Podcast appearances and mentions of karen elliott

Africa remains important for the Church. In the coming generations, the continent will be home for a huge swath of the world's population. And while there are many challenges facing Africa, including poverty, militant Islam and instability – there are also many exciting things taking place. Karen Elliott of the Rafiki Foundation joins the Christian Emergency Podcast to share about some of those exciting developments, along with valuable context. She leans on her 30+ years of experience serving as a missionary and leading a missions organization in Africa, the Rafiki Foundation. Karen discusses how Rafiki has launched classical Christian schools in multiple African nations, to bless orphans and the poor with an education that allows them to think and serve faithfully. The lessons she draws out shed helpful light on the situation in Africa, but also speak to circumstances facing the Church globally. To learn more about resources mentioned in this episode, see the following. Rafiki Foundation: https://rafikifoundation.org/ Association of Classical Christian Schools: https://classicalchristian.org/ Society for Classical Learning: https://societyforclassicallearning.org/ TrueNorth Podcasts: https://truenorth.fm/ The Consortium Podcast: https://consortiumpodcast.podbean.com/ Christian Emergency Alliance: https://www.christianemergency.com/ Follow the Christian Emergency Alliance on Twitter: @ChristianEmerg1 Follow the Christian Emergency Alliance on Facebook: @ChristianEmergency The Christian Emergency Podcast is a production of the Christian Emergency Alliance. Soli Deo Gloria

As parents and educators, it's easy to get caught up in the daily hustle and bustle of our own families, schools, and communities, often missing the incredible stories of what God is doing around the world. Today, we want to take you on a journey to one of the most exciting areas of school and spiritual growth happening on the continent of Africa. We are thrilled to welcome back Karen Eliot, who will share the latest developments in Classical Christian Education, including the work and resources being created and deployed for schools and families in Africa—and for us as well. Get ready to be encouraged with good news as you join us for this episode, whether you're listening from the US or anywhere else in the world. You won't want to miss this episode of BaseCamp Live!We are thrilled to share the rollout of our new media platform, ZipCast, bridging communication between schools and parents and encouraging them on the go with what they need to know. Learn more about ZipCast at https://www.zipcast.media or reach out to us at hello@zipcast.media!Support the Great work of Karen Elliott and the Rafiki Foundation at https://www.rafikifoundation.orgSpecial thanks to this week's incredible sponsors:Americas Christian Credit UnionClassic Learning TestGutenberg CollegeClassical Academic PressLife Architects Coaching Stay tuned for more enlightening discussions on classical Christian education, and join us next time on BaseCamp Live! Remember to subscribe, leave us a review, and reach out to us at info@basecamplive.comDon't forget to visit basecamplive.com for more info and past episodes.

Did you know that classical Christian education is gaining great momentum in sub-Saharan Africa? Today we chat with Karen Elliott, the Executive Director of the Rafiki Foundation, a group that has been instrumental in building a classical Christian curriculum for these people. Discover how the Rafiki Foundation is caring for orphans, growing classical Christian schools, and even working to supply biblically sound materials to the churches of this region.Want to get involved? The Rafiki Foundation is seeking long and short-term missionaries to assist with their villages. To learn more about these opportunities or to donate to their cause, visit https://rafikifoundation.org/ 

One By One is an international charity dedicated to preventing the exploitation of vulnerable people - particularly children and young teenagers - and today in conversation with founder and CEO Becky Murray we find out how it all began - quite by accident - during a trip to Sierra Leone, with 50p and a pair of pink flip flops. We were all deeply saddened to learn of the death of Marilyn Cannell BEM - a gifted musician, teacher, composer, and Methodist Local Preacher. Marilyn gave so much to music on the Island - but on today's programme we celebrate her deep faith by listening again to some of her contributions to Manx Radio's Thought for the Day, mixed with just one of her many musical compositions - The Celtic Cantata drew together words and music from the Celtic tradition, mixed with new music written by Marilyn. The singers are Mandy Griffin and Karen Elliott and the pianist is - of course - Marilyn herself. May she rest in peace - and rise in glory! And there's notice board news too - items for inclusion can be emailed to judithley@manxradio.com

