Leaving the Kid's Table

Chad Sherlock

Do you remember the “kid’s table” when at family holidays or dinners? I do and that is right where I feel I am at, still, in my walk with God. Some look at it as being “ankle deep” in our walk. Either way, I am at a point where I am tired of being in this state. Every Monday at 6 am I will release short episodes where I am going to share what stood out to me in my time with God. At the end of the day it comes down to where scripture meets your story. You may be in the same spot as I am or you are sitting at the adult table or may need to join the kids table. Either option is ok, these episodes are to start the conversation as to “what stands out to you?” and not only grow myself but help others grow as well. "Here's the thing - leaving the kid's table isn't a one-time decision. It's a daily choice. And every day you choose to go deeper, I'll be right here with you."

  1. Who Is Your Reuben?

    3d ago

    Who Is Your Reuben?

    Episode Title: Who Is Your Reuben? Episode Description:Most people read Genesis 37 and see Joseph. Or they see the brothers as one group doing one terrible thing. But that's not what happened. There was one voice that went a different direction. One brother who tried to save Joseph, came back to an empty pit, and told the truth anyway. This episode is about that voice. Who has yours? And whose are you? In This Episode:The family tension behind Genesis 37 — why the brothers hated Joseph before he ever said a wordThe one brother most people miss in this story: ReubenWhat it actually looks like to be the one voice when the room goes the wrong directionThe honest question: who is your Reuben? And what do you do if you can't name one?The harder layer: what does being a Reuben for God look like when everyone else in the room is your brothers? Key Quote:"Maybe before you can find your Reuben, you need to become one." Next Steps:Subscribe so you don't miss an episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    9 min
  2. You Don't Have to Be the Main Character

    Jun 8

    You Don't Have to Be the Main Character

    Episode Title: You Don't Have to Be the Main CharacterEpisode Description:Genesis 36 is a genealogy. A whole chapter of names, family lines, and kings. But hidden inside all those names is a question you might not have expected — where are you in God's story? Not everyone's journey looks like Abraham's covenant moment or Jacob's wrestling match. Some of us are more like Esau — living life, raising a family, receiving blessings we don't fully understand. This episode is for the ones who feel like they're in the background. Because Genesis 36 has something to say to you too. In This Episode:Why a chapter full of names still has something worth stopping forThe two verses that connected Esau's story back to Abraham and LotHow God keeps His word even to those who aren't in the spotlightThe four men of Genesis and the question: which one are you today?Chad's honest answer about being in the Jacob era — and what that actually means Key Quote:"God hasn't lost sight of you. And He keeps His word." Next Steps:Subscribe so you don't miss an episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    9 min
  3. Here I Am. No Conditions.

    Jun 1

    Here I Am. No Conditions.

    Episode Title: Here I Am. No Conditions.Episode Description:What if God is asking you to go back? Not to rehash old pain—but to return to a promise you made and this time mean it completely. In Genesis 35, Jacob is called back to Bethel, and before he goes, he gives his household three instructions that reveal what a real, unconditional commitment to God actually looks like. This one is personal. And it might be for you too. In This Episode:Why Jacob's return to Bethel isn't just a location change—it's a reckoning with a promise he made years earlierThe three things Jacob asked his household to do before building the altar—and why the order mattersWhat "get rid of your foreign gods" really means when the thing you're holding isn't a statueThe difference between physically handing something over and actually releasing it from your heartWhy "change your clothes" is about more than wardrobe—and what it means to refresh your popThe difference between an if/then commitment and an unconditional one—and which one you're actually living Key Quote:"Are you still making if/then deals with God? Or are you ready to go back to Bethel?" Next Steps:Subscribe so you don't miss an episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    10 min
  4. No Going Back

    May 25

    No Going Back

    Episode Title: No Going BackEpisode 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 mattersSimeon and Levi's final response in verse 31 and what it reveals about commitmentWhy Jacob's reaction in verse 30 tells you everything about whether their actions were endorsedThe honest difference between passions that fade and a calling you can't undoChad's own list — bison ranching, forestry, racing mowers — and what happened when the fire cooledThe moment he crossed his own point of no return with this podcastWhat it means to go back to the altar when the motivation is gone and it just feels like workThe 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 episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    9 min
  5. Am I Still Choosing Who God Said I Am?

    May 18

    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 rightThe moment Jacob tells Esau one thing and does another—and why it's more complicated than it looksHow God's direction to Canaan changes the way we read Jacob's departureThe difference between Jacob's conditional "if/then" vow in Genesis 28 and his unconditional declaration at the altar in Genesis 33What El Elohe Israel really means—and why declaring direction matters more than declaring perfectionThe 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 episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    10 min
  6. What Are You Carrying?

    May 4

    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 todayRachel's moment, stealing, hiding, lying, and the difference between what we don't notice and what we refuse to admitThe phone as both: the thing that's always around AND the camel bag we reach for when we're avoiding something deeperChad's honest confession about choosing the scroll over the Word and what it means to force time with God instead of choose itThe 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 episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    10 min
  7. How Did It Get Here?

    Apr 27

    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 stopThe slow drift that happens when we forget what we are really fighting forThe mandrake exchange — one of the most transactional and heartbreaking moments in GenesisHow Rachel, Leah, and even Jacob all lost their why without realizing itThe greatest why in history — and why His never changed even when yours didA 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 episodeShare this with someone ready to go deeperSubmit a prayer request or Tell us what stood out to YOU at https://leaving-the-kids-table.captivate.fm/ Connect With Us:Website: 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.

    8 min

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Do you remember the “kid’s table” when at family holidays or dinners? I do and that is right where I feel I am at, still, in my walk with God. Some look at it as being “ankle deep” in our walk. Either way, I am at a point where I am tired of being in this state. Every Monday at 6 am I will release short episodes where I am going to share what stood out to me in my time with God. At the end of the day it comes down to where scripture meets your story. You may be in the same spot as I am or you are sitting at the adult table or may need to join the kids table. Either option is ok, these episodes are to start the conversation as to “what stands out to you?” and not only grow myself but help others grow as well. "Here's the thing - leaving the kid's table isn't a one-time decision. It's a daily choice. And every day you choose to go deeper, I'll be right here with you."