In this mailbag edition of Curiously Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn and Producer Mike tackle real, handwritten questions from kids. This time: Do we go straight to heaven when we die? Why doesn’t God just take all the believers now? Are our parents technically our siblings in God’s family? What would life be like if there was never any sin? And why did God create… angles? (Or maybe that was angels.)

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This week Kaitlyn is joined by pastor Clayton Keenon to answer a mind-bending question: was God bored before he made us? What was he doing before creation, and why did he create anything at all? Plus, Clayton shows us how understanding God’s character and nature allows us to more freely respond to his freely given love.

0:00 - Theme Song

3:00 - Was God Bored Before Creation?

8:30 - Why Did God Make anything?

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15:55 - Can God Be Bored?

24:05 - Summing it Up

28:05 - End Credits

This week we have an incredibly special guest on the show: Kaitlyn’s mom! Debbie Schiess joins us to talk about what little Kaitlyn was curious about, how to respond well to your kids’ big questions, and how serving with the children of the church can change how you think about the whole church.

0:34- Theme Song

2:08 - What was Kaitlyn like as a kid?

8:06 - Parenting a Child with Big Questions

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13:22 - Kids Participating in Church

16:35 - How to Talk to Kids

20:00 - Patience with Lots of Questions

26:41 - End Credits

This week we answer a question that’s on every technology-addicted kids’ mind: will we bring our phones to heaven? Theology and technology expert Andy Crouch joins Kaitlyn to talk about a theology of creation and new creation, human creativity and culture, and the story we will spend eternity enjoying.

1:07 - Theme Song

7:10 - Are Phones Magic?

13:25 - The Garden vs the City

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20:09 - The Redemption of Creativity

30:33 - Technology as a Distraction

36:42 - End Credits

Kaitlyn is joined this week by pastor Mike Kelsey to answer a very cute question…that is actually much bigger and deeper and harder than you might think. Did God make things like black widows, mosquitos, wasps, and volcanos? And if he did, why do they hurt us?

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Happy Easter! In this week’s episode, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ by talking about how his resurrection changes everything. Pastor and scholar Dr. Malcolm Foley joins Kaitlyn to talk about why Jesus’ resurrection matters - and what it means for our own coming resurrection.

2:30 - Theme Song

3:30 - Will We Rise From the Dead?

5:20 - Does the Resurrection Matter?

10:00 - Post-Resurrection

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19:20 - How Resurrection Changes Us Now

23:42 - Justice After Death

33:35 - End Credits

As we approach Good Friday, New Testament scholar Dr. Joshua Jipp joins Kaitlyn to answer a crucial question. Why do we call Good Friday good? Dr. Jipp brings us to a variety of places in the Bible that describe the goodness of the crucifixion, describes how we might approach a Good Friday service with our families, and reminds us of a central truth that should guide all our questions: God is love.

1:35 - Theme Song

2:12 - Why do we call Good Friday good?

8:30 - Why the Resurrection was so surprising

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14:00 - Why celebrate Good Friday?

20:30 - Don’t skip right to Easter

24:55 - Because of love

28:55 - End Credits

As we approach Palm Sunday, New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta joins Kaitlyn to answer a pretty important question: why do we wave palm branches? Dr. Gupta gives fascinating historical background on this practice, but he also points us to its theological significance. Jesus entered into his reign in a surprising way - because he is a surprising king.

1:44 - Show Starts

8:32 - Palms and Victory

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18:10 - The Irony of the Crucifixion

22:43 - Palm Branch Ashes

30:25 - End Credit

As we continue on with our Easter series, we are answering the question: Why was Jesus crucified? Not just why he died, but why did it have to be on a cross? From the brutal history of crucifixion to its transformation into a symbol of hope, Kaitlyn traces how early Christians wrestled with, and ultimately embraced the cross as central to our faith. 

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Skye Jethani joins Kaitlyn for the next episode in our Lent and Easter series - answering the question “Why did Jesus have to die?” Skye and Kaitlyn discuss theological responses to this question, how reading the Old Testament helps us understand the New Testament better, and how Jesus’ death says something about the depth of evil and the even greater depth of God’s love.

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3:15- Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

7:51 - God’s Character

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16:35 - Why Sacrifice Jesus?

23:00 - Why Die on a Cross?

29:55 - End Credits