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Pastor Justin – Christian Kids Podcast Host & Pastor

Carpooling with Jesus is a daily Christian podcast for kids and families. In just 5 minutes a day, children learn about Jesus through Bible devotionals, Scripture, prayer, and engaging stories that fit naturally into everyday family life. Whether you"re driving to school, eating breakfast, homeschooling, or running errands, Carpooling with Jesus helps parents turn ordinary moments into meaningful faith conversations. New episodes release Monday through Friday, with bonus content available through

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July 24 | When You Didn't Get Picked | Carpooling...

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2026/07/24

Hey Carpool Crew,Getting passed over stings way more than it should. A kid stands there acting like it's fine, but inside it hurts. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Psalm 34:18, where the Lord is near the brokenhearted. When a kid's heart cracks, God doesn't back away. He leans in closer, which is the exact opposite of how it feels. Not getting picked by people does not mean a kid isn't wanted by God. People can overlook them. God never does. This Friday episode hands kids

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July 23 | When You Miss Someone This Summer |...

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2026/07/23

Hey Carpool Crew, Summer makes friendships go quiet. People travel, they're at camp, families get busy, and the friend a kid saw every day is suddenly gone for a while. That quiet can feel scary, like something's wrong. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Proverbs 17:17, where a friend loves at all times, which includes the quiet ones. Quiet is not the same as over. A friendship can go silent for a season and still be alive underneath. The real question isn't whether a friend went

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July 22 | Who You Are When Nobody's Telling You What...

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2026/07/22

Hey Carpool Crew, Summer does something funny. When nobody's handing kids a list, it's easy for them to forget who they are and just float through the day. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Ephesians 2:10, where we are God's workmanship, made on purpose for good works God planned ahead of time. A kid's worth doesn't switch on when a grown-up hands them an assignment. It was baked in all along. The empty day isn't a test of whether they matter. It's a blank page where the real

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July 21 | Three Thanks Beats Grumpy | Carpooling with...

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2026/07/21

Hey Carpool Crew, Some days a grumpy mood rolls in like a cloud and parks right over a kid's head, no real reason needed. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens 1 Thessalonians 5:18, where we give thanks in everything, not for everything. Grumpy makes the brain hunt for what's wrong. Thankful makes it hunt for what's right. They can't both run the show. So when a kid names three real thank-yous, the grumpy has to start scooting over. This Tuesday episode hands kids three things to try

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July 20 | The Boredom Treasure Hunt | Carpooling with...

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2026/07/20

Hey Carpool Crew, Somewhere in the middle of summer, kids hit the slump where every day feels the same and they're just bored. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Proverbs 25:2, where God loves to conceal a good thing and then call us to go investigate. Boredom isn't the end of the fun. It might be the invitation right before it. God tucks good things nearby, not to keep them from us, but because He loves the joy of us finding them. This Monday episode hands kids three things to try

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July 17 | The Long Car Ride Honor Test | Carpooling...

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2026/07/17

Hey Carpool Crew, Anybody can be respectful when everything's easy. The real test is the hard moment. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Ephesians 6:1-2, where the Bible tells kids to honor their father and mother. Honor means treating someone like they matter, with your words and your tone and your attitude. And the moment it counts most is the inconvenient one, when you're tired and you'd rather grumble. This Friday episode hands kids three things to try this week: do what

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July 16 | When Your Sibling Is Driving You Crazy |...

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2026/07/16

Hey Carpool Crew, You can't pick your siblings, you can't return them, and in the summer you're stuck with them a whole lot. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Romans 12:18, where the Bible says to live at peace as far as it depends on you. Kids can't control whether a brother or sister calms down. They can control their part. And often, when one person stops adding wood to the fire, the fire starts to go out. This Thursday episode hands kids three things to try this week: be the

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July 15 | Kind When the Cousins Pile In | Carpooling...

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2026/07/15

Hey Carpool Crew, Family can be the easiest people to love and the easiest people to get annoyed with, sometimes in the same five minutes. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Colossians 3:12, where the Bible says to put on kindness like clothes. Kindness isn't just a feeling that shows up. It's something a kid chooses to wear, even on a loud, crowded day, and the people we get the most chances to practice on are usually right in our own house. This Wednesday episode hands kids

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July 14 | When the Trip Goes Sideways | Carpooling...

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2026/07/14

Hey Carpool Crew, A plan you were counting on falls apart, and it can wreck a kid's whole mood in two seconds. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Proverbs 16:9, where we plan our way but the Lord determines our steps. Even when the day goes sideways, God hasn't lost control for one second. The plan changed. He didn't. And some of the best days of the summer are the ones that didn't go the way anybody wanted. This Tuesday episode hands kids three things to try this week: take a

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July 13 | What to Say to Grandparents | Carpooling...

