Kingdom Educators with Jesica Glover

We're back this week with Elizabeth Schmus to round out our conversation of intentionally building rest into the margins of our week as Kingdom Educators. Elizabeth is a big fan and wealth of knowledge when it comes to finding space to give ourselves grace in ALL we do in and outside of school. In this episode, we discuss creating simple systems that alleviate stress-- offloading tasks to others,...

We can all struggle at times with feeling the tug to work too much... even to the point of allowing ourselves to rest only as a reward for "finishing," but we're reminded that's not a habit God designed us to have. One of the spiritual Mamas of the Christian Educators movement, Elizabeth Schmus, shares with us her own journey of finding rest in "work" by instilling the practice of Sabbath and hold...

It doesn't broach public conversation often, but we as Christian educators know there are some fine lines for following the law, while also living within our faith convictions in our classrooms. During this episode high school teacher Rhapsody Jordan-Parisi dives into how she has thought through her clear "yes" and "no" when it comes to dealing with gender confusion. Her #1 goals are to honor God...

God provides and blesses us when we tune in to His direction for our BEST YES[es] and gives us wisdom for what to say no to. We're learning that boundaries actually protect us and our families... so let's tune in this New Year to find healthy balance in our lives.   Morgan Preston wishes would have heeded the many warnings to put up boundaries in her teaching position. So when her son voiced the h...

This week on the Kingdom Educators Podcast Olivia Williamson, director of Claim Your Campus shares with us how her ministry is raising up a million students nationwide to be praying for our campuses! She encourages teachers who are praying, or thinking of prayer walking with some testimonies that will encourage your heart. Tune in to learn more about this vital ministry and how it partners with ma...

One of the best ways we can build healthy boundaries is by setting ourselves up for success with a regular time with Jesus and dive into the Word of God. In Part 2 of Healthy Boundaries Jill Miller from Teacher Be Still reviews the power of learning to hear God's voice through connecting with His Word-- learning to discern His voice and follow His leading. She then leads us into a series of practi...

As we begin this new podcasting unit of healthy boundaries for Kingdom Educators, I've invited Jill Miller from Teacher Be Still to join us as she has a wealth of experience on the topic as an educator, blended family mama, and business woman. She also offers professional development on this topic (see below for her contact info). During Part 1 Jill dives into the foundation of all of our boundari...

Amber Auger from Beacon of Light joins us this week to discuss the incredible Check the Facts Curriculum they've created, released, and use as an educational tool in public, private, and homeschools across the U.S. Beacon of Light offers a totally unique, comprehensive sexual health curriculum that is free from the over-sexualized content and unbalanced messaging typically found in standard school...

In lieu of Thanksgiving Week, and the reminder that we've got so much to be thankful for in the gift of one another-- we want to invite you to our newest Kingdom Educator COMMUNITY... we're launching the Connected KE+ Membership and you don't want to miss out!! For a limited time we'll be offering a Black Friday unbeatable discount for this Transformative Community... with both monthly and annual...

To wrap up our self-care podcast series this week Jesica Glover invites us into the center of one of her Christian teacher community conversations-- and this week it happens to be with 2nd Grade teacher Bekah Hutchinson from SW Washington. Bekah invites us into her own experience of truth-telling which really hit home this summer when she attended a Christian Educators Leadership retreat where Jam...

Get Ready to be encouraged... and welcomed into an AWAKE Experience coming to your area SOON! Heather Kohnen, Christian Educators Awake Experience Coordinator, joins us this week to continue our unit of Teacher Heartcare by encouraging us to connect with the faith community, dig into our true identity--- identifying lies and replacing with the truth, and holding onto the realities of we do have fa...

Melinda Wilson with the Immanuel Approach Inner Healing Ministries joins us, again, for Part 2 addressing our Teacher Hearts in an inner-healing activation. We begin with gratitude and appreciation and then we invite Jesus to show us where he is. This is not guided imagery, but rather an invitation to commune with Jesus. Dr. Karl Lehman, who created the Immanuel Approach, has combined brain scienc...