On this weeks' episode, we are joined by two senior officers of a university, as well as by MSA Design's Director of Preservation and Historic Rehabilitation to discuss a mid-century modern national landmark - the Mater Dei Chapel in Cincinnati.  Learn more about the Chapel by clicking this link: https://www.msj.edu/about/facilities/mater-dei-chapel/index.html Jeffrey Briggs is the Chief Financial Officer of Mount Saint Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio.   Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Business, Accountancy, and Management Information Systems from Miami University, an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.  After a career in public accounting with EY, Jeff has worked in Higher Education finance roles for nearly 20 years.  He has been in his current role at the Mount since 2017.  Jeff has served several not-for-profit Board of Trustees and finance committees.   In his spare time, he can usually be found at the Westside Brewery on Tuesday nights for trivia with his fellow dad-bros on "Team Bad Dad Joke."  He resides in Green Township, Ohio with his wife Judith and their two college-aged daughters.   Sister Karen Elliott is the Chief Mission Officer of Mount Saint Joseph University.   A native of Dayton, Ohio, Sister Karen attended Julienne High School prior to attending Wright State University where she earned her bachelor's degree in education with an emphasis on Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders.  During these years she earned eight varsity letters in volleyball, basketball, and softball.  In 1980 Karen entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood. Her graduate studies include a master's degree in theology from St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont received in 1993, and a Doctor of Ministry degree with a concentration in Sacred Scripture from Barry University in Miami, Florida in 2004.   Sister Karen has ministered as a teacher, Director of Religious Education, a youth minister, an athletic director, campus minister, as well as collegiate positions as chair of religious studies and full professor. Sister Karen has served as a faculty presenter on Sacred Scripture in the Lay Ministry Formation Program and a homiletics assessor for the Permanent Diaconate Program in the Diocese of Toledo. Sister Karen was a visiting professor Mumbai, India and was a presenter for the Australian Catholic University's Campus Ministry Team in Melbourne.  She authored the book, Women in Ministry and the Writings of Paul, published in 2010 by Anselm Academic.    In a non-theological aspect of her life, Sister Karen was inducted into the Dayton Amateur Softball Commission's Hall of Fame in September 2006 in recognition of her softball career.   Madeline "Maddie" Williams is the Director of Preservation and Historic Rehabilitation at MSA Design. Maddie leads the Historic Preservation practice firm wide for MSA and serves as a resource to building owners, contractors, architects, and agencies on strategies to renovate and redevelop historic structures.  This includes advising on historic building assessments, grant applications, historic tax credits, and developing strategies to rehabilitate historic buildings.   A native of Connecticut, her junior ice hockey career led to a scholarship at Lake Forest College in Chicago.   While at Lake Forest, she was named captain of the Forester Varsity Women's Ice Hockey Team.   Her interest in Preservation was sparked while surrounded by the architecture of Chicago and led her to complete a bachelor's degree in architectural history.   She then went on to earn a Master's in Historic Preservation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.       A self-proclaimed "Liberal Preservationist", Maddie believes that historic buildings should 'tell their story', but also be free to be adapted for modern uses.   Maddie, her husband, and two daughters reside in a small, historic town on the east side of Greater Cincinnati. 

American journalist, author, media executive, and pulitzer prize winner Karen Elliott House joins The 966. Elliott House discusses her recent work, a paper entitled 'Saudi First', for the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as well as her experiences traveling to and from Saudi Arabia for decades and her views on Saudi Arabia as an emerging regional power. Elliott House has served as publisher of The Wall Street Journal, former senior vice president of Dow Jones, and on the board of the Rand Corporation. She currently is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.In addition to writing a series of articles on Saudi Arabia for the journal in 2007, Karen is author of the book, On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future. Recently, she has written several opinion and commentary pieces for the Wall Street Journal on Saudi Arabia and the US-Saudi relationship. 3:55 - Richard's One Big Thing: the mystery of all the press and coverage of a "normalization" deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia potentially brokered by the United States. What's in it for each party, and why is it a long shot at best? 31:33 - Lucien's One Big Thing: Saudi Arabia's economy is slowing down in 2023, but non-oil figures are more than a glimmer of hope for the Kingdom as economic diversification is the name of the game for Vision 2030 and its ultimate success. 50:42 - The 966 speaks with Karen Elliott House about Saudi Arabia's evolving role in regional and global affairs, the U.S.-Saudi relationship, and the challenges facing Saudi Arabia in realizing its Vision 2030 economic and social reform goals. 1:39:36 - Yallah! 6 top storylines to get you up to speed heading into the weekend.

