How to be Sing the Scriptures w/ Randall Goodgame

Welcome to another fun episode of the Collide Kids Podcast! Host Christen Clark welcomes the talented and inspiring Randall Goodgame, the creator of the Slugs and Bugs family music series.

In this special Thanksgiving episode, Randall shares his journey of blending faith and music, from childhood hymns like "Great is Thy Faithfulness" to the creation of his scripture-based songs. Randall and Christen discuss how setting Bible verses to music helps families memorize scripture and experience God's presence. They also dive into Randall’s cherished Thanksgiving memories, including a humorous sweet potato mix-up and the nostalgia of handprint turkeys from his children.

Hear about Randall’s scripture hymnal project, inspired by heartfelt stories from church families, featuring 106 songs available through streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, as well as their website scripturehymnal.com. Randall emphasizes the joy of silliness in family life and shares insights from the creation of The Slugs and Bugs Show .

Don’t miss out on this episode filled with music, faith, and Thanksgiving cheer. Plus, enjoy our Kids Only Segment with Sparrow! 

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Passion for Family Entertainment: "That was what really helped me realize how much I love thinking about families and parents and kids being together and writing and working, making things for them."
— Randall Goodgame [00:08:40 → 00:08:50]

Walking the Parenting Tightrope: "But definitely when your kids are younger, you're always trying to walk the line between, you got to keep the rules because you're the parent and kids have to know boundaries and you're trying to teach them the gospel and what it means to live like Jesus. But you also are failing all the time at it."
— Randall Goodgame [00:09:40 → 00:09:57]

Viral Parenting Advice: "Hey, kids. As you see, your dad needs Jesus badly. And as it turns out, so do you. Yeah. So let's both turn to him and walk with him and seek him together. We're gonna let each other down all the time, but we all but we know that there's one who never lets us down, and we're just gonna keep running towards him."
— Randall Goodgame [00:10:15 → 00:10:34]

"From Fans to TV Screens": "There were some Slugs and Bugs fans down there, and they said, would you guys ever wanna do a TV show? And of course, I grew up on the Muppets and Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street and Electric Company and and had already kind of developed some characters with the hope that this opportunity might come one day. So we said yes, and we made the first season with them and then partnered with similar people to make a second season."
— Randall Goodgame [00:13:46 → 00:14:12]

Finding Solace in Faith: "Anytime we engage with the word, we have an opportunity to meet Jesus."
— Randall Goodgame [00:17:05 → 00:17:10]

"A Divine Calling Behind Scripture Songs for Congregations": "Well, you know, the shortest answer is it is after having written songs, scr

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Transcript

Christen Clark [00:00:30]:

Hey, y'all. Welcome to the Collide Kids Podcast. I'm your host, Christen Clark. The Collide Kids Podcast is a show for kids and families where we learn together how life and faith collide. I am so thankful that you're listening today and spending this time with me. Hey. If this is your first time listening, I just wanna say welcome. I'm really glad you're here.

Christen Clark [00:00:49]:

Be sure to listen to the end of every episode. That's where we have the kids only segment where kids just like you get to be on the podcast. Well, I am so excited that Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and maybe you're listening right now as you're traveling to one of your Thanksgiving holiday destinations. If so, can we just talk for a moment about how great Thanksgiving is? It's just a holiday about eating with your favorite family and friends. Right? And just thinking of all the things you're thankful for. There's not a whole lot of pressure. It's just about enjoying some great food. And speaking of food, I have to say, I think turkey is great.

Christen Clark [00:01:28]:

I like smoked turkey. I like deep fried turkey. I like roasted turkey. But for me, it's all about the sides. At Thanksgiving, that's the best part. It's all the different sides that go with the turkey. I really could leave the turkey off my plate and just eat all the sides. So I thought we would play a little game about our favorite side dishes for Thanksgiving.

