Genesis 1 in a Genesis 3 Classroom | Teacher’s Desk with Missy Takano and Kristi Schliep (Ep. 208)
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Release Date: 02/13/2026
Preparing for Serving at Camp | Bonus Episode with Sheila Krahn (Ep. 225)
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Sheila Krahn has been volunteering with TeachBeyond’s English Camps for nearly a decade, spending a week or two of her summer break teaching English in Latin America. Sheila may not speak Spanish or Portuguese, but she and her team share willing hearts and the love of Jesus through English lessons and activities. Hear stories from Sheila about how God has worked in remarkable ways in the lives of campers and volunteers alike. Want to learn more about serving at an English Camp like Sheila? ! Sheila mentioned singing in a background choir for Danny Plett. What’s changing our lives: Keane:...
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Preparing for a Move | Bonus Episode with Ken Haywood (Ep. 224)
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Packing and preparing for a move, whether across town or around the world, is often filled with logistical stressors and heightened emotions. Hear real stories, practical tips, and encouragement from Ken Haywood, who has spent decades working in the moving and storage industry. Leave with actionable steps and the reminder that God is walking with you as you take this step of faith. Find “A Liturgy for Packing” and other timely liturgies from . What’s changing our lives: Heather: A backyard birthday party Ken: Stretching regularly after open-heart surgery We’d love to hear from you! ...
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Preparing for a New School Year | Bonus Episode (Ep. 223)
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Are you preparing for a new school year? Listen in for practical tips and encouraging words from Season 6 podcast guests. We’ll be back in October for Season 7! We’d love to hear from you! Podcast Website: Learn about TeachBeyond:
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The Myth That God Only Uses the Strong | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Ep. 222)
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Have you ever held back because you didn't feel ready enough for God to use you? In the Season 6 finale, hosts Keane Fine and Heather Brown talk with Brian Delamont, Executive Vice President of TeachBeyond, to close out the series on myths that shape how we live out our faith. Walking through Biblical characters from Moses and Gideon to Paul and the disciples, they trace the ways that God empowers His people. If you're waiting until you're prepared or strong enough to serve, this episode is for you. 1 Cor. 1:27 “He does choose things that we would not choose to accomplish His purposes.”...
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Adventurous Surrender | Calling Story with Noah Rendall (Ep. 221)
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The adventure came after the surrender, not before. Noah is a Resident Assistant at Black Forest Academy in Germany, and his path there ran straight through a calling he really didn't want to say yes to. Noah traces the journey from an international upbringing through a defining study abroad experience to a moment of reluctant obedience, and what he found waiting on the other side. “Their parents can focus on ministry while having their kids receive a really good, quality education, and the dorm side for us is that we become partners, co-workers with the parents as we seek to guardian them...
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Ending the School Year with Perspective and Rest | Teacher’s Desk with TeachBeyond and Guests (Ep. 220)
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It’s our annual episode with practical suggestions and heartfelt encouragement for the end of the school year! You’ll hear themes of ending with intention, prioritizing rest, and keeping the gospel at the center. Listen in for words of wisdom from several Season 6 guests and TeachBeyond members. Dr. David I. Smith: “The way that we end things actually says a lot about our values.” Rio Handley: “All of us need to rest.” Paulo Jobim: “Keep doing as best that you can, and God is using you through this process.” Kristi Schliep: “Take the opportunity in a different rhythm of life...
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A Third of Us: What It Takes to Reach the Unreached | Zoom In with Dr. Marvin Newell (Ep. 219)
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About three billion people — a third of everyone alive today — still don't have access to the gospel. Dr. Marvin Newell unpacks five Great Commission passages and how we can take the gospel to those who still haven't heard the good news. Listen in to learn about the 10/40 Window, the International Day for the Unreached, and more! “There are about 9.2 billion people in the world today, and of those, about a third of them have yet to have access to the gospel.” “A third of humanity has yet to have a clear presentation of the gospel.” Matthew 28:18-20 “The core of what we’re to...