Africa remains important for the Church. In the coming generations, the continent will be home for a huge swath of the world's population. And while there are many challenges facing Africa, including poverty, militant Islam and instability – there are also many exciting things taking place. Karen Elliott of the Rafiki Foundation joins the Christian Emergency Podcast to share about some of those exciting developments, along with valuable context. She leans on her 30+ years of experience serving as a missionary and leading a missions organization in Africa, the Rafiki Foundation. Karen discusses how Rafiki has launched classical Christian schools in multiple African nations, to bless orphans and the poor with an education that allows them to think and serve faithfully. The lessons she draws out shed helpful light on the situation in Africa, but also speak to circumstances facing the Church globally. To learn more about resources mentioned in this episode, see the following. Rafiki Foundation: https://rafikifoundation.org/ Association of Classical Christian Schools: https://classicalchristian.org/ Society for Classical Learning: https://societyforclassicallearning.org/ TrueNorth Podcasts: https://truenorth.fm/ The Consortium Podcast: https://consortiumpodcast.podbean.com/ Christian Emergency Alliance: https://www.christianemergency.com/ Follow the Christian Emergency Alliance on Twitter: @ChristianEmerg1 Follow the Christian Emergency Alliance on Facebook: @ChristianEmergency The Christian Emergency Podcast is a production of the Christian Emergency Alliance. Soli Deo Gloria

This is Episode 38 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with the executive director of the Rafiki Foundation, Karen Elliott. Rafiki means "friend" in Swahili and depicts the purpose of the Foundation - to help people know God and raise their standard of living with excellence and integrity. Since 1985, the Foundation has been building Rafiki Villages throughout Africa that seek to cultivate human flourishing through Bible study and classical Christian education. Karen has served with Rafiki since 1990, including twelve years on the mission field, primarily in Nigeria. She is now Rafiki's executive director. She holds a BBA in finance/accounting and music minor from Southern Methodist University, Masters degree in Education from UTA and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Faulkner University.   

On this episode of Anchored, Soren is joined by Karen Elliott, Executive Director of the Rafiki Foundation. Karen shares how she went from working as a commercial banker to serving in Africa and describes how the foundation is supporting Africans spiritually and materially. Now in 10 African countries, the Rafiki Foundation partners with 23 African church denominations and 20,000 schools to provide care and a classical Christian education to children in need. Karen emphasizes that a classical education is for everyone, but must speak to a people's particular culture and history and draw on whatever is true, good and beautiful around the world.

It's estimated that globally, almost a third of the adult population lacks access to financial services. That's a lot of people missing out on all the good the industry can do. And it could be doing so much good - better access to financial services would help more people out of poverty, improve health and wellbeing, education and help address gender equality. Fintech is helping make financial services more affordable and easier to access, but is it also creating new barriers where old ones have been torn down? Governments want a solution to the financial inclusion problem, but what exactly is the solution? In this episode, we ask the Upfront question: How can financial services be more inclusive? Answering that is researcher, policy adviser and professor of fintech Dr Karen Elliott, who joins comedian Olga Koch for a frank talk about building accessible, ethical and inclusive financial services that more people can love. What are you doing to be more inclusive? Tell us at upfront@iress.com.  Get bonus content from this episode, including more from Dr Karen plus our guide to being authentically inclusive on the upfront blog at iress.com/upfront.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we are joined by Karen Elliott and Jehana Copilah-Ali from Newcastle University business School to discuss whether the payments digital divide is increasing. We cover what financial inclusion is and why it matters, how digital technology can both help and hinder financial inclusion, people's attitudes towards going cashless and whether a new divide could occur between traditional and new digital payments. Checkout the The Payments Digital Divide Survey report, published by the Worldline Discovery Hub which you can download by visiting worldline.com and selecting Knowledge Hub | Scientific Reports. To send us feedback or let us know which topics you would like us to cover in future episodes, you can send an email to ndp-podcast@worldline.com

How can data and digital identities support inclusive financial services? with Atom bank & Newcastle University In this episode, we speak to Edward Twiddy, Chief Customer Officer at Atom bank, and Karen Elliott, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Innovation at Newcastle University about the use of data in financial services, how this drives consumer outcomes, and the need for increased focus on corporate digital responsibility.

