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

Lifeway Research, the marketing and data arm of Lifeway Publishers, has just published what they have identified as the top trends - both good and bad - in ministry within 2025.

The list is very interesting but it becomes even more interesting when we consider it through the eyes of one of the valley's most dominant youth pastors, John Spooner from Pure Heart Church.  John, who married Samantha, a NCS alum, is spearheading both Junior High and Senior High at a church that works exceptionally hard to speak to the needs of those experiencing brokenness.

For more info on the Lifeway survey and the trends, follow this link.

To get more information on the amazing youth ministry at Pure Heart Church, 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!

Today, G has the chance to get real with Johnathon Tews, the youth pastor from his own church, Open Door Fellowship.  As you listen, you'll hear how the conversation gets very real, very fast - the product of two men who know each other and are in the same work of ministering to students, invested in the same community of believers.

This Kingdom Culture Conversation starts with practical advices...some wisdom...some insight.

Then, BOOM.  It gets real.  Really good.  Really candid.

And, you really, really need to hear it.

"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!

Viral.  Really?  Yes, really.

This past Christmas season, I Witness, the podcast-based audio drama featuring the voices of Northwest Christian students and staff, entered the Apple Podcasts charts in the top 200 for all podcasts and broke into the top 50 "Arts" podcast charts.

Today, we have the chance to sit with both I Witness newbies and returning vets to discuss how season 2 played out.  The return of Miles and Quinn.  The introduction of new explorers to the Elysium.  And, a cliff hanger!  

As well, the group looks forward to Season 3 - "I Witness - Between Two Worlds" -  which will debut on April 23rd.

"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!

"Community engagement" might be bit of an understatement.

Sean and Theresa lead the charge at St. Vincent de Paul - one of the nation's premiere ministries working to minister to the poor and homeless - in terms of pulling volunteers and donors into the mission.  Their job titles each involve the words "community engagement".

But, those simple and benign words belie the fact that their joint impact within the issue perplexing most of our nation might be unparalleled.

But, how did they wind up on this journey and within these positions?

Their stories are stirring...and may very well stir the hearts of any aspiring high school students that are also seeking God's direction...

To learn more about the work of St. Vincent de Paul, 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!

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.