Animated Faith Podcast

“Did you ever see such a beautiful dress? And look, glass slippers.” - Cinderella (Disney's Cinderella, 1950)

“Who she is, or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care. But his heart warns him that here... (Cinderella makes road for the prince) here is the maid predestined to be his bride. (the prince bows before her) A pretty thoughtful fairy tale, Sire. But in real life.... (chuckles) Oh, dear... no. It was foredoomed to failure.” - Grand Duke (Disney's Cinderella, 1950)

Do not forget to rejoice, for hope is always just around the corner. Hold up through the hard times that are coming, and devote yourselves to prayer. (Romans 12:12)

• Kingdom Moment:

Sometimes something beautiful appears in front of us and almost immediately another voice says, ‘It’ll never work.’ Romans 12:12 gives us a different response. Keep rejoicing in hope. Keep standing when things get hard and knock you down. Keep praying even in uncertainty. Today, don’t let what you fear write how the story ends. Instead, remember the shoes God gave you to walk in–lace up those glass sneakers, take the next step by faith, and when you feel afraid about what will come next, put your trust in God; and keep believing that nothing can or ever will separate you from His perfect love.

• Verses for Thought:

Romans 12:12 / Psalm 118:105 / Psalm 56:3 / Isaiah 55:8-9 / Psalm 139:5 / Ephesians 3:18 / Romans 8:1 / John 4:4 / 1 John 4:18 / Genesis 28:16 / Joshua 1:9 / Ephesians 6:15 / Matthew 6:8 / Proverbs 23:18

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

“Why, it's like a dream, a wonderful dream come true.” – Cinderella (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

“But like all dreams, well, I'm afraid this can't last forever. You'll have only until midnight and then–” – Fairy Godmother (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him. (Matthew 24:44)

• Kingdom Moment:

Cinderella experienced a wonderful dream come true, but there was one catch. When the clock struck midnight, her magical evening would come to an end. And isn't that a little like life? We get so caught up in our dreams, plans, and everyday routines that we sometimes forget how precious the time we've been given really is. Matthew 24:44 reminds us to be ready because Jesus will return when we least expect Him. So today’s Kingdom Moment is…: You don’t have to wait until the clock strikes midnight to start living for the King. Love someone today. Forgive someone today. Spend time with God today. Don't let the clock remind you of what you didn't do. Let it remind you of Who you're living for and make this moment count for His Kingdom.

• Verses for Thought:

Matthew 24:44 / Psalm 30:5 / Hebrews 6:19 / Isaiah 43:2 / Psalm 139:5 / Ephesians 5:1 / Psalm 42:5 / Genesis 1 / John 16:33 / Romans 12:2 / Hebrews 11:1

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

"It's just no use. No use at all. I can't believe, not anymore…” - Cinderella (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

“Even miracles take a little time…” - Fairy Godmother (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

The Master, God, has given me a well-taught tongue, so I know how to encourage tired people. He wakes me up in the morning; wakes me up, opens my ears, to listen as one ready to take orders. (Isaiah 50:4)

• Kingdom Moment:

Sometimes life gives us an ‘if’ when we desperately wanted a ‘yes.’ Cinderella had plans for her dress, but suddenly those plans had to wait. Isaiah 50:4 reminds us that waiting doesn’t mean God has abandoned us or isn't listening. It takes faith in the waiting to trust in Him and hope in Him for His timing. Keep hoping in the waiting, and expect Him to come through in His timing. He may give you exactly the words you and/or someone else needs to keep going. When you're waiting, it isn't for nothing. So today, instead of staring at the hopes and dreams left unfinished or unfulfilled, take a moment, and listen for a Word God wants to speak to you in the waiting that will not only strengthen your heart, but that you may be able to help another whose heart also needs strengthened in the waiting.

• Verses for Thought:

Isaiah 50:4 / Proverbs 23:18 / Luke 1:37 / Hebrews 11:1 / Proverbs 3:5-6 / Ephesians 1:18 / Hebrews 13:5 / Psalm 119:105 / Psalm 56:8 / Ephesians 3:20 / Romans 8:28

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

“I said IF.” – Stepmother

“Oh well. Guess my dress will just have to wait.” – Cinderella

(Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

Wait with hope for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Yes, wait with hope for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14)

• Kingdom Moment:

Psalm 27:14 reminds us to wait for the Lord, be strong, and let our hearts take courage. So today, don’t measure your faith by whether you have arrived where you want to be yet. Measure it by whether you’re still willing to trust God even in the waiting while you're on the way to where you're going, and take the next brave step; walking by your glass sneakers of faith while you wait.