Christen Clark [00:01:48]:

So I'll give you 2 choices, and then you have to choose if you like one or the other. So if you like the first one, raise your left hand, and if you like the second one, raise your right hand. Okay? So for example, do you like cookies, left hand, or ice cream, right hand? Now I know those are not Thanksgiving sides, so that was just a test run to make sure you understood. Okay? Here we go. Either or. Do you like mashed potatoes or sweet potato casserole? Which one do you like best? So raise your left hand if you like mashed potatoes or your right hand if you like sweet potato casserole. Okay. Here's the next one.

Christen Clark [00:02:29]:

Do you like cranberry sauce or apple sauce? Raise your left hand if you like cranberry sauce or your right hand if you like applesauce. Both of those sound good to me. Okay. Here's the next one. Green beans or salad? Do you prefer green beans? Maybe green bean casserole, raise your left hand. Or a really good cold salad, raise your right hand. Alright. Here's the next one.

Christen Clark [00:03:00]:

Do you like corn or carrots? They both start with a c, so that's interesting. So that that makes them the same. Right? No. Not really. Do you like corn? Raise your left hand. Or carrots? Raise your right hand. Alright. Here's another one.

Christen Clark [00:03:19]:

Do you prefer stuffing or macaroni and cheese? So raise your left hand if you like stuffing, a good classic stuffing to go with your turkey, or do you like macaroni and cheese? Raise your right hand. Alright. And here's a bonus one, and this really isn't a side dish, but it's a classic Thanksgiving dessert. Do you prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie? So raise your left hand if you like apple pie or your right hand if you like pumpkin pie. Well, if anyone is hungry right now, raise both hands. We are so excited about Thanksgiving dinner. You know, one of my favorite side dishes that I only get around Thanksgiving and Christmas, I think it's a southern thing, but it's called pineapple casserole, and it's basically pineapple baked with butter and Ritz crackers and a light sprinkling of cheddar cheese. I know it sounds strange, but it's sweet and it's salty and it's tangy, and it's delicious.

Christen Clark [00:04:24]:

I think if you've never tried it before, you should look up a recipe and try it. I am I think I am gonna make it for my family this Thanksgiving because I haven't had it in so long. Well, I am thankful for Thanksgiving, and I'm also thankful for our guest today. His name is Randall Goodgame. Randall is a dove award nominated singer and songwriter and founder of the world renowned slugs and bugs family music series. It is hailed by CCM Magazine as the greatest thing to happen to children's music in a generation. Randall has 15 albums to his credit and has contributed to many additional recordings. He's also written songs for Andrew Peterson, Jason Gray, Cadence Call, Jill Phillips, and Veggie Tales, among others.

Christen Clark [00:05:07]:

Randall is also the author of 5 children's picture books, and he cocreated and starred in the slugs and bugs show, a unique series available through streaming and home video. I am so excited to talk to Randall today, and I know you're gonna love this. Here is my conversation with Randall Goodgame. Well, Randall Goodgame, I am so excited to have you on the collide kids podcast today.

Randall Goodgame [00:05:40]:

Thank you so much, Christen. It is great to be here with you.

Christen Clark [00:05:43]:

Yes. I am really excited. I love your music, and I I'm a big fan. Would you just introduce yourself to everyone? Tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do.

Randall Goodgame [00:05:53]:

Sure. My name is Randall Goodgame. I am a married father of 3 kids and a musician and sometimes, author. And TV personality? Sure. Sometimes. Every now and then, I get to hang out with, some slugs and bugs and raccoons on TV.

Christen Clark [00:06:12]:

Yes. That that's so fun. Okay. I'm excited to talk to you about, especially about your music and all this fun stuff. But before we do that, because this is a show for kids, I always make my guests tell me a joke. So do you have a good joke for us today?

Randall Goodgame [00:06:24]:

Oh, you know, I I do keep a couple of jokes in my pocket. Let's see. Christmas is coming up soon, so I I've got a good Christmas joke. How did Darth Vader always know what Luke was getting him for Christmas?

Christen Clark [00:06:39]:

Oh, I don't know.

Randall Goodgame [00:06:40]:

He could feel his presence. See there? Feel free to

Christen Clark [00:06:45]:

use that.

Randall Goodgame [00:06:45]:

Use that, you know, when Christmas comes up. All your listeners out there make it their own.