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2026/07/13

Hey Carpool Crew, Talking to grandparents can feel a little awkward, and a lot of kids freeze up. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Proverbs 16:31, where gray hair is called a glorious crown. The best gift a kid can give an older person isn't the perfect thing to say. It's actually listening. Ask one real question, then truly pay attention to the answer, and watch their whole face light up. This Monday episode hands kids three things to try this week: ask an older person one

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July 10 | When Telling the Truth Is Hard | Carpooling...

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2026/07/10

Hey Carpool Crew, The second a kid messes up, the brain starts building a story to stay out of trouble. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Ephesians 4:25 and reframes honesty for kids. We belong to each other like one family, so telling the truth, even the hard truth, is one of the ways we actually love the people around us. A lie protects you for a minute. The truth protects the people you love for a long time. This Friday episode hands kids three things to try this week: tell

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July 9 | When You're Scared to Try | Carpooling with...

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2026/07/09

Hey Carpool Crew, Twisty stomach, feet that won't move. Every kid knows the feeling of wanting to try something and being scared to. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Isaiah 41:10, where God says I will be with you, I will strengthen you, I will hold on to you. The Bible never tells kids to feel brave out of nowhere. It tells them God is with them, and that's where the brave comes from. This Thursday episode hands kids three things to try this week: take one small first step

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July 8 | The Kindness Nobody Sees | Carpooling with...

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2026/07/08

Hey Carpool Crew, The second we do something nice, most of us want a little credit for it. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Luke 6:35 and shows kids a different kind of kindness, the kind that expects nothing back. The good you do when nobody is watching is the good that looks the most like God, and He never misses a single quiet, hidden one. This Wednesday episode hands kids three things to try this week: do one kind thing they keep totally secret, hand the credit to God instead

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July 7 | Doing Hard Things When Nobody's Checking |...

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2026/07/07

Hey Carpool Crew, Every kid knows the temptation to do a job halfway when nobody's checking. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Colossians 3:23 and flips the whole thing around. The main person your kid is working for isn't a parent, coach, or teacher. It's God, and that changes even the boring stuff into something worth doing all the way. This Tuesday episode hands kids three things to try this week: pick one job and do every part of it like it's for God, say one short prayer when

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July 6 | Your Backyard Is a Cathedral | Carpooling...

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2026/07/06

Hey Carpool Crew, The most amazing thing around your kid might be the stuff they walk past every day. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Psalm 19:1 and helps kids see that the sky over their own backyard is bigger than any cathedral people could build. Creation is always announcing how great God is, if we slow down enough to look. This Monday episode hands kids three things to try this week: find one thing they've never really looked at and thank God for it, stare at the night sky

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July 3 | Why Did Jesus Have to Die? | Carpooling with...

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2026/07/03

Hey Carpool Crew, Freedom Week hits the big question today: why did Jesus have to die? On Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens Romans 5:8 and explains the cross to kids the way they can actually picture it. Every wrong thing we do runs up a bill too big to pay. Jesus stepped in and paid the whole thing Himself, not because anyone made Him, but because He wanted us with Him. This Friday episode hands kids three things to try this week: say one thank-you sentence to Jesus out loud, stop hiding

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July 2 | Free to Do Right When Nobody's Watching |...

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2026/07/02

Hey Carpool Crew, Freedom Week rolls into day two with the question every kid runs into all summer long: what do I do when nobody's watching? Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin opens 1 Peter 2:16, where Peter says being free was never meant to be a cover-up for doing wrong. Real freedom shows up in the quiet, unsupervised moments, when doing right is completely your own call. This Thursday episode hands kids three things to try this week: do one right thing on purpose when nobody's

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July 1 | What Freedom Really Means | Kids Devotional...

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2026/07/01

Hey Carpool Crew, Summer is wide open, and so is the big question every kid eventually asks: if I could do anything I wanted, what would I do? Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin kicks off Freedom Week with Galatians 5:1, where Paul says Christ set us free. Free, it turns out, was never about doing whatever you want. It's about finally being able to do what's right. This Wednesday episode hands kids three things to try this week: pick one right thing nobody's making you do, pray three

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June 30 | Refilling Your Faith Tank | Carpooling with...

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2026/06/30

Hey Carpool Crew, Last day of June. Your kid has spent a month at camp, on the road, with siblings, in cabins, in hotel beds, at grandma's. They are probably running on fumes. Today on Carpooling with Jesus, Pastor Justin walks kids through Isaiah 40:31, the verse with eagle wings in it. The kind that fills a kid up instead of just patching them up. You can't run the second half of summer on yesterday's energy. This Tuesday episode gives kids three real moves for refilling. The four-word prayer

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June 29 | Halfway Through Summer Check-in |...

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2026/06/29

Hey Carpool Crew Parents, This week is the bridge. June is almost done. July is about to start. Your kid is basically at halftime of summer. Today's episode walks them into the locker room for a quick check-in instead of letting them coast or quit. Pastor Justin walks through 2 Corinthians 4:16 and gives kids a frame for honestly evaluating June without shame. Whether their first half was great or rough, halftime is not for quitting. It is for refilling. Three small ways to step into the second half

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