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The Myth of Doing for God | Spiritual Formation with Brian Delamont (Ep. 218)
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Does God want me to do things 'for' Him? In this Spiritual Formation conversation, Brian Delamont unpacks the myth that our service somehow benefits God or earns His approval. More than acts of service or obligation, it's about the heart. Brian offers a question to guide our reflection this month as we consider our motivations and perspectives of God. Isaiah 41:10 Deuteronomy 11:18-21 John 10:27 “When I’m doing something ‘for,’ do I picture that as I’m doing God a favor or I’m actually bringing something to God that maybe He can’t do without me?” Jeremiah 31:3 “The thought...
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Changed at Camp, Changing Portugal | Calling Story with Duarte Casmarrinha (Ep. 217)
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What does it look like to fully embrace the local church and global missions -- not as competing callings, but as one? Duarte Casmarrinha, National Director of TeachBeyond Portugal and local church pastor, has spent his life finding out. In this conversation, Duarte shares how camps became a thread woven through his entire ministry life, why he sees education as the greatest open door for the gospel, and how his involvement with TeachBeyond has allowed him to extend his gifts in ways he never expected. “The brethren churches in Portugal were basically founded by British missionaries in the...
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Neuroscience and Transformational Education | Teacher’s Desk with Paulo Jobim (Ep. 216)
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Paulo Jobim returns to explore what neuroscience reveals about transformational education and why it affirms what Christian educators have always believed — from the way teachers' and students' brains synchronize during genuine connection, to the role of emotional intelligence and novelty in learning. This conversation will give teachers both a richer vocabulary for what they already practice and fresh encouragement that the work of Christian education is written into the way God made us. If you want to see your classroom through the lens of both Scripture and science, this is the episode...
info_outlineWhat would it look like to reimagine our teaching as good work and see our students as made in God’s image? Dive into Scripture and practical discussion with Kristi Schliep and Missy Takano, staff members at Black Forest Academy in Germany.
- “What God did at creation, He invited His people to then partner in that same kind of work.” -Kristi
- “Human good work is like God’s good work; it’s intended to carry this same bringing order from the raw materials, creating space where life can flourish, carrying out God’s rule and reign and intentions in the world for the blessing of others.” -Missy
- “Humanity rebelled and that brought fracturing and brokenness into the created design, but it didn’t undo the created design and it didn’t undo the invitation to good work.” -Missy
- “Sometimes we get caught up in viewing kids through the lens of Genesis 3, rather than remembering the original design.” -Kristi
- “It matters that we acknowledge that our students are touched by the brokenness of the world, but that’s not the full story.” -Kristi
- “My job is to be faithful to cultivate the ground, and I’m going to have to trust that that season of fruitfulness may not be in the timing that I anticipate.” -Kristi
- “When we acknowledge that God is the source of all things and He has invited us to participate, it’s such a fun tension to live in because He is going to provide - He’s going to provide all that we need, He’s going to be the one to cultivate Genesis 1 in that classroom - and He invites us to participate.” -Kristi
- “When students know that you are delighting in them, they will absolutely join you and engage.” -Kristi
- “Recognizing our need for rest helps us to continue persisting in that Genesis 1 perspective.” -Missy
- “[You] get to announce that the King is here in the way that [you] live in your classroom, and that’s holy work.” -Kristi
- “You’re not alone. Your work is good. It’s holy and sacred work. The students are the images of God. The same Spirit who hovered over the waters indwells you, so you are empowered for the work that God has called you to.” -Missy
- Listen to Missy and Kristi on the Restoried podcast!
What’s changing our lives:
- Keane: Writing postcards
- Heather: Flowers in winter
- Missy: Taco salad
- Kristi: Reading through the Bible in a year and teaching an adult Sunday school class
Weekly Spotlight: Black Forest Academy
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