Christen Clark [00:06:50]:

Could feel his presence. That's good. Okay. Speaking of Luke, now let me tell you, and I'm gonna show you too. So I used to be a children's worship leader.

Randall Goodgame [00:07:00]:

Awesome.

Christen Clark [00:07:01]:

And every Christmas, the number one song that the children begged for was the camel song. Fantastic. And I unwittingly made it my Christmas personality. So I would play it for everyone. Look. You have to hear this song. It's so great. We would, like, lead up and build up to the Christmas camel song, and we'd do it, like, when we had kids and their parents come into worship together.

Christen Clark [00:07:24]:

We would make sure to do that song so the parents were like, wait. What?

Randall Goodgame [00:07:28]:

Oh my goodness. Couldn't you all love it?

Christen Clark [00:07:31]:

It was definitely a great song, and they're like, why are we singing about Star Wars? And so, anyway, I'm gonna show you a picture. So 1 year, we had a petting zoo come for Christmas, and that's me with a camel.

Randall Goodgame [00:07:43]:

Oh my goodness. That is it.

Christen Clark [00:07:45]:

It truly it hugged me. And so that was a moment I'll treasure forever. The Christmas camel is forever embedded in my in my person.

Randall Goodgame [00:07:53]:

That is brilliant. It knew. That camel knew you guys were bonding over the That's right. The camel song.

Christen Clark [00:07:59]:

That's right. That's right. So tell us a little bit. You have a whole series of silly songs and scripture songs, and you've called them slugs and bugs. So why did you name all the stuff you did slugs and bugs, or what came first? How how did that work out?

Randall Goodgame [00:08:13]:

Well, it's all started way back when I was writing songs for Veggie Tales with Andrew Peterson. And, we had made a record called, Slugs and Bugs and Lullabies, and the the word slugs and bugs just came from one of our song lyrics.

Christen Clark [00:08:27]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:08:28]:

We're trying to think of a title for the record. So it was really just the title of a record first. And then after we were writing for Veggie Tales for a minute, I realized this is what I wanna do. That was what really helped me realize how much I love thinking about families and parents and kids being together and writing and working, making things for them. Yeah. And so after that, I decided to make a tour and make more music. And and since we already had this record that was called Slugs and Bugs and Lullabies, I just called it Slugs and Bugs.

Christen Clark [00:09:00]:

I love that. And it's funny you say that because I just had Andrew Peterson on my show a couple months ago.

Randall Goodgame [00:09:06]:

And and

Christen Clark [00:09:07]:

then I last month, I had Mike Nawrocki, who is the voice of Larry the cucumber. And so Yes. All the VeggieTales people are coming back together, it looks like.

Randall Goodgame [00:09:15]:

Amazing. Such good company. I love those too.

Christen Clark [00:09:18]:

Yeah. And I love that all of all of you guys have said it's just something that you never thought you were gonna write silly songs, but once it started coming out of you, you realized, wow. I love this.

Randall Goodgame [00:09:28]:

It's the best job in the world. Yeah. It's just the best. You know, as a parent, I'm constantly and I mean, my kids are older now. And so it's different. But definitely when your kids are younger, you're always trying to walk the line between, you got to keep the rules because you're the parent and kids have to know boundaries and you're trying to teach them the gospel and what it means to live like Jesus. But you also are failing all the time at it. And when they're seeing you fail all the time at it.

Randall Goodgame [00:10:00]:

So one of the great challenges that I feel like energizes what I do with Slugs and Bugs is the changing the conversation to from, hey, kids. I'm following Jesus. Look at me and do as I do to, hey, kids. As you see, your dad needs Jesus badly. And as it turns out, so do you. Yeah. So let's both turn to him and walk with him and seek him together. We're gonna let each other down all the time, but we all but we know that there's one who never lets us down, and we're just gonna keep running towards him.

Randall Goodgame [00:10:34]:

That is still kind of the heartbeat of what I do with slugs and bugs Mhmm. And why it never gets old for me.

