A Second Skin
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A “black” child wants to quit the puppet show after a new kid makes a cruel comment about her skin color. A “Latina” child reminds her that everyone who loves Jesus is family, no matter what they look like — a truth the “white” child, who doesn't yet know Jesus, has never heard before. The children then watch Boaz comfort his son Obed, who's facing the same kind of unkindness because his mother, Ruth, was a Moabite outsider. Realizing their stories match, the two scenes come together: being adopted into God's family through Jesus means getting a “second skin” that unites people from every background.
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