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Purity Is (Not) a Dirty Word
May 5, 2026
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How to Not Butcher Leviticus (Phil Bray) -- EXPERT-TEAS
Apr 23, 2026
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Be Holy, As I Am Holy
Mar 11, 2026
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| 5/5/26 |  Purity Is (Not) a Dirty Word | Season 2 Episode 23 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast Having chosen the harder path -- the divine Presence in their midst -- the family of Abraham must now navigate that holy path safely. What does it mean for them to be "pure" or "clean", and is that what God requires of all humans? Is being "pure" about being moral? This week, we unpack what purity (and impurity) means. We will look at the distinction between "pure" and "impure" and examine what either (or both) have to do with morality. We will explore what it means for created things to be "out of place", and what relation this has to the "forces of death". We will ponder the connection between purity and Eden, and if it is a bad thing to be "impure". We will examine the two kinds or "species" of impurity, and discover what it takes to remove both kinds from the person, the sacred space, and the land. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to repent by "turning away" from the life subject to death and decay, and to "comfort" ourselves with the hope of a life freed from that slavery. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/ https://monoskop.org/images/7/7d/Douglas_Mary_Purity_and_Danger_An_Analysis_of_Concepts_of_Pollution_and_Taboo_2001.pdf SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=07515a488206497d Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ | 34m 43s | ||||||
| 4/23/26 |  How to Not Butcher Leviticus (Phil Bray) -- EXPERT-TEAS | Season 2 Episode 22 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast In this Expert-Teas episode, I sit down for "tea" with Phil Bray to discuss a wide variety of topics. We take a look at holiness and "wholeness"; we explore what "contagious holiness" means; we discuss clean and unclean (and pure and impure), and if this is a moral issue or not. We also examine sacrifices, trying to understand the role that death and blood play in the sacrificial system -- are sacrifices acts of appeasement, or something else? In the end, we dive deep into what the meaning of the Tabernacle is, how the Presence of Adonai in the midst of Israel was an image of the Garden of Eden, and how we can both get back to that now and look forward to it for the end of the ages. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES www.ubiquitouslevitcus.com @Leviticus_is_fun https://a.co/d/04JyFESB SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim?si=437f412486214efc Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trauma-informed-church-kid/id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Dzy8HxXke/ | 1h 00m 13s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 |  Be Holy, As I Am Holy | Season 2 Episode 21 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast Having chosen the harder path -- the divine Presence in their midst -- the family of Abraham must now navigate that path safely. What does it mean for them to "be holy", and what does it mean for God himself to "be holy"? Is that even possible for humans? This week, we unpack what holiness means. We will look at the distinction between "holy" and "common" and examine what either (or both) have to do with morality. We will explore what it means for a created thing (object, person, time) to be filled with the life of God, and what effects this consecration has on creation. We will ponder the claims of "ownership" that God places on his creation (objects, persons, times), and what it means to "serve" this "master". We will examine the notion of created things being "not-whole" or "incomplete", and if it is "bad" for them to be in this "common" condition. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to see the sacred and the holy all around us -- in nature, in places, in things, and in people -- even (perhaps especially) when they seem nothing but "common". I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://cojs.org/cult_and_sacrifice-_purity_and_holiness_in_leviticus_and_numbers-_christine_hayes-_open_yale_courses_-transcription-_2006/ https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/holiness-is-life/ Thumbnail image credit (left-hand side): https://www.wolfbanebooks.com/products/the-story-of-god-with-us, illustration by Aeden Peterson SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ | 39m 27s | ||||||