Christen Clark [00:10:40]:

Well, and I think too, it's so it makes it fun. It makes it engaging. You've got a lot of silly songs and things like that that are gonna grab people's attention, and kids are gonna be excited to listen to it, and they're getting a little spiritual truth in there while they're listening to these fun songs.

Randall Goodgame [00:10:54]:

Yeah. It's a big part of all that not taking yourself too seriously.

Christen Clark [00:10:58]:

Yeah.

Randall Goodgame [00:10:59]:

And, like, when parents think they have to be the standard, then it's hard to be silly. But when you realize, you know, Jesus is a standard and we're just getting to hang out and be together, I mean, it's still gotta be be dad and mom, but there's a lot more opportunity for silliness And just meeting kids where they are, I always say silliness is like a kid's native tongue.

Sparrow [00:11:20]:

Right.

Randall Goodgame [00:11:20]:

They know how to be silly before they know even know how to talk. So when we get to be down on the floor, silly with them, it just helps everything. Helps build the relationships, helps them know that they can trust you.

Christen Clark [00:11:33]:

That's good. So was this something that you loved to do when you were younger, to write songs or to to write silly songs, or is this something that just kind of happened upon you as you started

Randall Goodgame [00:11:43]:

working? I started writing songs in high school.

Christen Clark [00:11:45]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:11:45]:

Learn to play the guitar and but it was mostly kinda singer songwriter, just kinda like whatever life was going on about probably a girl. Then it wasn't until I got to Nashville, got married, and I started doing concerts at churches that I started to write about the gospel. And then it wasn't until we had kids that I started writing silly songs. I just never even thought about it. But then suddenly, my kids, they had these 2 goldfish, Rocket and Awesome Dude. For their names,

Christen Clark [00:12:19]:

great names,

Randall Goodgame [00:12:19]:

it's got to name them. So and I remember being super silly with them with those 2 fish, like, pretending I was their voices. And, oh my goodness. Look. There's more food. Wow. So much food. And and it just was magical being silly with these kids at 24 years old.

Randall Goodgame [00:12:38]:

It was just this, like, magic trick that I had that I could at any time kinda just create joy. And so it was really natural after figuring that out as a parent to write songs that captured that.

Christen Clark [00:12:52]:

Yeah. That's that's fun. And, whenever you can do the voices, you know, that's when the kids are like, oh, yeah. I meant like

Randall Goodgame [00:12:59]:

Oh, yeah.

Christen Clark [00:12:59]:

So parents need to practice their voices and do some more accents and things like that.

Randall Goodgame [00:13:04]:

That's right. And I always tell parents, they don't even need to be good.

Christen Clark [00:13:07]:

Right.

Randall Goodgame [00:13:08]:

In fact, if they're terrible, that's even funny too.

Christen Clark [00:13:11]:

That's right.

Randall Goodgame [00:13:12]:

And the point is the kid sees you not caring about being super formal and dad or mom ish. Yeah. And so that's the point. It's not about getting the voice right. I hope they give it a try.

Christen Clark [00:13:24]:

So tell me a little bit about you have a show, the slugs and bugs show Yes. With lots of fun puppets and conversations. It's a really good show. Tell me how that came about. How did you guys get started or go from music to TV?

Randall Goodgame [00:13:38]:

Well, it's this, multimedia company down in Texas right now, Media. You guys have probably your listeners probably know about them. They approached us about there were some fans, Slugs and Bugs fans down there, and they said, would you guys ever wanna do a TV show? And of course, I grew up on the Muppets and Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street and Electric Company and and had already kind of developed some characters with the hope that this opportunity might come one day. So we said yes, and we made the first season with them and then partnered with similar people to make a second season. Yeah. So that's how it came about.

Christen Clark [00:14:14]:

Yeah. And I I would say it it reminds me it's like Sesame Street and the Muppets because it's got that that humor in there that, like, if you don't catch it real quick, you know, the parents are like, oh, I got that one. But it's but it's still, like, very wholesome, and I'm sure all ages of kids are gonna enjoy it.

