Stories from the Storyteller Season 1
The parables of Jesus contain rich spiritual lessons for all believers, but many can be challenging for kids to grasp. Stories from the Storyteller follows the Evans family as they encounter real-world scenarios that serve as teachable moments for children.
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Stories from the Storyteller - The Incredible Christmas Dream
In the midst of family Christmas stress and mishaps, Kam hatches a secret plan to recapture the true meaning of Christmas. With a little help from his parents and a mysterious old couple who run a local Christmas tree lot, Kam's plans come together with more magic and meaning than he could muste...
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Story 1: The Theme Park Prodigals
Kylar and Kam manage their own theme park cards and end up being bored most of the day after using up all of their credits. The “good” siblings poke fun at their folly before all of the kids learn a valuable real-life lesson which is powerfully driven home through the parable of the Prodigal Son.
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Story 2: Date Night Return
Kelsey and J2 develop a scheme to avoid their chores while their parents enjoy a night out together. When Jonathan and Kanika arrive back home bearing gifts for anyone who completed their chores, Kelsey and J2 gladly accept—until bedtime when their chore aversion is comically exposed just as Jona...
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Story 3: Wilderness Wisdom
After trading in their game consoles for a family trek to the great outdoors, the boys—J2 and Kam—don’t take their tent-making instructions seriously, but the girls do. The next day the girls are well rested and dry, but the boys are exhausted and soaked to the bone. On the ride home, Jonathan un...
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Story 4: The Sugar Monster
While creating their own homemade costumes, sugar-loving Kelsey devises a candy-hoarding scheme on Halloween that works perfectly. That is until she realizes she hid her massive stash of candy along with boxes from the attic that are designated for trash day in the morning! After losing her windf...
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Story 5: Cook-Off Competition Catastrophe
Kanika’s creative homeschool activity—a friendly cooking competition between the kids—also serves as a surprise dinner for their grandfather Tony Evans (who thinks Kanika has done all the cooking). When we discover that the four oldest children neglected to follow proper instructions, it’s too la...
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Story 6: The Sly Seed-Sower
Kanika’s hands-on homeschool lesson on the difference between healthy seeds and invasive weeds results in a surprise mix up the next day. While the family sleeps, Curious Kylar decides to plant the invasive species plant—a rapidly growing carnivorous weed—in all of the pots where her siblings pla...
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Story 7: The Creek Creature
Seemingly normal activities—such as a fun family cooking competition, camping in the great outdoors, a trip to a theme park, or a hands-on homeschool activity—turn into hysterical adventures and epic teachable moments. Jonathan and Kanika follow up the day’s events with a bedtime Bible lesson tha...
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Story 8: Reckless Responsibility
When Jonathan and Kanika give their children new responsibilities, everything goes haywire. The Bigs” (the older two) cause major damage and are forgiven, but when “The Littles” (the younger three) cause minor damage their older siblings withhold forgive- ness. At bedtime Jonathan unpacks the Par...
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Story 9: Pick to Play
When the “littles” (Tyson and Bunny) are the last to get in an epic (and zany) annual family field-day game and Bunny effort- lessly scores the winning touch down and gets rewarded, the “bigs” (Kelsey and J2) and the “middles” (Kylar and Kam) feel burned—having been in the game longer. At bedtime...
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Story 10: The Good Samaritan
When Tyson gets bullied and mistreated at the local dog park, an unsuspecting ally comes to his rescue. Later, when the family realizes what was actually happening at the dog park, Jonathan and Kanika share the parable of the good Samaritan with the kids at bedtime.
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Story 11: Birthday Party Prestige
When the Evans kids are invited to a friend’s birthday party at a local go-cart track venue, Kam is honored with a well-deserved surprise after a few of his siblings comically miss the moment and have to take a back seat. At bedtime Jonathan breaks down the parable of the place of honor as the ch...
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Story 12: Skateland Fakers
A fun trip to the local skate park turns into a teachable experience when J2 and Kelsey join in with
some other skaters to poke fun at beginners Kam and Kylar. The tables are turned when the
experienced skaters discover that J2 and Kelsey are beginners as well. The “bigs” (Kelsey and J2)
learn th...