• Verses for Thought:

Psalm 27:14 / Proverbs 19:2 / Jeremiah 29:11-13 / Psalm 37:14 / Isaiah 40:31 / Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 / Isaiah 43:19 / Proverbs 28:18 / Proverbs 4:20 / Romans 8:28

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

“Hold your tongue! Now... It seems that she has time on her hands.” – Lady Tremaine (Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words. (Proverbs 10:19)

• Kingdom Moment:

There’s a funny connection between ‘hold your tongue’ and having ‘time on your hands.’ Proverbs 10:19 reminds us that wisdom sometimes looks like knowing when to cease from talking. So today, when you’re tempted to say too much, or argue and reason your way–create a Kingdom Moment by choosing to hold your tongue and instead use your hands for something good. Sometimes the loudest evidence of God working in you is the response you choose not to give.

• Verses for Thought:

Proverbs 10:19 / James 3:5-8 / Romans 8:31 / Psalm 46:10 / Isaiah 26:3 / Romans 8:28 / Proverbs 3:3-4 / Romans 15:13 / Galatians 5:22-25 / 2 Timothy 1:6 / Romans 12:19 / 1 Thesallonians 4:11-1

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

“You know the orders. Then if you don't want to lose a nice warm bed, you'd better get rid of those dreams. Know how? Just learn to like cats. No, I mean it. Lucifer has his good points as well. For one fact, he... Well... sometimes he... Huh... There must be something good about him…. I know it isn't easy, but at least we should try to get along together.” - (Cinderella, Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

Don’t you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people. (Genesis 50:20)

• Kingdom Moment:

Cinderella had every reason to be frustrated with Lucifer, but she still stopped and tried to find something good about him. And Joseph could look at what his brothers intended for his harm and still say, ‘God intended it all for good.’ Today’s Kingdom Moment is not pretending that wrong is right, that it's always good all the time, or excusing what they did–it’s refusing to let what's bad, and what was meant to hurt you, have the final word. Look for something good, choose the Kingdom response, and trust God to redeem the rest.

• Verses for Thought:

Genesis 50:20 / Romans 8:28 / Matthew 19:26 / Mark 10:27 / Psalm 23:5

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

“It is a little snug, but it'll have to do.”

“It’s certainly not my idea to feed you first. It’s orders.”

(Cinderella, Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

Our hope comes from God. May He fill you with joy and peace because of your trust in Him. May your hope grow stronger; overflowing, by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)

Welcome back, Kingdom Adventurer! Be sure to check out the Season 3 | Once Upon a Kingdom (Introduction Part 2), where you’ll meet two NEW characters of the Animated Faith podcast– Bethany and Lumin. The silver-haired traveler with an enchanted technicolor paintbrush, that’s Bethany—and the shaggy white lion companion, and best friend, with deep blue eyes and a cross written upon his ear— that's Lumin. And together, you’ll travel along beside them throughout animated worlds to discover the Kingdom Moments that can animate faith within you. So today, let’s toon into a Kingdom Moment by stepping into Cinderella’s animated world…

• Kingdom Moment:

Now it's time for today's Kingdom Moment! A Kingdom Moment is a simple opportunity to make God's Kingdom visible right where you are. And today’s Kingdom Moment from Romans 15:13 says that God fills us with joy and peace as we trust Him, so that we overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Today, don’t try to fit into what is “ideal” if it’s not the right fit for you. Don’t let the orders, pressures, and expectations make you lose sight of your hopes and dreams. And don't keep that hope in believing, to yourself. Ask God to lead you to one person who needs encouragement, and create a Kingdom Moment they'll never forget. Hope is contagious when it's shared.

• Verses for Thought:

Romans 15:13 / Romans 8:28 / Jeremiah 29:11-13 / Psalm 37:23 / Proverbs 16:9 / Jeremiah 29:11-13 / Philippians 3:13-14 / Colossians 3:2 / Joshua 1:9 / Psalm 126:3 / Proverbs 4:18

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

Before the first doorway opens, Kingdom Adventurer, there are two travelers you need to meet.

Animated Faith follows a silver-haired Kingdom Adventurer named Bethany. With her shaggy hair, black-framed glasses, tiny black lip ring, and oversized black hoodie, Bethany doesn’t look like the kind of character you would expect to find inside a traditional fairy tale—and that is precisely what makes her iconic.