Randall Goodgame [00:14:32]:

Yes. Yes. And it just recently released on YouTube. So or we're actually releasing them every week. I think there's maybe 3 or 4 episodes out now.

Christen Clark [00:14:41]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:14:42]:

There's a new episode that releases every Friday.

Christen Clark [00:14:44]:

Oh, that's fun. We'll have to put a link there so parents can check that out because it's it's so fun. Okay. So you have the show. You have all these silly songs. And then now you're you're working on more scripture based songs, which I love those because I believe music is such a great way to memorize things. And so when we put music to scripture, we're guaranteed we're gonna hold on to these verses. Tell me how you came about putting a scripture song list together.

Randall Goodgame [00:15:12]:

So it started, like, all this stuff with my own kids. We were homeschooling, and I was in charge of teaching them Bible and music. And so I just put them together. And, and they were having trouble memorizing their scripture verses every week until I put them to a tune. The first one I did was Proverbs 3, 5, and 6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And they learned it right away. It was amazing.

Randall Goodgame [00:15:41]:

And so I really was excited just for my kids to have a way that wouldn't be quite so drudgery ish. Then after 3 or 4 or 5, 6 weeks of doing it, and they were remembering them and they were singing them around the house. I had already made a couple of Slugs and Bugs records.

Christen Clark [00:15:59]:

Mhmm.

Randall Goodgame [00:16:00]:

And it was just a really easy leap in my mind to think, wow. I need to I need to record these for all the Slugs and Bugs families.

Christen Clark [00:16:06]:

And I appreciate that you put the reference in the song because I can spout off a lot of scripture, but I couldn't tell you where it was. Like, it's in one of the books in the new testament, so I love that you added that in there. I think that's really important.

Randall Goodgame [00:16:19]:

Thank you. Yes. I always did try to make that, singable. That's that was always the challenge. It's not in every song because sometimes it would it would just not work, and I never want it to feel really clunky. Mhmm. You know, I want people to really feel like they're experiencing something beautiful while they're also learning scripture. Yeah.

Randall Goodgame [00:16:39]:

But it helps me remember too, those are the ones that I know exactly where they are. It's weird. In fact, I always tell people, you know, a lot of the inspiration now that my kids are older, especially for these songs, is they they serve me first.

Christen Clark [00:16:50]:

Yeah.

Randall Goodgame [00:16:51]:

I want to hide God's word in my heart, and I need to remember his truths and how present he is and to run to him all the time. And his word is really the closest thing we have to put us in his presence. Anytime we engage with the word, we have an opportunity to meet Jesus. You know? Yeah. You know, probably in a good way, it's self serving too. You know, it's self serving for me. But as it turns out to be a blessing for other people, that's, you know, an answer to prayer.

Christen Clark [00:17:20]:

Yeah. Whenever I'm teaching a parenting workshop or something like that, I always say the easiest way for you to get scripture into your family or to, like, that 1 on 1 discipleship is music. Turn it on in the car, turn on Christian music, turn on scripture music. That is so easy for you to have those conversations with your kids while you're traveling around to sports and school and all the different things. So when it's fun and engaging, it's good for parents to listen to as well. You know, you're gonna memorize those verses while your kids are memorizing them, so you're doing it together. Kinda like what you talked about earlier. Like, hey, kids.

Christen Clark [00:17:56]:

I don't know this this Bible verse by heart, but we're all gonna learn it together as a family. And I love that that's a a resource that's out there helping families to do that. So you have a new resource coming out that I want our listeners to find out about. It's the scripture hymnal. Can you talk about what that is and where that came from?

Randall Goodgame [00:18:15]:

Well, you know, the shortest answer is it is after having written songs, scripture songs for kids for over a decade, this was an answer to a calling that I felt like the Lord was putting on my heart to provide that opportunity for people in the church. I had never tried to write scripture songs for congregations before. It was always I wanted to be singable, and I wanted to be fun and engaging for, you know, listening to the car or in the kitchen with family. This, the Lord put it on my heart after I was actually after a Slugs and Bugs concert, where I had heard stories from parents and kids about how these songs were just getting into their family culture and helping shape and transform their lives.