January is Radon Action Month. By the time someone meets me in the clinic with a lung cancer, it is too late for the intervention that should have taken place years before. How do we increase awareness about radon and reduce the risks in the population? This is exactly where the field of public health is so important, so for this Radon Action Month, I wanted to highlight two individuals in the public health pipeline- a teacher and student of public health. I am joined by Dr. Karen Elliott of Oregon State University as well as Mateo Olmos, one of her students. To Do: - Ensure your home is tested for radon– test every 2 years if you have not mitigated radon and after home upgrades. More information here - Watch and share Mateo's video educating about the importance of radon testing and action. - The EPA estimates around 1 in 5 schools may have elevated radon levels in at least one frequently-occupied room. Find out if your child's school has been tested for radon and whether it has been mitigated, particularly if close to or over the EPA action level of 4.0 pCi/L - If you are a health professional, learn more about patient outreach with this guide to radon. - For more on the science of radon and how we know it causes cancer, listen to last year's January podcast with Professor Bill Fields. - To hear a personal story about someone affected by radon, listen to the podcast with the home inspector Will Graff on Season 1 episode 22. - Learn more about the Northwest Radon Coalition here, and consider a donation to the American Lung Association here. References EPA Resources on Radon American Lung Association Radon Resources ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit blog post for more information, or go to airhealthourhealth.org. Follow and comment on Facebook page and Instagram. Record a question or comment on the Anchor podcast site or send an e-mail via the website. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/airhealthourhealth/message

An AT YOUR SERVICE special podcast-only programme. This is the full service to celebrate the Centenary of the Royal British Legion, recorded in St George's Church, Douglas, the Civic Church of the Isle of Man's Capital Town, on Sunday 16 May 2021. The service is led by the Archdeacon of Mann, The Venerable Andi Brown, in the presence of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, and Lady Gozney. The Lord Bishop, the Rt Reverend Peter Eagles preaches the sermon, and there are musical items from Women in Song Community Choir directed by Mrs Karen Elliott, and the Lhon Doo Male Voice Choir directed by Mrs Wendy McDowell. Accompaniment for the hymns, plus other musical items including The Last Post and Reveille, is provided by Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band.

Today’s guests are Karen Elliott and Erica Robertson from Rafiki Schools. Karen has served with Rafiki since 1990, including twelve years on the mission field, most of that time in Jos, Nigeria. Upon returning to the U.S., she became the Director of Africa Operations for the Rafiki Home Office and was responsible for managing the ChildCare and Education Programs for all ten Rafiki Villages as well as curriculum development. She served at the Home Office for ten years before being named Rafiki's Executive Director in January of 2012. Erica has worked with the Rafiki Foundation since 2010. She was the headmaster of the Rafiki School in Rwanda for three years, and held the same position in Nigeria for five years. She currently serves as the Director for Africa Operations at the Rafiki Home Office in Florida. Today’s episode is our way of remembering that Christian classical education isn’t just about America or the West – it’s an attempt to raise up well-educated and faithful Christians around the whole globe. What does it look like to pursue this Christian heritage in Africa? Today you’ll get a very exciting glimpse! *** Are you thinking about summer reading for your kids or maybe even pulling together your book lists for next year? How do you know what books will be best for you and your family? How do you know which book lists to pay attention to and which to ignore? Can you defend your choices when people cast doubts on them? On March 27, at 9:30 am Pacific, Steven Rummelsburg will be teaching a workshop on How to Choose Good Books followed by a 45 minute Q&A session. By the end of the class, we will understand what makes a classic a true classic and why we should seek out and study the classics. Come get your bookish priorities reinforced and reinvigorated at Steven's How to Choose Good Books workshop. Click here to register. *** Click here to access today's show notes. Click here to join the Sistership.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is undergoing profound changes. With its young population, it faces a transition from a traditional, conservative society to one with greater rights, perhaps especially for women. The powerful young Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is driving some of these changes, which also concentrates power in his hands. The Biden administration has given him the cold shoulder because of his implication in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. What does this mean for the US-Saudi partnership that dates back to the Roosevelt administration? And how do difficulties between Washington and Riyadh look in the context of Iranian ambitions to achieve hegemony in the Middle East? Karen Elliott House, a longtime observer of Saudi Arabia and author of Saudi Arabia--Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--and Future, discusses the cultural transformations and the political challenges. 

