echo. Nora ran to her room and slammed the door. As Nora and her friend Zoe walked home from the bus stop the next day, Zoe’s brother Tracen caught up with them. “How’d you do on the spelling test, Zoe?” he asked. “Great!” Zoe replied. “I got all the words right!” “Awesome!” Tracen started running to catch up with a friend. “I’ll make popcorn when we get home!” he yelled over his shoulder. Zoe grinned and waved as he left. Nora looked at Zoe. “Are you and Tracen always so nice to each other?” “We used to fight a lot,” said Zoe. “But we’ve been learning about Jesus at church and how He loves us so much He died for us and wants us to love others and live in peace. That means caring about other people’s feelings, even when they’re not nice to us. So I tried it, and Tracen did too, and it really made a difference! Sometimes we forget, but…

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