Christen Clark [00:19:00]:

Mhmm.

Randall Goodgame [00:19:01]:

Bringing about revival in their relationships. Just amazing stories. And I've I've felt like I had this question from the Lord of what if that could happen in the church? Yeah. The hymnal, it's a physical hymnal with 106 songs or all word for word scripture and all songs built for congregational singing. So it's really for worship leaders and pastors to have as a resource to bring scripture singing into the church, into the pews. And, of course, parents and and kids, anyone that can read music can bring it home and play. Yeah. But on the website, even if you can't read music, every song has been recorded.

Randall Goodgame [00:19:39]:

So anybody that can just read along with the songs inside can go to this little QR code at the front of the book where they can put their phone up, pull up all the songs, and just listen and sing along by just opening the book and listening to their phone.

Christen Clark [00:19:55]:

So I think we need to pause for a moment and tell some of our kid listeners and maybe some of the adults what a hymnal is. Because I went to a church that had hymnals in the pews, and the song leader would stand up and say, turn to page 240, and we would do that, and we would sing along. Now we don't have that. So explain what a hymnal is.

Randall Goodgame [00:20:16]:

Wow. Christen, this is so true. Yeah. Amazingly, so many churches don't have hymnals. In fact, a lot of them, you know, they still have the little place where you where you would put them. Right. So, kids, years years ago, back in the 1900, before there were screens all over churches, there were these little books. I've got one right here.

Randall Goodgame [00:20:41]:

This one's called the hymnal, in fact, that were right in front of your knees. They made great, like, flat spaces for drawing

Christen Clark [00:20:50]:

Yes.

Randall Goodgame [00:20:51]:

For kids. That's right. Taking a little piece of paper, and they could draw on their lap with a little, you know, hymnal in front of them. But like Christen said, the worship leader would say, okay, everybody turn to we'll see what's on page 240. And then everybody would sing. They would look down and read and sing out. And there were certain songs that you would always wait. You know, I hope they call this one today.

Randall Goodgame [00:21:14]:

Yes. And yeah. So it's a collection of songs that are built for the church to sing together. What that means is they can't be super hard to sing. It got easy to catch on to really quickly. So that was the challenge for me and the other writers, a part of the scripture hymnal, was can we make these songs that are word for word from the Bible into really catchy, easily singable, but also beautiful for worship songs that the worship leader could then say, everybody turn to your scripture hymnal, a song number 17, and then you'd all be singing from, you know, second Samuel or something.

Christen Clark [00:21:57]:

Yeah. So your scripture hymnal, does it cover all 66 books, or does it cover are there certain books in the bible that you haven't gotten to yet?

Randall Goodgame [00:22:06]:

It's not at every book. We tried I tried to find a scripture from every book, but it was hard. There's Yeah. A lot of, so much of the Bible is prose, and then trying to find a single passage or 2 that you can make into a song that would be useful for worship. A lot of times as this just storytelling is happening in the Bible, certain books didn't have what easily graspable, verses like that, at least this time around.

Christen Clark [00:22:36]:

Right.

Randall Goodgame [00:22:36]:

But there are a lot of a lot of the books of the Bible represented.

Christen Clark [00:22:40]:

Yeah. I think some of the passages, if they're especially if it's like a prophecy book or something like that, you really need the full context. So that would be a really long song if you had to get if you had to do 2 chapters to understand what it's saying. So

Randall Goodgame [00:22:53]:

Right.

Christen Clark [00:22:53]:

What was your favorite hymn as a kid? What was the one you always looked forward to?

Randall Goodgame [00:22:59]:

Wow. Well, I have a bunch of favorites.

Christen Clark [00:23:02]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:23:02]:

I can't just give you one. I'd say maybe a top 3.

Christen Clark [00:23:06]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:23:07]:

Great is thy faithfulness, this is my father's world, and, how great thou art.

Christen Clark [00:23:15]:

Oh, that's a classic for sure.

Randall Goodgame [00:23:17]:

That was my favorite as a kid. I wouldn't maybe call it one of my top now, but as a kid, that was very much one of my favorites.