 The Whistler Podcast is back for its second season!  In this episode, host Mayor Jack Crompton introduces Cole Stefiuk as a collaborative voice, and is joined by the Sea to Sky Corridor Mayors for their third Mayors discussion on the Whistler Podcast.  Squamish Mayor Karen Elliott and Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman join in and discuss COVID-19 and where they draw their inspiration from while leading through the Pandemic. They also discuss housing developments, growth and planning in their respective communities. We want to hear from you!  Do you have a comment, question or suggestion for the Whistler Podcast?  Contact Jack Crompton at facebook.com/mayorjackcrompton  or @jacksoncrompton on Twitter, and tell us what you want to hear on your local Podcast. 

This week, Lloyd chats with Dr Karen Elliott, a Senior Lecturer in Enterprise/Innovation at Newcastle University. Karen was voted one of Innovate Finance’s #Standout 35 Women in FinTech, and in 2018, she and her colleagues earned a £1.2-million grant to help Atom Bank elevate its FinTech services. In this interview, Lloyd and Karen discuss the future of work, why a strong sense of purpose is the best incentive in the FinTech space, and the unexpected challenges facing emotionally intelligent bots. Plus: how can we stop the next Wirecard before it happens, breaking down the divide between academia and business, and so much more.If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a review! And don’t forget to follow Mana Search on Twitter and LinkedIn.To learn more about the study Lloyd discusses at 21:45, click here: https://hbr.org/2011/05/the-power-of-small-winsShow Notes:[02:10] Karen walks us through her experience and credentials.[13:40] Explaining the theory of trust.[23:40] Why working collectively makes leaders better.[31:25] AI’s blackbox issue: if complex machine learning systems can’t be explained, how do we get consumers to trust them?[35:45] Why consumers don’t always want emotionally intelligent bots.[53:32] Karen tells us why we don’t see more collaboration between academia and business.[01:05:16] Which courses can help students get ahead in FinTech?

In this episode I chat with Karen Elliott, a Broadway performer, Hypnotist and Strategic Mindset Coach. Karen discusses how a debilitating car accident led her to hypnosis, which led her to use mental skills modalities to help other artists achieve success. We discuss the pros and cons of The Law of Attraction and the poverty mindset trap.

Episode 6 is a meeting of the minds of the Mayors of the Sea to Sky Corridor. Squamish Mayor Karen Elliott and Pemberton Mayor Mike Richmond join Mayor Crompton to discuss regional transportation, the Sea to Sky evacuation plan and affordable housing initiatives. During the podcast, listeners will get to know the leaders, learn more about each community's priorities and gain insight into the collaborative nature of their working relationship.

A special programme of thoughts, music, readings and prayers for this Remembrance Sunday, including the story of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium; the Women in Song choir directed by Karen Elliott, singing 'Flanders Field'; Rev'd Alec Smith with the story of 'Woodbine Willie'; Folk group Show Of Hands with The Padre, and Rev'd Steve Ingrouille reads a poignant extract from a family diary.