| 3/2/26 |  The Face of God | Season 2 Episode 20 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham have committed a grave sin. Moses, as the mediator, is up in the divine Presence, activating the heart of Adonai to be merciful and gracious to these people. Then, he asks with boldness for something shocking: show me your glory. Will Adonai grant this request? Is that even possible, or wise? This week, we unpack what it means to see the face of God. We will look at the distinction between his “face” and his “back,” and examine how this has played out in the history of interpretation of this passage. We will explore the offer that Adonai gives to Moses to take the easier path – without His Presence in their midst – and why Moses refuses this. We will ponder the enigmatic figure of the Angel of the Presence, and how this relates to God the Son revealed in Christ. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to shift our understanding of the hiddenness of God: perhaps, this can be seen as a mercy and not him withholding something good from us. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://prri.org/spotlight/unveiling-the-exodus-americans-reasons-for-leaving-religious-traditions/ https://youtu.be/R4Y0JBZtrRM?si=5kbhY7aunMnsA8dZ https://ischristtrue.com/ancient-views/essence-energies/ https://ia600409.us.archive.org/3/items/TwoPowersInHeavenEarlyRabSegal/Two%20Powers%20in%20Heaven_%20Early%20Rab%20-%20Segal.pdf Image Credit: https://asking-him.com/did-moses-really-see-god-the-only-human-to-glimpse-his-glory-explained/ SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ | 35m 17s | ||||||
| 2/23/26 |  The Heart of God | Season 2 Episode 19 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham have committed a grave sin. They have been grotesquely unfaithful to their betrothed, Adonai, and chased after other lovers. Moses, as the mediator, is prepared to offer his own life to make atonement. But is this what Adonai wants? Does he need death to deal with sins? This week, we take a deep dive into the central and paradigmatic self-revelation of Adonai, in Exodus 34. We will look at what it means that Adonai is merciful, and how that relates to his compassion. We will explore his grace, and ask if he needs to “repay” or if he deals in “wages” for sin. We will ponder the connection between his longsuffering character and his wrath. We will unpack what it means that he not just “has” chesed, but that he IS chesed. We will ask ourselves what it means to see Adonai as trustworthy, given all the ways in which we have experienced hurt and harm. We will clarify that he never punishes sons for the sins of the fathers, and instead restrains his wrath with his other qualities. In the end, we will meditate on what it means for Adonai to “forgive” sins: to lift them up, to carry them with us, to bear our burdens in yoked solidarity with sinful humans. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://bibleproject.com/videos/collections/character-of-god/ https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/series/character-of-god/ https://bibleproject.com/videos/collections/bad-words/ SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1TjLVa8ur6/ | 37m 16s | ||||||
| 2/16/26 |  These Are Your gods | Season 2 Episode 18 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast Having agreed to the "house rules", the family of Abraham are on the eve of their wedding night to Adonai. Moses, as the mediator, is up on the mountain making things ready. But how long will he be gone? And will the people wait for him -- and Adonai -- or take matters into their own hands? This week, we encounter the infamous the incident of the Golden Calf. We will look at what a "mediator/intercessor" is, and how this role brings two parties together instead of keeping them apart. We will explore the parallels of this narrative to the narrative of the First Fall, and contemplate what that means about the life that was promised to the family of Abraham. We will ponder the connection between idolatry and sexual immorality, and consider how this connects to the wrath that follows from it. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to reject all forms of idolatry -- even (or especially) the kinds which claim the Name while worshipping someone else. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://www.thetorah.com/article/attaining-and-forfeiting-adams-immortality-at-sinai https://theopolisinstitute.com/the-falls-of-man/ https://hal.science/hal-04447049v1/file/beretta_the-anasyrma-fertility-ritual-in-ancient-egypt-from-hathor-to-hermaphrodius.pdf https://www.facebook.com/spencer.owen.543/posts/pfbid02czHQdTx2Arbdu4TFEADPzL6q4k3unCWDRfqnAbAD7SorCQgDWWyWU8mBGw3cST3gl SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP / 17atr1fasd | 40m 18s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  Suffering Well (Body and Brain Healing from Trauma) -- HOW OF HURT | Season 2 Episode 17 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast This is our third "How of Hurt" episode of the season! In this episode, we seek to examine what healing from trauma looks like -- focusing on the body and the brain. We will discuss how to create a "brave space", find out what it means to "suffer well", learn about resourcing vs coping, examine what mindfulness is (and what it is not), and discover several ways to help ourselves heal from trauma. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/LINKS 988 Lifeline -- https://988lifeline.org/ Find a Therapist near you -- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6125057/#bibr8-1559827614550279 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Humor&title=Experimental%20comparison%20of%20the%20psychological%20benefits%20of%20aerobic%20exercise,%20humor,%20and%20music&author=A%20Szabo&author=SE%20Ainsworth&author=PK%20Danks&volume=18&publication_year=2005&pages=235-246& https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-for-happiness/202208/what-are-grounding-techniques https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-mental-health/202405/anchoring-a-strategy-for-weathering-life https://mainlinecounselingpartners.com/progressive-muscle-relaxation/#:~:text=Gently%20shift%20your%20attention%20to%20your%20hands.,by%20a%20feeling%20of%20calm%2C%20peaceful%20relaxation. https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/rain-mindfulness-technique SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CJpgo2Q9W/ | 35m 50s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 |  The Emotions of God (Mako Nagasawa) -- EXPERT-TEAS | Season 2 Episode 16 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast In this Expert-Teas episode, I sit down for "tea" with Mako Nagasawa to discuss a wide variety of topics. We take a look at shame and how it affects our relationship to God; we explore the true nature of justice in the Scriptures (retributive or restorative?); we discuss how empathy has been belittled and derided in our culture, and what this does to the Church. In the end, we dive deep into where our own emotions come from, if we can trust them (or not), and what they tell us about both our own nature and the nature of the Father -- who also has emotions, and who has entered into our own emotions to be able to heal those expressions of his image in us. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod Mako Nagasawa is the executive director of The Anástasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry, teaching, training, and writing on Early and Eastern Christian restorative justice. He and his wife Ming, along with their children, have lived among friends in a Christian intentional community house in their neighborhood in Dorchester. They worship at Neighborhood Church of Dorchester where Mako serves on the Elder Team. Mako did campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship from 2001 – 2014, and earned a Master of Theological Studies from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary in May 2019. He is the author of Abortion Policy and Christian Social Ethics in the U.S. (2021), Christmas with Irenaeus: How Jesus Honors Creation, the Human Body, and the Human Story (2022), and Lent with Irenaeus: Journeying with Jesus Towards Becoming Truly Human (2024). ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES www.anastasiscenter.org (It's a Man's World: the Genesis 3:16 Effect) https://www.anastasiscenter.org/mansw... (The Emotions of God) https://www.anastasiscenter.org/emoti... (Shame and Glory) https://www.anastasiscenter.org/shame... SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcT.... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma... Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP / 1a2s3h3lee | 1h 03m 41s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  You Shall Not Do as They Do | Season 2 Episode 15 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast. The family of Abraham are given the "house rules" of God's family, and are invited to partner with him in showing his heart to all the nations of the world. But has God gone far enough? Did he give them a perfect law, and if he did not -- maybe he should have? Join us as we finish our last episode on the Sinai covenant and the so-called "Law". In this episode, we will look at the comparisons and contrasts of Adonai's torah to the ANE codes. We will explore how Adonai's torah accommodates the sinfulness and hard-heartedness of the people, using specific examples. We will ponder how we are to follow/keep Adonai's torah today, or if it no longer applies. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to follow in the footsteps of Israel: to "not do as they do" in our modern society. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES (Comparison of Torah and ANE laws) https://alhatorah.org/Ancient_Near_Eastern_Index_%E2%80%93_Parashat_Mishpatim/0?useskin=vector (Nathan Jacobs podcast on slavery) https://open.spotify.com/episode/2j9Az1fyj23uO6XuL8A974?si=Hh-Xu13dROOSYN3jxjLosA (Spencer's sermon on John 8) https://youtu.be/rDAvzFpE5Bc?si=BlSloJrdH3jaEOwZ SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 54m 28s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 |  From Slavery to Sonship | Season 2 Episode 14 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham are being made a part of the family of God, through a marriage ceremony at Sinai. As part of these "house rules", they are given the Torah: the instructions or teaching of Adonai to his sons and daughters. Will they follow this "torah" and become like God? Or will they become just like the nations? Join us as we unpack more of the Sinai covenant and the Mosaic Law, tracking with Exodus 20 through 23. In this episode, we will look at the Mosaic Law as wisdom -- as "common law", not statutory law. We will explore what this means for the admonition to "be holy, as I am holy", and how this relates to making Israel like God. We will ponder the ways in which this instruction/teaching was given in order to help them deprogram from a slavery mindset and to take on a sonship mindset. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to consider what this means in our own lives: to leave the "Egypt" of trauma behind us, and to step into the divine inheritance as sons and daughters of the Most High. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2018/04/the-church-of-james-dobson/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2017/11/25/james-dobson-always-sided-patriarchal-oppression-cause-political-power/ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionnewsroundup/2025/08/from-focus-to-fallout-the-life-and-legacy-of-james-dobson/ https://www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2018/11/29/book-note-inconsistency-in-the-torah https://www.anastasiscenterblog.org/atonement-emotional-development/atonement-theories-and-anger-part5 https://www.dneoca.org/articles/matushka1197.html https://youtu.be/pJpHDb-41VM?si=IS1XW71OWbo5xlNX Thumbnail image credit: https://www.deviantart.com/russianart23/art/God-gives-me-a-white-robe-Dream-628419009 SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 48m 09s | ||||||
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| 12/22/25 |  The Blood of the Covenant | Season 2 Episode 13 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham are led by Adonai in the wilderness toward his home: the mountain of God. They are given a choice – do they want to partner with him as “one flesh”? Or do they want to join themselves to the gods of the nations? Which one will the betrothed of Adonai choose for herself, and for all creation? Join us as we follow the Israel-assembly (plus the Mixed Multitude) at the foot of Sinai, tracking with Exodus 19 and 24. In this episode, we will look at the Sinai covenant as a wedding ceremony, patterned after ANE covenant marriages. We will explore the nature of the “law” that is given as “house rules”, and will discuss how they are meant to be freeing (not constricting). We will ponder what it means to seal a covenant with blood, and to bind the two together as “one flesh” in a sacrificial meal. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to consider the beauty of being married to YHWH: the specially chosen and redeemed one(s) who are being transfigured from a slave-mindset to a bride-mindset, in order to undo the First Fall and bring healing to all creation. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3676643/jewish/Meditation-on-an-Embrace.htm https://onscript.study/ancient-marriage-contracts-and-the-sinai-covenant-oliver-hersey/ https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/marriage-of-god-and-israel https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/two-takes-test-mount-sinai/ https://drmsh.com/the-cosmic-mountain-and-trees-in-old-testament-theology/ https://www.youtube.com/live/RXGdaJFIB8M ----more---- SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 36m 03s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 |  Not All Who Wander Are Lost | Season 2 Episode 12 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham has endured the waters of wrath, and are now in the wilderness -- a place of scarcity, hunger, and thirst. Are they just wandering, or being led? Where are they headed, and why is this the path that was chosen for them? Join us as we follow the Israel-assembly (plus the Mixed Multitude) on their journey to Sinai, from Exodus 15-17. In this episode, we will look at their grumblings against Adonai and Moses. We will explore what Adonai's response to this is -- grace, or wrath? We will ponder what it means to be in the wilderness in the first place, and what the purpose of being there is. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to remember that even in our wanderings we need not be lost. We can always follow the cloud of the Presence and be followed by the Rock of Christ to find our way home: the place where Adonai dwells in our midst. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/why-does-god-lead-israel-into-the-wilderness/ https://bibleproject.com/articles/israels-rebellion-wilderness/ https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/water-from-a-walking-rock/ SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 31m 00s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 |  The Impact of Trauma -- HOW OF HURT | Season 2 Episode 11 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast This is our second How of Hurt episode of the season! In this episode, we take a close look at the impact of trauma. We will do a brief crash course on neurobiology, find out the effects of trauma on various brain structures, learn about the brain-body connection, examine cognitive distortions downstream of the effects on our nervous system, and discover how nothing -- in all creation -- can separate us from the love of Adonai who longs to see his