Kingdom Culture Conversations

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

The City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda is an anomaly.  Set in rural Africa, within a country ravaged by genocide, and serving students with little or no resources, you would not expect what is, in fact, happening.  Students are thriving, learning, and growing.  Scores on national tests are not just exceeding the average, they are running in the top 5% of all Rwandan students.

So what is happening?  Why is Rwanda's Secretary of Education visiting the campus and investigating their outstanding outcomes?

As you will hear in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Dawna Underwood and Teri Beckner, the answer is simple.  The Gospel.  The Gospel as revealed in the vehicle of Christian education.

To learn more about the City of Joy, please visit this site.

To sponsor a student within this amazing community, please follow this link.

To ask any questions about how to get involved please Email: [email protected]

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

The City of Joy Christian School in Rwanda is an anomaly.  Set in rural Africa, within a country ravaged by genocide, and serving students with little or no resources, you would not expect what is, in fact, happening.  Students are thriving, learning, and growing.  Scores on national tests are not just exceeding the average, they are running in the top 5% of all Rwandan students.

So what is happening?  Why is Rwanda's Secretary of Education visiting the campus and investigating their outstanding outcomes?

As you will hear in today's Kingdom Culture Conversation with Dawna Underwood and Teri Beckner, the answer is simple.  The Gospel.  The Gospel as revealed in the vehicle of Christian education.

To learn more about the City of Joy, please visit this site.

To sponsor a student within this amazing community, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

I'm nearly certain that today's Kingdom Culture Conversation is the first conversation we have published that includes the word "sexiness".

Uh-oh?  Woops?  Did we miss an edit?

No.  In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Pure Heart's Dondi Rodriguez has an epic mic drop moment in which he powerfully and memorably illustrates a Christian's call to reach their neighbor.

He also makes two or three powerful points regarding Psalm 23.  Again, mic dropping moments.

So, where does the "sexiness" come in?

You're going to have to listen to find out...

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Well, it happened.  The second season of Northwest Christian's student-led, podcast-based audio drama "I Witness" went viral.

Again.

The first season ("The Lazarus Project") was published in April 2024 and was a viral sensation in its own right.  But the second season ("Silent Night"), released over four consecutive weeks in December 2024, went gloriously viral.  Featured by Apple podcasts as part of the lead-off podcast promotional page for podcasts in the "Arts" genre, I Witness spanned the globe and became one of the top 50 Arts podcasts on Apple podcasts.

The heart and mind behind I Witness is Chris Zimmerman, also the founder of Red Five Media.  Zimmerman uses students to craft both audio dramas as well as student-featuring short films as part of Northwest Christian's "NXNW Film Festival" fine arts initiative.

Today, we have the chance to hear from Zimmerman, to understand his story, and better understand what motivates a young man that is using his gifts and talents to transformational effect within the lives of students.

To learn more about Red Five Media, please follow this link.

To learn about the podcast, I Witness, please click here.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Well, it happened.  The second season of Northwest Christian's student-led, podcast-based audio drama "I Witness" went viral. 

Again.

The first season ("The Lazarus Project") was published in April 2024 and was a viral sensation in its own right.  But the second season ("Silent Night"), released over four consecutive weeks in December 2024, went gloriously viral.  Featured by Apple podcasts as part of the lead-off podcast promotional page for podcasts in the "Arts" genre, I Witness spanned the globe and became one of the top 50 Arts podcasts on Apple podcasts.

The heart and mind behind I Witness is Chris Zimmerman, also the founder of Red Five Media.  Zimmerman uses students to craft both audio dramas as well as student-featuring short films as part of Northwest Christian's "NXNW Film Festival" fine arts initiative.

Today, we have the chance to hear from Zimmerman, to understand his story, and better understand what motivates a young man that is using his gifts and talents to transformational effect within the lives of students.

To learn more about Red Five Media, please follow this link.

To learn about the podcast, I Witness, please click here.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Each year at Northwest Christian, the first chapel of December is an all-school chapel to celebrate Christmas.  It's a tremendous amount of fun and a wonderful tradition - one of just two times per year that the entire pre-K through 12th grade community gathers together in the Don Sanderson Gymnasium.

Among the many traditions -- some very noisy and boisterous, others more reverent and worshipful -- one of the favorites is the opportunity for seniors to reflects on different aspects of the Christmas season.

This year, December 2024, those three seniors reflected on the meaning behind the three gifts brought to Jesus and His family.  In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, Geoff and G sit with those seniors and further explore their reflections.

To enjoy a video of the Christmas 2024 chapel, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

51 countries around the world. 1,200 cities around the United States.  Thousands of individuals.  And counting...

The numbers are compelling.  Within its two seasons ("The Lazarus Project" and "Silent Night"), Northwest Christian School's hit podcast-based audio drama, "I Witness", has gone viral.  NCS students are literally making an impact around the globe!

In today's Kingdom Culture Conversation, we have the opportunity to visit once more with Chris Zimmerman, NCS alum and the founder of Red 5 Media, the company which has partnered with Northwest Christian to produce the podcast.  We'll hear about the impact from season 1, the inspiration behind season 2, the work behind creating the drama, and the trajectory of future seasons.

To learn more about Red 5 Media, please follow this link.

To enjoy the "I Witness" podcast, please click here.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign.  In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.

That part of the plan will not change.  However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...

To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link. 

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

Northwest Christian School's "Build Here, Build There" campus improvement campaign is unlike most any other capital campaign.  In keeping with its mission to teach Biblical worldview to its students, the BHBT effort invests time and resources into ministries outside the school in an effort to provide ministry opportunities to young people.

That part of the plan will not change.  However, as Mike Waypa discusses today, there are aspects of the plan that are changing...and it is time to get excited...

To learn more about the Build Here, Build There plan, please follow this link. 

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.

The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua!

To call Nick Reynoso's testimony "powerful" would be an understatement to be sure.  But today, we have the amazing opportunity to hear how a soldier in the U.S. Army experienced the power of the Gospel, saw it transform his life, and then dove head first into ministry - literally ministry in the trenches.  As a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve, Nick has the opportunity to meet soldiers where they are at and to convey that same power that he experienced to them...

To learn more about Nick Reynosa and his ministry, please follow this link.

"Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit:  https://www.ncsaz.org/

To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email [email protected] or you can reach him by cell phone:  (623)225-5573.