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. Sep 28

    What Made God Remember?

    Episode Title: What Made God Remember?Episode Description:Have you ever felt forgotten or all alone? Moses was raised in Pharaoh's house, ended up a runaway at a well in Midian, and the Israelites were still slaves in the place they were born. In Exodus 2 we follow Moses through all of it, then land on three verses that raise a real question. What made God remember? Chad works through it honestly and says what he believes Scripture says to anyone who feels unheard. In This Episode:Have you ever felt forgotten or alone?Moses' birth, the Nile, and Pharaoh's houseMoses kills the Egyptian and flees to MidianThe well, a home, a marriage, and a sonExodus 2:23-25: God hears, remembers, and looks on IsraelNothing you can do makes God hear you. He hears you.Jesus, the empty grave, and your next steps Key Quote:"There is no magic pill, genie, or step to take that makes anything on earth go away." 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.

    What Made God Remember?
  2. Sep 21

    When the Story Doesn't Explain Itself

    Episode Title: When the Story Doesn't Explain ItselfEpisode Description:Genesis is over, but the covenant isn't. In Exodus 1, a new generation of Israelites faces an old promise in a new form affliction, growth in spite of it, and two midwives who feared God more than they feared a king. This episode sits inside the tension of not knowing why hard seasons happen, and asks whether that not knowing is where we're being shaped for what's next. In This Episode:The covenant didn't end when Joseph's generation died God kept building the nationThe more Egypt afflicted Israel, the more they multiplied (v.12)Two midwives refused a direct order to kill Hebrew baby boysTheir reward was tied to their fear of God, not to anything else in the storyChapter 1 gives no reason for the hardship, only that it doesn't have the final word Key Quote:"What if the hard, confusing seasons we're in are reshaping us for something we can't yet see either?" 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.

    When the Story Doesn't Explain Itself
  3. Sep 14

    The Last Chapter, The Same Heart

    Episode Title: The Last Chapter, The Same HeartEpisode Description:Jacob is dead. His sons are terrified of what comes next. And in one raw, unscripted episode, Chad closes out the entire book of Genesis with the question that's been underneath it the whole time not "what did you do," but "what does your heart say?" Joseph's answer to the brothers who sold him into slavery might be the hardest thing you hear all week. In This Episode:Genesis 50 opens with Joseph's grief, falling on his father's body, weeping, kissing him goodbyeThe extraordinary honor Egypt gave Jacob in burial, and why it mattersThe brothers' fear once Jacob is gone and what that fear revealsJoseph's response to the men who wronged him most: "You meant evil... but God meant it for good"Why Genesis, from start to finish, keeps coming back to one thing, the heartA challenge to look at your own heart and ask if God could say the same over youDelivered raw and unscripted, Chad steps outside the usual format for this one Key Quote:"But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive." — Genesis 50:20 (NKJV) 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.

    The Last Chapter, The Same Heart
  4. Sep 7

    The Blessing in the Hard Word

    Episode Title: The Blessing in the Hard WordEpisode Description:Jacob is dying, and he calls his twelve sons together for the last words he'll ever speak over them, not comfort, not sentiment, but truth and prophecy about who they've been and who they're becoming. Some of those words land as loss. Some land as blessing. None of them are neutral. It raises a question that doesn't stay in Genesis: what do you actually do when someone speaks a hard truth into your life? In This Episode:Jacob's final words over his twelve sons, truth and prophecy, not sentimentWhy Reuben's blessing turns into loss in the space of one sentenceJoseph's whole painful story, finally spoken over as blessingA hard truth from a coworker that took over a year to actually sink inWhy the heart behind feedback matters, but doesn't get the final wordWhat we don't know about how the sons responded and why that gap matters Key Quote:"The heart behind the feedback matters, but it doesn't get the final 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.

    The Blessing in the Hard Word
  5. Aug 31

    The Courage to Be Known

    Episode Title: The Courage to Be KnownEpisode Description:Joseph gets word that his father is dying and he doesn't wait. In Genesis 48, Chad wrestles with a chapter that didn't give him an easy takeaway at first, until it cracked open something harder to admit: the thing holding him back from the people in his life isn't a lack of time. It's doubt about whether he even belongs in the room. A raw look at what it actually costs to be fully present with the people already in front of you. In This Episode:Israel's stunning words to Joseph after believing his son was lost forever: "I had not thought to see your face"Why the real obstacle to being present with people isn't a lack of time, but self-doubtThe doubt spiral that shows up in real relationships — a brother, a friend, a brother-in-law — and staying silent instead of showing upA challenge to stop waiting for a hospital room to finally be fully known by the people you already have Key Quote:"Don't wait for a hospital room to finally say what you meant. Don't wait until it's the last conversation to finally show up as yourself. Be here. Now. With the people in front of you." 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.

    The Courage to Be Known
  6. Aug 24

    The Room Where You Weren't Picked

    Episode Title: The Room Where You Weren't PickedEpisode Description:In the middle of a famine so severe it bankrupted an entire nation, one family was multiplying. Genesis 47 shows Israel's family thriving in the lowest-status job, in a foreign land, among people who wouldn't even sit at the same table with them. Chad connects it to a recent gut-punch at work, being passed over for a project he spent a year preparing for and asks what it looks like to keep growing right where you're planted, even when nobody picked you for the room. In This Episode:The famine that brought Egypt to its knees — and the family that grew in the middle of itWhy shepherds were considered the lowest of the low in Egypt, and why that matters for Genesis 47:27Chad's story: a year spent preparing for a project, and finding out he wasn't even consideredWhat it actually looks like to thrive where you're overlooked, not just where you're celebrated Key Quote:"Thriving isn't always about the recognition. It's about being who God made you to be, right where you're planted." 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.

    The Room Where You Weren't Picked

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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."