In this podcast you can hear - John Qualtrough (2nd in Folk song - The Wild Rover): Erin Loach (Winner - Girls Solo - Show Me from My Fair Lady): Jasmine Colligon (Alone - Winner of Popular Song Class): Lucy Gilmore (Stringed instrument class winner playing Lever Harp): Matthew Quinn (One of the 2019 Cleveland Medal finalists - Lavender Pond by Michael Head): Ruth Tickle (One of Cleveland Medal finalists - I know that my Redeemer liveth - Handel): Olivia Landels (Winner - Song by British Composer - Quilter - Love's Philosophy): Kay Harker (The End of the World - Winner of Popular Song Class): Isaac Jagus (This Could Be The Start of Something - Greco - 2nd place in Popular Song class): Karen Elliott (2nd place - American Composer class - I Hate Music - Bernstein) Terry Qualtrough (One of the 2019 Cleveland Medal finalists - Dog's Life by Michael Head): Estelle Oke (Demelza - Winner - Brass Instrumental solo class for 12 and 13 year olds)

In this episode, LCA British Literature teacher, Karen Elliott, discusses her passion for helping students find their faith in literature through the study of Beowulf. I teach a first-semester British Literature survey course to all the seniors, and whether they’re in AP or Honors, we always begin with the famous, anonymous Beowulf. After all, it’s the oldest, complete manuscript we have in the English language; however, that’s not why we read it (or why I choose to teach it).  This is a book where all of my students, their parents, and grandparents can identify.  Unfasten the sword and remove all the chain mail, you’ve got the most modern of men—particularly if you claim to believe in God, or the very least, something larger than yourself.  It is the first third of the story my seniors like the best because they can identify so much—Beowulf is a smart 18-year-old who has just finished his “senior year” in the Kingdom of the Geats, and he’s looking for some post-grad work or an internship.  He is young and has a questionable reputation; he wants to prove everybody wrong (especially his over-protective parents), so he irresponsibly goes overseas to kill a terrorist (a monster named “Grendel”), and then kills the terrorist’s mother (who makes “tiger moms” look like Elmo).  He actually succeeds, and then returns home to say “I told you so.” After that he rules for many years and gains much deserved wealth and material blessings according to his culture and era; however, that’s where the rest of the story actually begins, especially if you’re older, and you’ve gotten past some of those crucial “check-points” of what defines success (at least according to your own terms, and the world’s), and perhaps you’ve even surpassed them. This is when my students get judgmental and perhaps rightfully so.  They can’t identify with the middle-aged Beowulf, and God-willing, I hope they never do.  What I like about this text is that it shows an honest journey of a Christian who must “live in the world but not of it,” and yet, slowly and unintentionally, becomes “of it.”  As a result, God brings death and destruction upon Beowulf’s renowned career, success and kingdom. What is amazing is that Beowulf proclaims that it was not God’s fault—but all his.  In fact, the author claims that this realization “threw the hero in deep anguish and darkened his mood; the man thought he must have thwarted ancient ordinance of the eternal Lord, broken His commandment” (Heaney [trans.] lines 2327-2331).  If only we had such righteous, correct instincts about ourselves (and our Instagram postings). Inevitably this causes some reflection of what kind of man Beowulf was like as he was young when the story begins, and it raises questions as to how he changed.  The author (most likely a scop or monk), however, does not share this latter information. The only thing we know is that Beowulf reigned for many years, and that upon his death “they [his loyal kinsmen] said that of all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame” (lines 3180-3182).   These are the very last lines of the entire text, and yet, due to Beowulf’s hubris, his kingdom, despite his fatal, final battle and securing victory over the dragon, is left to be taken by conquerors—his empire falls. Due to sin, left unchecked, everybody pays. Beowulf’s sin—metaphorically embodied in the dragon—destroys his kingdom; however, we aren’t allowed to hate him for it.  The author wants us to “extol his heroic nature” and give “thanks for his greatness” and “cherish his memory” (3173-3177). So, as some of my students say, “What gives?” That’s exactly it.  It was that too many blessings were given to Beowulf for his apparently great attributes.  After he killed Grendel, he was given an abundance of material blessings which King Hrothgar warns him to take caution; this is the man who raised his status and income-tax bracket.