children "made right". I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! ----more---- SHOW NOTES/LINKS 988 Lifeline -- https://988lifeline.org/ Find a Therapist near you -- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us https://youtu.be/BNdq6_Lfs2k https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39993388/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2023.1185752/full https://www.simplypsychology.org/forebrain-midbrain-hindbrain.html https://www.mentalhealthctr.com/how-trauma-affects-the-brain-a-clinical-overview/ https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.html https://kaplantherapy.org/the-neurobiology-of-trauma/ https://youtu.be/QAeBKRaNri0 https://verybigbrain.com/brain-anatomy/the-insula-deciphering-the-role-of-the-brains-hidden-island/ https://practicalpie.com/prefrontal-cortex-function/ | 36m 30s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 |  Severe Mercies | Season 2 Episode 10 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast On the journey out of Egypt, the family of Abraham has left a path of destruction and devastation in their wake. And there is about to be one more moment of decreation: the parting of the Sea of Reeds, where Pharaoh and his army are swallowed up by the death-waters. Is this just an angry God, wreaking his vengeance on those he hates? What will it take to satisfy his wrath? Join us as we go on a journey that is framed around Exodus 14-15, but where we spend time in both Romans 9 and Ezekiel 16 as well. In this episode, we will look at what it means for God to have wrath. We will explore the mode of that wrath ("handing over") and how this can be viewed as a "severe mercy". We will ponder the purpose of wrath, and if there is hope to be found on the other side of it. In the end, we will challenge ourselves to desire the judgment of God -- first in the household of God, and then in a world broken by sin. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/hell-fire.htm https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/gods-hot-nose/ https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/a-cup-of-wrath/ https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/saved-from-gods-wrath/ SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 36m 39s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 |  The Mixed Multitude | Season 2 Episode 9 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham has been finally freed from slavery! The redemption has been obtained by the blood of the Passover lamb as the cost it took to end the oppression of the gods of Egypt. But there remains an ambiguity: who actually is the "family of Abraham"? Is it just racial Hebrews, or do Egyptians "count" as well? The Passover event has created a new nation called "Israel"; so who are "Israelites"? Join us as we look at Exodus 12:33-42, examining the "mixed multitude" who left Egypt. We will look at who are the "stranger" (gar) and "resident alien" (toshab), and their relationship to the "native". We will explore the issue of circumcision and the Passover, and how that relates to ongoing identification with "Israel". We will ponder the "congregation" (edah) and/or the "assembly" (qahal) of Israel, and its relationship to the New Testament Church (ekklesia). In the end, we will sharply challenge any notion that Israel has been "replaced" and we will unreservedly celebrate the diversity of the family of God -- from its inception with Abraham, to its renewal here in Exodus, through its continuation in the Body of the Messiah, and on into the eschatalogical picture of Revelation. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES Biblical Israel and Modern Israel -- Continuities and Distinctions (Jason Staples) Erev Rav: A Mixed Multitude of Meanings - TheTorah.com Does the Church Supersede Israel? Stranger – Ger - St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology Replacement Theology (quotes) SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 32m 30s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 |  What's Wrath Got to Do With It? (Chris Pompu) -- EXPERT-TEAS | Season 2 Episode 8 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast In this episode, I sit down for "tea" with Chris Pompu, a rural church pastor and host of The Sanctuary YouTube channel ( @PastorChris87 ). We take a close look at the "wrath of God" in the biblical text, trying to see how it functions and where it is present... as well as when it is not. We explore the impact of teachings such as penal substitutionary atonement, and examine how they affect our view of God. In the end, we try to reconstruct a more beautiful and faithful picture of the wrath of God. I hope you will join us on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! ----more---- SHOW NOTES/RESOURCES The Sanctuary: https://www.youtube.com/@pastorchris87 Leviticus is Fun: https://www.youtube.com/@Leviticus_is_fun The Day the Revolution Began (NT Wright): https://a.co/d/dPIrFqC Learning Laborers podcast -- Spencer's two-part episode on Isa 53: Part One (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JEBfKKi6vCxupOYIDkBii?si=HbUwc5FkTXi910p22Hb8Kw), Part