Melinda Wilson with the Immanuel Approach Inner Healing Ministries joins us for a 2-Part Series addressing our Teacher Hearts. Often we don't take time to listen to our hearts, and while serving our students is a daily passion, we must stop to care for our own hearts so we can be good stewards of those under our care. This is how we get unstuck in our classrooms   Melinda challenges us to use some...

Jessica Klika returns to give us some more practicals for grounding, regulation, remaining in the present, and focusing on slowing down as educators. She talks a bit about identifying our needs with acronym H.A.L.T.S.-- where we ask ourselves am I Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, or Stressed, right now? Identifying what we need and then seeking to meet those needs is our goal our healthy teachers.  ...

In the middle of our "Teacher Self-Talk" podcast unit former middle school teacher gone counselor, Jessica Klicka, shares some tips and tricks for keeping ourselves well inside and out. As we all know teachers can be notorious for putting off their own needs for those of others, but is this really the right thing to do in the long run? Ignoring the signs our bodies are sending us can lead to some...

Sometimes we have "words" we're holding onto that we haven't seen come to pass yet. What we do with those words matters... it matters how we steward these prophetic words-- whether they're straight from scripture or prayed or prophesied over us. It's our job to hold onto them, pray them, and declare them over ourselves on the darkest days to stir up faith and expectation because "God is not a man...

Declaring the truth over ourselves, our families, and our students is an act of believing the Word of God! Declarations cause our faith to rise and our perspectives to change. In this episode Jesica explains how declaring the truth of God's written word and rhema word have impacted her work in the world of education as well as her personal life, and challenges us press into hearing God's voice for...

Borrowed from a pivotal teaching on Declarations, Decrees, and Finding Confidence in God in 2020, Jesica addresses a core group of teachers seeking to upgrade their identity as a Kingdom Educator. She begins this episode emphasizing the importance of setting our minds on things above (see Colossians 3:2) for ourselves and our circumstances, and invites us to step into a Kingdom Educator Mindset, w...

Let's pause to examine some background beliefs we need in order to live as Victors in Christ (instead of victims) and carry the Kingdom into our schools. Our aim is to live each day with a Kingdom Educator Mindset: 1. Invite the Holy Spirit to help you take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5), so we can step upward into our true identity as sons and daughters...

Even if you've just begun teaching you know the power of your thoughts! Our feelings can be up and down and all around in response to all we experience in single day at school, but the truth of our calling, identity, and who God is to us doesn't change... and so the Word of God becomes the bedrock from which we must live our lives as Kingdom Educators on mission. We're embarking on a journey of be...

Are you struggling to get into the swing of "being on" for this NEW year? Have you been struggling to grab hold of your hope-filled lenses? You'll definitely want to recharge with this podcast episode! Elementary Teacher Sarah Miller shares her extraordinary testimony of praying God would remove her from public education for grabbing a hold of his heart, and EYES to see her public school students...

Part 3 is all about Teacher Identity! If you haven't checked out parts 1 & 2, you'll have to go back and listen... but in this episode, High School Psych and History Teacher Dawn Rowe shares how it's often hard for us to receive goodness, especially the goodness of God. The truth is Jesus came to serve US. That may be a new concept for many of us, but Dawn lays out the truth of this reality an...

High School Teacher Dawn Rowe from Washington state knows first hand how to create a classroom culture of honor, trust, and respect. She creates the kind of classroom atmosphere where kids encounter their true identities and she's got a fascinating way of hearing their identities from God in public school. Listen to learn how Dawn uses the tools her school has already provided to celebrate student...

If you've been curious about bringing the Kingdom of Heaven into your classroom or how to set up a classroom culture to host Love Himself (Jesus) in your teaching space, you've just come across a gold mine! Teacher Dawn Rowe from Washington State comes to us with a passion to equip and encourage Christian Teachers wanting to share the revelation of Jesus with their students but haven't known how....

Need some vision with great HOPE as you begin preparing your classroom for this next school year? Or maybe you've just begun dreaming with God about what's possible for this next school year? Jesica Glover takes us into the truths of Ephesians 1:17-20, 2:6-7, 19-22 focused on the privilege we have as sons and daughter of the Living God who speaks! We have the Great Revelator as our comforting frie...