Trauma-Informed Church Kid

Season 2 Episode 33 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The family of Abraham has chosen to live with the King of the Universe in their midst, but he knows they will eventually fail to carry this blessing well. If Adonai “hands them over”, does that mean he has abandoned them? Will they ever be free of the “curse”?

This week, we take a look at the concept of the covenant curse. We will examine what i...

Season 2 Episode 32 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The family of Abraham has chosen to live with the King of the Universe in their midst, and they have been given his “house rules” instructing them how to live. What will happen if they keep them, and what will happen if they don’t? How much of a “blessing” is it, really?

This week, we take a look at the concepts of blessing. We will examine...

Season 2 Episode 31 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The family of Abraham has chosen to live with the King of the Universe in their midst, but they remain a people of unclean lips and unclean hands. Do they need to be ransomed from Adonai’s death penalty? Is that what sacrifices are doing?

This week, we take a look at the concepts of ransom and/or redemption. We will examine the different kinds of semantic frames ...

Season 2 Episode 30 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The family of Abraham has chosen to live with the King of the Universe in their midst. How is this going to be possible, when they are “not-well”? How could they even begin to fix that problem?

This week, we take a look at the atoning gifts, which I am calling “wellness gifts”. We will examine the different kinds of these gifts which are given t...

Season 2 Episode 29 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The family of Abraham has chosen to live with the King of the Universe in their midst. How should you welcome a king? What kind of gift do you give to divinity?

This week, we take a look at what “sacrifice” means, and the role that death plays (and doesn’t play) in sacrifices. We will examine the different kinds of gifts which are given to Adonai, and ...

Season 2 Episode 28 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

This is our fourth (and penultimate) "How of Hurt" episode of the season! In this episode, we seek to examine what healing from trauma looks like -- focusing on the spirit and/or the soul. We will discuss what "parts" of our personality are, find out what our "Self" is and if we all have access to it (or not), learn about unblending and unburdening, explore how to repar...

Season 2 Episode 27 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

In this Expert-Teas episode, I sit down for "tea" with Sheila Wray Gregoire to discuss evangelical purity culture, sex culture, and patriarchal culture. We take a look at harmful teachings of purity culture; we explore the healthy antidote to those teachings; we examine what "looking with lust" and "modesty" actually mean in the Bible. We also discuss practical teaching...

Season 2 Episode 26 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

The priests are the burden-bearers for the family of Abraham, taking on their shoulders the responsibility to clean up the mess that they have caused (and will cause) in God’s house. But how do they go about cleaning up this mess? And why is it such a bloody process?

This week, we take a look at what “atonement” means, and the role that blood plays (an...

Season 2 Episode 25 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

Having decided to keep the Presence of Adonai in their midst, the family of Abraham must now deal with all their impurities. How can they do this safely? Who will be the one to bear both the blessing and the burden of this sacred role?

This week, we take a look at what it means for the priests -- and Adonai himself -- to "bear iniquity". We will examine the Hebrew word ...

Season 2 Episode 24 of the Trauma-Informed Church Kid podcast

CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexuality and purity culture

This is part 2 of an episode on purity and impurity. We know now that purity is (not) a dirty word, and that it is not necessarily about morality or being "good". Why then is there such a misunderstanding about purity and morality? What would a culture focused around purity look like?

This week, we take a look ...

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...

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 s...

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 wh...

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 Go...

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-revelatio...

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 lo...

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 ...

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 e...

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 ...