Christen Clark [00:23:25]:

Yeah. That's a good one. Mine was leaning on the everlasting arms. Oh, yeah. And so one a few years ago, I the kids choir got to lead worship in our church service. And so I always like to do hand motions when I do worship. And so we made the entire congregation lean to one side when we sing leaning, leaning, leaning.

Randall Goodgame [00:23:46]:

Yes. Same and secure from all along.

Christen Clark [00:23:48]:

Yes. And that was so fun for the kids to see the adults leaning and, like, getting it the kid the adults had fun too, so I always think that's good when we can bring those songs back. But that was one of mine because it had it has motions and dance moves built into it, so that's my favorite.

Randall Goodgame [00:24:03]:

Yeah. Anytime you can get the kids watching the adults having some fun, that's

Christen Clark [00:24:06]:

That's right.

Randall Goodgame [00:24:07]:

It's a winner.

Christen Clark [00:24:08]:

You said the scripture songs are recorded. So you have a book, and then you also have the recordings that are coming out. How often do those come out?

Randall Goodgame [00:24:16]:

The book, like you said, is out. Could make a great Christmas gift.

Christen Clark [00:24:20]:

I think so too.

Randall Goodgame [00:24:21]:

And but the songs are already all recorded. And to listen to how they go, your listeners can go to the website.

Christen Clark [00:24:30]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:24:31]:

Scripturehymnal.com. Every song is listed there for people to be able to listen to. But when they go to their streaming service, like Apple or Spotify or Amazon to listen, like, on their phone or in those services are getting the albums in little chunks. So I think 11 songs have already been released. Thanksgiving weekend, there'll be another 12 songs released, and then we're releasing about 11 or 12 every month from then on through July of next year.

Christen Clark [00:25:02]:

Nice. That's awesome. So there's definitely a place they can go check out some of those songs right now if they have a streaming service, and they can go to the website and hear them as well. That's really cool.

Randall Goodgame [00:25:11]:

That's right. We thought we'd release them in albums on the streaming services because it'd be a lot to absorb a 106 songs all at once. So this means you get a month to kinda get these scripture songs all in your in your bones, and then you move on to the next album. And every album, all the songs are in biblical order, So, like, you're listening through the bible each time.

Christen Clark [00:25:33]:

Oh, I love that. That's really great. That's gonna be a great resource for churches and families to check into, so I will put a link to that. I hope our listeners will check that out because, like we said, memorization comes so much easier when there's a tune to it. And so if we wanna get these scriptures, you could get a 106. Is that how many is in there? Mhmm. Yeah. A 106 songs scriptures into your into your mind and in your heart, and I think that's great.

Christen Clark [00:25:57]:

Randall, this has been so fun. Thank you so much for being on the show today. I've really enjoyed talking with you. Now Thanksgiving is around the corner, so I wanna ask you. What is something you're thankful for this week?

Randall Goodgame [00:26:09]:

I'm thankful for these ginger lilies that are right outside my office. I walk to my office every morning, and they're these ginger lilies that have just bloomed, and they're they're sending out this amazing fragrance that beautifies my walk to my office. So I'm thankful for that.

Christen Clark [00:26:30]:

Well, before I let you go, I always ask my guests to tell me a memory from when they were a kid. So can you tell us a memory from your childhood you wanna share with us today?

Randall Goodgame [00:26:39]:

Wow. A memory? How about a Thanksgiving memory?

Christen Clark [00:26:42]:

I'd love that.

Randall Goodgame [00:26:43]:

Okay. So my family used to well, we still all get together Thanksgiving, but our favorite dish every year when I was growing up was the sweet potatoes with the marshmallows on top. Oh. That was my favorite.

Christen Clark [00:26:57]:

Okay.

Randall Goodgame [00:26:57]:

And then I remember 1 year, it wasn't there.

Christen Clark [00:27:02]:

Oh, no.