Two (https://open.spotify.com/episode/39Uk9oGyeUktmK6ivNUjyN?si=mZIj9V9oSF6qIbyt5ox4Ag) A list of quotes from prominent theologians about PSA: https://catholicnick.blogspot.com/2009/04/was-jesus-damned-in-your-place.html | 1h 02m 18s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 |  Marked by the Blood | Season 2 Episode 7 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast. Nine plagues have struck the gods of Egypt, providing both Pharaoh and the people chance after chance to repent. Now, the final plague is about to fall: the death of the firstborn. Not desiring the death of anyone, God makes a way for any who pledge allegiance to Him to be spared from the Destroyer: the angel of the bottomless pit. The blood of the Passover lamb will be the means by which the Destroyer will be kept at bay, the life of the blood marking and protecting all who live in that house. In order to make a separation between those who belong to God and those who belong to the gods, this is the cost it takes: the ransom for the lives of the firstborn. Join us as we look at Exodus 11-13, examining the narrative of the plague of the firstborn and the Passover. We will look at what "firstborn" means, and why (or if) they are the target of the plague. We will explore the shadowy figure of the Destroyer, and consider who is responsible for the deaths of the firstborn. We will ponder what it means for God to "pass over" and "pass through", and what relationship this has to being "redeemed". Finally, we will sharply challenge if the Passover lamb dies as a substitute. In the end, we take a serious and careful look at what it means to be "marked by the blood of the lamb", and how we can be marked by the blood of the Lamb today. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: https://www.speakpipe.com/churchkidpod ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES Bible Project series on redemption ----more---- SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X/YouTube: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 43m 11s | ||||||
| 10/21/25 |  Let My People Go | Season 2 Episode 6 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast Abraham's family continues to find themselves under the thumb -- and strengthened heart -- of Pharaoh, who thinks he is a god and the source of all order and life. First, Adonai shows him a wizard duel that should dispel this belief, but he persists. What follows is a decreation and deconstruction of all Egypt, from top to bottom. The gods of the nations are shown that order and life does not come from them, and it is made crystal clear to Pharaoh as well. What will it take for Pharaoh to listen? Will he ever acknowledge Adonai as the Most High God, or will he drag the people down with him (and the elohim) in his rebellion? Join us as we look at Exodus 7-10, examining the narrative of the plagues as a judgment against the gods of Egypt. We will look at what "decreation" means, and why this is the best frame for the plages. We will explore who is the real target of the judgments which fall on Egypt, and the extent to which there are "innocent bystanders" to the plagues. We will ponder what it means to be "the people of God" -- is this about ethnicity, or faithfulness? And we will listen to the desperate pleading of Adonai to all of Egypt, whom He also loves deeply: repent, and you will be saved. In the end, we take a serious and careful look at the "Pharaoh"s in our lives, and how to face up to them and speak with the voice of God: "Let my people go!!" I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! Leave a question on Speakpipe as well: Send a voice message to churchkidpod SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES Exodus 7:14-8:32 | Ancient Faith Ministries Battle Wizards: Mauling at the Euphrates | Ancient Faith Ministries The plagues of Egypt – Walking With Giants Jannes and Jambres - Wikipedia Yamm - World History Encyclopedia | 36m 56s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  What is Trauma? -- HOW OF HURT | Season 2 Episode 5 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast This is our first How of Hurt episode of the season! In this episode, we seek to understand trauma better. We will define trauma, find out what separates it from unpleasant or difficult events, learn about the signs and symptoms of trauma, examine the feedback loops and neuroplasticity that either reinforce or repair trauma, and discover the multiple types of trauma -- including all kinds of church hurt. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! ----more---- SHOW NOTES/LINKS 988 Lifeline -- https://988lifeline.org/ Find a Therapist near you -- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys - PMC The Relationship Between PTSD and Suicide - PTSD: National Center for PTSD About Adverse Childhood Experiences | Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) | CDC Trauma is Trauma: How a limited definition of trauma may be stifling your therapeutic growth — Psychotherapy Practice - Intuitive Healing | NYC 2025_Trauma_and_Addiction.pdf Self-Harm and Trauma - PTSD: National Center for PTSD The amygdala and trauma: understanding what your brain is doing leading to roots for your recovery. Violence Leaves Its Mark on Our Genes For Generations, Study Finds : ScienceAlert Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms - PMC ----more---- SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 35m 30s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 |  Strengthening through Suffering | Season 2 Episode 4 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The deliverer of Abraham's family returns to his people, but the job is not yet done. Pharaoh likes his power, he likes having his slaves, and he isn't about to let them leave. In fact, he makes it much worse for them: forcing them to work with fewer materials and then blaming them when they can't do what they used to. The appearance of Adonai in his throne room has strengthened his resolve: like clay in the sun, he hardens and cracks. Will Abraham's family do the same? Can they endure the suffering and come out on the other side? Join us as we look at Exodus 4-6, examining the response of Pharaoh and the Hebrews to the appearance of God in their midst. We will look at what "hardening" means, and see if this is something God is to blame for. We will explore how abusive systems never welcome deliverance, and how that deliverance can often be slow and painful. We will ponder the features of abusive systems, and identify them in the narrative: collusion/complicity, victim-blaming, pointing fingers, and the like. We will listen to the complaints of the people to Moses, and Moses to God, that He simply isn't doing enough to make things right. In the end, we take a long and hard look at the role of suffering in the process of healing, and attempt to understand how to be both strengthened (in a good way) and softened by suffering. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! ----more---- SHOW NOTES/REFERENCES https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/divinity-of-the-pharaoh-in-greek-sources/10B843BD8305A47AFB789F70AF0E7D11 https://www.historyandmyths.com/2025/02/egyptian-creation-myths-legends-gods.html https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/get-out-of-your-mind/200901/a-human-life-is-not-a-problem-to-be-solved ----more---- SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 35m 56s | ||||||
| 9/22/25 |  He Who Causes to Be | Season 2 Episode 3 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast The family of Abraham has been enslaved and oppressed by the head of the superpower of the day. One man who grew up within that empire discovered that he identified with the "stranger" and is forced to leave -- to become a "stranger in a strange land". Those who remain behind groan with a deep, soul-level pain to their Father. He "remembers and knows" them, like a mama bear hearing her cub's cries of pain. Adonai is coming near to bring comfort and judgment: to cause to be the things that currently are not. Join us as we look at Exodus 3-4, examining the incident at the burning bush and understanding God's Name better. We will look at what the "mountain of God" is, and begin to understand sacred space. We will explore the figure of the "Angel of the Lord" and his relationship to the Second Person of the Trinity. We will ponder if there is a fundamental difference between the Jesus of the New Testament, and the God of the Old. We will listen to Moses' protests about his calling, and see the true role of divine anger or wrath. In the end, we center our understanding of God's response to trauma as "He Who Causes to Be" -- as Creator, as Father, as Redeemer, and as Husband. I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! SHOW NOTE REFERENCES Dr Michael Heiser -- YHWH Dr Michael Heiser -- The Two Powers in heaven Kenites The Angel of the Lord ----more---- SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 31m 50s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 |  Slavery and the Stranger | Season 2, Episode 2 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast. At the beginning of Exodus, the family of Abraham is in trouble. They have settled in the land of a foreign empire, but they are treated with fear and suspicion as strangers. What will become of the ones who will be the light to the nations? We're not sure how or when exactly this came about, but in time the empire of Egypt does what all empires do: they treat humans as disposable. In service of building monuments to their own name and out of fear of those who are different, a series of Pharaohs enslave and oppress the family of Abraham. Does Adonai hear them; does he even care? Join us as we look at Exodus 1-2, examining the difficult and uncomfortable issue of slavery in the Bible. We will look at the nature of "the stranger", and why Adonai cares so much about them. We will explore what the Scriptures say about the generational vortex of sin, reflect on the history of slavery in America and the West, wrestle with the complexities of a God who works with humans as they are, confess the bad which is in the Bible and the evil and wicked ways in which it has been used, and uncover the good