Upon her feet are high-top glass sneakers filled with technicolor Kingdom Sparks. They never illuminate the entire road at once; they glow just brightly enough to reveal her next glass step of faith. In her hand, Bethany carries an enchanted technicolor paintbrush that can make invisible reminders of God’s hope, promises, and Kingdom visible within even the darkest places.

Traveling beside her—never behind her—is Lumin.

Lumin is a white lion with deep blue eyes, an untamed shaggy mane, and a small cross written upon his left ear. Want to know a secret? Sometimes, the small cross written on Lumin's left ear can be seen on his right ear. No one knows how or why it happens- it's even a mystery to Bethany, but that is the great mystery in having faith! (1 Timothy 3:16) Lumin is also powerful, protective, curious, gentle, and occasionally a little stubborn. When Bethany rushes ahead, Lumin reminds her to slow down. When she becomes afraid to take another step, he gives her a gentle nudge. And when the darkness makes it difficult for her to see clearly, Lumin is often the first to notice a Kingdom Spark appearing in the distance.

Lumin is not Bethany’s pet or sidekick. He is her trusted, loyal companion and fellow Kingdom Adventurer. And, not only is he Bethany's guardian who walks beside her, he is her very best friend!

Together, Bethany and Lumin will travel beyond palace walls, through enchanted forests, across endless oceans, over distant mountains, and into animated worlds filled with familiar stories. They aren’t entering these worlds merely to watch the stories unfold. They’re looking beyond what can be seen to discover Kingdom Moments of courage, redemption, identity, sacrifice, transformation, wonder, and faith.

And you won’t be watching their adventures from outside the story.

There is a place for you beside them.

So, welcome, Kingdom Adventurer. Bethany has her enchanted paintbrush. Lumin is watching the horizon. The Kingdom Sparks are beginning to glow—and the first doorway is waiting.

Once Upon a Kingdom… every story whispers His name.

Glass Steps of Faith | Kingdom Adventurer: Cinderella

Welcome, Kingdom Adventurer! Toon into the world of Disney's Cinderella, 1950, to discover every Kingdom Moment within her world. Stay tooned into Season 3, where many Kingdom Moments can be found within every animated world.

“If you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.” (Cinderella, Disney’s Cinderella, 1950)

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. (Hebrews 11:1)

• Step By Faith:

Hebrews 11:1 reminds us that faith gives substance to what we hope for and confidence in what we cannot yet see. Today, whenever you look at what time it is, whether it’s on your phone, a wall clock, an alarm clock, in your car, or from a watch, let it be a reminder to you that God is working on what you're still waiting for. Faith believes in His timing before the promise becomes visible; for God is never early and never late– He’s always right on time.

• Verses for Thought:

Hebrews 11:1 / John 20:27-29 / 2 Corinthians 5:7 / Psalm 27:13 / Psalm 37:4 / Isaiah 43:19 / Proverbs 3:5-6 / Joel 2:25 / Jeremiah 29:11-13 / Proverbs 19:21 / Psalm 23

• Email Me!

If you enjoyed today's episode, are enjoying this season, and/or if you have any comments, questions, want to leave a review, provide feedback, and/or would like to hear an episode or a season in reference to your favorite Disney/Pixar film, feel free to reach out to me via email @ [email protected]. Anyone who wants to reach out via email is welcomed to! As always, I appreciate YOU for tooning in to listen to the Animated Faith podcast!

• PLEASE NOTE DISCLAIMER:

All Rights Respectfully reserved to Walt Disney Animation Studios. No copyright infringement intended. For commentary/educational purpose only. I do not own nor claim to own any of the original Walt Disney films, characters, songs, quotes, scenes/clips, and/or audio recordings of sounds and/or voices used in my podcast or in my writing. You are listening to an unofficial fan-inspired podcast; not affiliated with Disney.

Every story begins with an invitation.

This season, Animated Faith journeys into magical kingdoms, unforgettable characters, and timeless animated stories—not simply to revisit childhood favorites, but to discover how they can point our hearts toward God's Kingdom. Together we'll explore themes of courage, redemption, identity, hope, sacrifice, wonder, and the beauty of being transformed by the greatest Author of all.

So whether you've ever dreamed of becoming a princess, a lioness, a fearless adventurer, or simply longed for a place where you belong... there's a seat for you in this new season... in fact, there's an adventure for you in this new season just waiting to be found! So, let's go on a journey together to discover God through imagination, stories, symbols, wonder, and faith!

Toon in to the adventures of Animated Faith Season 3.

Once Upon a Kingdom... every story whispers His name. ✨📖