Randall Goodgame [00:27:03]:

Somebody made the somebody else brought the sweet potatoes, and they didn't know it was supposed to have marshmallows on top. And so, I think it was my mom. I was like, oh, no. It's I can fix it. No problem. Threw it in the oven with a bunch of marshmallows on top and, you know, brown them really quick

Christen Clark [00:27:21]:

for the

Randall Goodgame [00:27:21]:

kids because she knew how much we you know, we're gonna probably just meant she really wanted us to eat the sweet potatoes. Right. But I remember that. And I remember my kids how about this one for my my kids every year? They would make those little turkey turkey guys.

Christen Clark [00:27:36]:

Yes.

Randall Goodgame [00:27:37]:

The the hand print turkeys.

Christen Clark [00:27:39]:

Uh-huh.

Randall Goodgame [00:27:40]:

And I'm thinking about it because, every now and then when I'm going through things in my garage, I'll open something up that's got a bunch of old keepsakes in it. Yes. And just recently, I was like, oh my goodness. That's my kids who's now 25 years old and married. That's her little handprint when she made a turkey when she was a kid.

Christen Clark [00:27:57]:

Aw. I love that. Yeah. As a parent, we love the the little thumbprints and the handprints and the foot all of that stuff. Like, we might throw away some of the other stuff, but we're gonna hang on to that kind of stuff.

Randall Goodgame [00:28:07]:

How about that one?

Christen Clark [00:28:08]:

That's right. Well, Randall, this has been so good. Thank you so much for being on the show today.

Randall Goodgame [00:28:13]:

Been my pleasure. Thank you, Christen.

Christen Clark [00:28:24]:

I just love talking about music and hymns and the slugs and bugs songs. It's so fun. Randall said the heartbeat for slugs and bugs music is to help families learn to be silly together, for parents to not take themselves so serious, and even to be okay with failing. And it's okay for parents to say, hey, kids. As you can see, parents need Jesus, and so do you. So let's seek Jesus together and keep running towards him as a family. I just love that. Randall also pointed out that scripture memory becomes so much easier when you can put it to a song.

Christen Clark [00:28:56]:

It helps us to hide God's word in our hearts. So anytime we engage with the word of God, whether it's through songs or memorizing Bible verses or reading the word of God, we are experiencing the presence of God. That is so true. You know, I loved singing from the hymnal growing up, so I love that we got to talk about that today. And, really, those songs that I learned as a child are deeply embedded in my mind and my heart, and they bubble up randomly. I heard a pastor once say that when you have a song stuck in your head, it might be the song that you need to worship the lord with. And it's his prayer for the church and for families that by getting the scripture into our minds and our hearts, we are drawn into life with the holy spirit. What a great message and a great prayer to pray for your family and for the church.

Christen Clark [00:29:43]:

Be sure to check out scripturehymnal.com to learn more about the scripture hymnal book and where you can stream those songs. And you've gotta check out slugs and bugs on YouTube and slugsandbugs.com for great family resources. And you need to hear my favorite Christmas song on the slugs and bugs Christmas album called The Camel Song. Everybody loves The Camel Song, and now you will love it too. Well, now it's time for the kids only segment. This is the part of the show where you get to be on the podcast. So here is my friend, Sparrow.

Sparrow [00:30:24]:

Hi. I'm Sparrow. And this is Revelation 513. Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea and all that is in them saying, to him who sits on the throne, to the lamb be praise in honor and glory and power forever and ever.

Christen Clark [00:30:46]:

Wow. What an amazing verse. All thanksgiving and praise to God forever and ever. Amen. Thank you, Sparrow, for sharing that. Hey. If you would like to be like Sparrow and share your favorite bible verse or a joke or a song that you love to sing, just head over to my website, collidekidspodcast.com, and click the tab at the top that says kids only, and you can find information about how to send that to me through my social media. And while you're on the website, be sure to sign up for the monthly newsletter.

Christen Clark [00:31:15]:

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Christen Clark [00:31:51]:

I am thankful for you. I hope that you find some time this week to think about the things that you're thankful for and let the Lord know how much you're thankful for all the blessings in your life. In case no one has told you today, I would love to be the first to remind you that God loves you so much. Thanks for listening.