that might be hard to see in the Scriptures. In the end, we center our understanding of slavery on the one who "took the form of a slave" (Phil 2:7) and opened the way to perfection for all the images of God -- oppressor and oppressed alike. ----more---- I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment! SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 51m 00s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 |  Father of Faith(fulness) | Season 2, Episode 1 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast!At the end of Genesis 11, humanity is in trouble. A series of three "falls" have left them at enmity with Adonai and with each other. They are subjected to death, they have succumbed to depravity, and now they find themselves enslaved by demons. What is solution to this problem? Can there be "good news" to come out of this? Enter Abraham: the man who is called by Adonai from among the nations to be the father of all who are faithful. He is promised that his family will be "like the stars" and will be the healing and blessing for all the nations. But how will this promise come about: just by "believing", or by obeying? Or both? And what is this reconstituted and resurrected family of God supposed to look like: diversity, or unity? Or both? Join us as we take a speed-run through Genesis, centering around Abraham. This will be a review of Season 1, and a teaser for Season 2 (which will focus on Exodus and Leviticus). We will examine the nature of the promise the faithful are given as "sons of Abraham", explore the strengths and weaknesses of both unity and diversity, look at what it means for God to show himself to us (and if we really want that), mourn the experience of being shepherded by religious wolves, try to understand what assurance of salvation is (and isn't), and wrestle with the uncomfortable realities of so-called "heroes" of the faith. In the end, we seek to learn what it means to follow the father of faith(fulness) and do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our Father. May we all hear the words: "well done; good and faithful servant."I hope you will join me on this journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! Please like, subscribe, and/or leave a comment!----more----SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW LINKS YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@churchkidpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LQnbcTTqZUGfMLliJCJim... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../trauma.../id1760390486 Podbean: https://churchkidpod.podbean.com/ X: @churchkidpod FB DISCUSSION GROUP https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17ATR1fAsd/ | 43m 15s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 |  House of David TV series review -- BONUS | Is the House of David TV series, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, any good? Is it closer to "The Ten Commandments" or "Prince of Egypt" or "Exodus: Gods and Kings"? Or is it just like all the other examples -- and there are far too many -- of cringey, cheap, contrived, and cloying faith-based media? What about its use of extra-biblical traditions? Can we trust the filmmakers to finally give us art that is beautiful, accurate, and moving? This is the penultimate episode in Season 1, in another bonus review. This is mostly spoiler-free, although it does get into details which are also in the biblical narrative. I turn my somewhat-jaded eye (and heart) onto this adaptation of the story of David and Goliath, and find myself pleasantly surprised and cautiously hopeful for the future of Christian media. I hope this is one more waypoint on your journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! | 30m 07s | ||||||
| 5/19/25 |  With All Your Heart, Soul, and Mind -- NERD ALERT! | What is the center of a person? Why does our heart need to be pure? How does God heal the broken-hearted? If our heart is sick, do we have free will? How can we be more free -- by choosing what we want, or choosing well? How do we "see" with the "eyes of the soul" what to choose? Is this even possible when that "eye" is darkened? What is the difference between soul and spirit? Is the soul created at the same time as the body, and how can it exist apart from the body? What does that mean, and how does that relate to the Resurrection body? What about final judgment? How can we have a secure soul-attachment to our bodies? This is the (finally) final episode of our Anthropology of Adam series, looking at the Greek words for heart, will, mind/spirit, and soul. We will take a close look at how the nous (mind/spirit) is central the health of the soul, and what it means to love Adonai with our whole being. I hope you will join me for a journey to find resurrection on the other side of deconstruction! The Mind and the Heart in the Christian East and West Nous - OrthodoxWiki Nathan Jacobs Podcast -- apokatastasis Saint Origen - First Things What in Tarnation? | Ancient Faith Ministries Soul, Heart, and Mind: Orthodox video Powers of the Soul: Orthodox video | 49m 01s | ||||||
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