ACSI Podcasts
On this channel are ACSI’s four podcasts: Sharpening Kingdom Leaders, with President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor. Grafted Together, with Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson. Student Leadership & Learning, with SLL Director Emily Pigott. The Flourishing Journey, with Director of Leadership Programs Dr. Edward Bunn. ACSI’s podcasts aim to equip Christian school educators and strengthen you in your calling to impact the next generation for Christ. On a weekly basis, you can hear interviews, stories, research, and more. These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Watch these episodes on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@associationofchristianscho4983/featured
Episodes

Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Continuing a series on global voices in the ACSI family, we hear from a school leader who founded a Christian school in Ukraine. Persevering through uncertain circumstances, Maggie (who asks to go by her first name due to security reasons) has a heart for the Gospel touching every heart, no matter where.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor highlights school leaders as they share their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
There are three more ACSI podcasts on this channel. Each will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts

Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Jerry Nelson details the ways women of the Bible advanced the Gospel, and how their calling today is still as significant as ever.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Grafted Together Podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. Each has a new episode each month, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview. For more info: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
-The Flourishing Journey with Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
-Student Leadership & Learning with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.

Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Emily Pigott discusses the importance of relationship-building in making a difference as an educator. This generation yearns for relationships, but older methods of connecting may not work as well. Emily shares stories and insights on how to make the most of each relationship.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Student Leadership & Learning Podcast aims to help create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders. Your host is Emily Pigott, ACSI's Student Leadership & Learning Director.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. All four will have a new episode each month, available on YouTube and in audio form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts.
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
-The Flourishing Journey with Director Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
-Grafted Together with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson: Examine how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.

Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Dr. Edward Bunn sits down with Billy Hutchinson, Dean of Academics at Hickory Grove Christian School, to discuss practitioner strategies and exemplars of an effective professional development culture.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application. The show is hosted by Dr. Edward Bunn, ACSI's Director of Professional Development.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts.
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders, with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
-Student Leadership & Learning with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.
-Grafted Together with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson: Examine how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.

Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Kylie Barker helps advance and provide access to Christ-centered education as a head of school in northern Iraq. Alongside ACSI President & CEO Dr. Larry Taylor, Kylie discusses her school's story and what motivated her to travel across the world for the sake of Kingdom education.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor highlights school leaders as they share their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
There are three more ACSI podcasts on this channel. Each will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts
These are the other three shows:
-The Flourishing Journey, with Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
-Student Leadership & Learning, with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.
-Grafted Together, with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson: Examine how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.

Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson discusses how to view AI with a biblical worldview and how AI can even increase our knowledge of God and ourselves.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Grafted Together Podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. All four will have a new episode each month, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview. For more info: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
-The Flourishing Journey with Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
-Student Leadership & Learning with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.

Friday Feb 16, 2024
Friday Feb 16, 2024
Students don’t need us for information, they need us for wisdom. The second episode of the Student Leadership & Learning podcast explores educators' influence and how to cultivate it.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Student Leadership & Learning Podcast aims to help create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders. Your host is Emily Pigott, ACSI's Student Leadership & Learning Director.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. All four will have a new episode each month, available on YouTube and in audio form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts.
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
-The Flourishing Journey with Director Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
-Grafted Together with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson: Examine how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.

Friday Feb 09, 2024
Friday Feb 09, 2024
Stephen Deck, ACSI Senior Director of Accreditation & Credentialing, joins the Flourishing Journey podcast to discuss tools & resources for school-based professional development.
Find more info here or by email at SchoolBasedPD@acsi.org.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Flourishing Journey podcast explores strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application. Your host is Dr. Edward Bunn, ACSI's Director of Professional Development.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms. These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts.
These are the other three shows:
-Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor.
-Student Leadership & Learning with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott.
-Grafted Together with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson.

Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Part two of this conversation between Dr. Larry Taylor, ACSI President & CEO, and Dr. Don Davis, the Head of School at Second Baptist School in Houston, TX, focuses on leadership qualities, preparing students for their calling, and practically implementing student development in your school.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
In the Sharpening Kingdom Leaders Podcast, Dr. Larry Taylor will highlight school leaders as they share their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
ACSI launched four podcasts in January 2024. Each will have a new episode once a month, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms.
These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview framework. Find more info here: https://www.acsi.org/podcasts
These are the other three shows:
The Flourishing Journey, with Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
Student Leadership & Learning, with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.
Grafted Together, with Chief Ministry Officer, Jerry Nelson: Examine how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.

Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
In the first episode of Grafted Together with ACSI Chief Ministry Officer Jerry Nelson, be encouraged to think about AI and Biblical Worldview soberly and optimistically.
Watch this episode on YouTube!
The Grafted Together podcast examines how biblical worldview and spiritual formation should integrate into everyday Christian education.
Grafted Together is one of four ACSI podcasts launching in January 2024. These podcasts will help sharpen your leadership and explore ways to cultivate a flourishing school community, all through a biblical worldview. Each show will have a new episode once a month, available on YouTube and in audio-only form on most major podcast platforms.
The other three podcasts are:
Sharpening Kingdom Leaders with President & CEO, Dr. Larry Taylor: Dr. Taylor sits down with school leaders to discuss their calling, best practices, models, and qualities to create a dynamic school culture.
The Flourishing Journey with Director of Professional Development, Dr. Edward Bunn: Explore strategies for building a thriving school culture through research and practical application.
Student Leadership & Learning with SL&L Director, Emily Pigott: Create enriching experiences beyond the classroom and explore ways to maximize the impact of educators and develop student leaders.