Mayoral Candidate Karen Elliott Karen has served on Council for the last four years and currently is an organizational and leadership development specialist and helping clients with strategic planning, large group facilitation to support dialogue, and developing strategies to help them navigate change. She served as Quest University’s first Ombudsperson, from September 2016 to January 2018, advocating for fairness on campus. More info here https://imwithkaren.com/

It is easy at times to get discouraged when we look at American culture and the state of education in most American schools. Can classical Christian education really be a transformative education that can deeply shape the affections and minds of our children? Sometimes it takes stepping out of our own familiar surroundings to see what God is doing globally with classical Christian education to appreciate the impact that is possible. The same education that is transforming students in America to love the good, true and beautiful is now radically transforming boys and girls in more than 10 countries in Africa, who are now standing for Biblical truth and looking forward to a life of healthy opportunities. Karen Elliot, Executive Director of the Rafiki Foundation, shares some compelling stories and will give you an even greater appreciation and understanding of this powerful form of education whether in American suburbia or an African small town.

In our introductory episode, the teachers of the LCA English department introduce themselves, their pedagogies, and their goals for the podcast. Episode Transcript: Welcome to Prose and Context, a podcast about lifegiving teaching by the English department at Lexington Christian Academy. (Intro Music) Danah: Welcome, and thanks for joining us. This is our first episode. We wanted to take some time to introduce ourselves and talk through some of our goals for the podcast. So I am Danah Hashem, and I teach tenth grade World Literature. Karen: My name is Karen Elliott, and I currently teach 12th and 11th grade American and British literature and some cinema. Nancy: My name is Nancy Nies, and I teach 9th graders in an intensive English program, mostly international students from China, Japan, and Korea. Rebecca: Hello, my name is Rebecca LaFroy, and I’ve just moved from the UK where I taught English to 11-18 year olds, and here in the States, I’m going to be teaching it to 7th, 8th, and 9th grade. Lori: My name is Lori Johnson, and I teach 6th and 8th grade language arts, and do some technology in the school. We wanted to introduce ourselves and give some of the background of how we came to teaching, how we came to LCA, and, um, sort of the journey that’s brought us here. Karen: ah, my name is Karen Elliott, and my journey is very odd. Uh, I went to very liberal, secular schools which I really loved, and I gained a lot from that. My background is writing, composition, and comparative literature, and, um, I wrote for a small newspaper now defunct in New York City, and, when I got married and we moved to Boston and I was writing my dissertation, and I got a letter in the mail from a little school I’d never heard of: Lexington Christian Academy. And I came in to sub for a woman who was on maternity leave, and I never left. I love it here. It’s just, I knew it was my calling. Danah: This is Danah, and I also have an odd background. My undergrad is in chemical engineering, so I worked in biotech for about 3 years before exploring going into teaching. I had always wanted to be a teacher; I come from a family of teachers. Um, but it just wasn’t something that my life would allow at the time, but 3 years in, I ended up going back and getting my master’s in teaching and my master’s in literature, and one of the first interviews I got after I graduated was here at LCA, and I’ve been here ever since, and I love it. Nancy: My name is Nancy, and my background is 10 years as a journalist, mostly in magazines. And then I went back to graduate school in Victorian novel and feminist theory, and I spent most of my career teaching at college level, ah, women’s studies, writing across the curriculum, and English. And then, as my career went along, I ended up working with more and more international students which led me into teaching, both graduate and undergraduate students from around the world, and I loved it. So, as my job became more management oriented, I knew I wanted to stick to teaching, so I switched to high school, and I began here 5 years ago, and I’ve been focusing on these students who are newbies, and I also teach courses that are for students who have high levels of English, but, fluency, but, uh, don’t have the cultural background on how to write in an American academic context. Rebecca: My mum was a history teacher, so growing up, being a teacher was the one thing I didn’t want to do. Uh, however, when I came to apply for college, I knew I wanted to study drama, and so I applied for lots of different courses including drama, and one of them was, ah, called “Education with English Drama.” And that was the one that I ended up doing. During my college course, I set up an organization called Little Hats which took drama into elementary schools and enthused them about the world of drama, and I just found that I loved it. So I trained to be a teacher, um, and, ah,

How should the U.S. manage national security and foreign policy challenges – from growing instability in the Middle East to the emergence of ISIS; from cyber threats to an increased assertiveness in global corners, such as new tests of U.S. influence, and new arms races? Each of our panelists looks at the globe from their area of expertise, offers a brief overview, and discusses options to strengthen U.S. interests.