The Warrior Way Podcast

Our guest for Episode 27 of The Warrior Way Podcast, which focuses on leadership and community, is Upper School Principal Heather Lytle! Principal Lytle gives listeners some insight on what life at Liberty was like at the Bonnie Brae campus in Denton, what she loves about her job in the Upper School, and why her favorite verse is Colossians 2:6-7. And, if you can stomach it, she tells us an intere...

Primary School Principal Joe Belyeu is our guest for Episode 26 of The Warrior Way Podcast! In this episode, which centers around leadership and community, Principal Belyeu tells us what his favorite parts about working in the Primary School, why modeling God's kindness is important to him, and he offers up a word of encouragement surrounding Isaiah 54:10.

Academic Excellence is our topic for Episode 2, which features Toni King, Liberty Christian School’s Director of Academic and Career Advising!  We start off this episode discussing how Mrs. King went from a career in the military to holding many different positions at Liberty. She also debunks a couple of misconceptions surrounding collegiate academics.

We're back! Season 2 kicks off with Norm Parker, who serves as the Middle School Principal at Liberty Christian School. In this episode, Principal Parker tells us what he loves about working in the Middle School, what makes Liberty a special place, and a whole lot more.

Our guest for Episode 23 is Jennifer Freeman, who is Liberty Christian’s Fine Arts Director! Mrs. Freeman, in this episode, tells us about the many Fine Arts opportunities at LCS, how she views the arts as being essential to any education, as well as how she encourages students to strive for excellence using their creative talents.

Our guest for Episode 22 is a familiar face to the Warrior community: Zak Bowles! Coach Bowles, who teaches history and coaches at Liberty Christian, is our 2022-2023 Distinguished Alumni Service Award winner. In this episode, he gives us a glimpse of what life at Liberty was like in the 90s when he was a student, the path he took going from student to teacher at LCS, what excites him about teachi...

A Liberty alumna who is now a full-time missionary is our guest for Episode 21! Ashley Ross (Class of 2004) tells us how she first became interested in long-term missions, her mission trip experience as a student at Liberty Christian, the nonprofit she and her husband created (Sparrow Missions), plus how she and her family have done missions work in Honduras and Thailand. Mrs. Ross is also the win...

Two Upper School teachers are our guests for Episode 20! Sharon Ramsey (Social Studies teacher) and Michael White (Bible teacher, tennis coach) join Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk to discuss multiple topics, including: • What motivates them to teach Upper School students and what they love about their jobs • What kinds of pressures they observe kids are facing in 2023 • Some insight into...

Listeners will be transported to the wonderful world of Middle School in Episode 19 of The Warrior Way Podcast. Andrea Oglesby (an English teacher) and Gerald Jackson (a STEM teacher) are joined by Assistant Head of School and episode host Jared Mlynczyk to give an inside look at what it’s like in these areas of Liberty Christian School. Mrs. Oglesby and Mr. Jackson tell listeners how they ended u...

You’re in for something special with Episode 18 of The Warrior Way Podcast. Our guest is Grace Korak, an alumna of the Class of 2019 at Liberty Christian School, who is a Christian music-based artist out of Nashville. She’s joined by Johnny Isom, the host of this episode, who is also LCS’ Director of Alumni Relations. In this episode, Grace dives into her brief stint at Liberty in the Upper School...

This is a first in Warrior Way Podcast history: a host of the show … is now a guest! That’s right: Johnny Isom is our guest for Episode 17, where we focus on Community and Leadership with host and Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk. Coach Isom has held many titles during his time at Liberty: PE teacher, assistant football coach, head baseball coach, Assistant Athletic Director, Athletic Direc...

Jill Chambers and Cindy Sanchez, two Kindergarten teachers at Liberty Christian School, are our guests for Episode 16 of The Warrior Way Podcast! The two teachers, joined by host and Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk, give listeners some insight on how they engage young children with Scripture, a few things parents might not know about Kindergarten at LCS, as well as what their favorite part...

Episode 15 is a special one! Within this episode of The Warrior Way Podcast … is an episode of “Straight Cheesin,” a student-led podcast at Liberty Christian School, as hosts Jared Mlynczyk and Dr. Blair McCullough are joined by seniors Walker and Zach. That’s right: two podcasts for the price of one! This episode is full of insight as the seniors share why the teacher-student relationships at LCS...

Episode 14 is here! Our host, and Assistant Head of School, Jared Mlynczyk is joined by Jamie Michalek, Liberty Christian’s Director of Design and Innovation Center. In this episode, Jamie gives us some insight on entrepreneurship classes at LCS, some exciting construction updates and how they’ll affect academics on campus, and she explains why she thinks the Liberty community should focus on bein...

Executive Athletic Director Randy Mayes is our guest for Episode 13, which is an episode that focuses on Excellence and Community! Coach Mayes gives his advice to parents about not panicking when their children go through change, how he’s learned to integrate his faith into his job after four-plus decades of coaching, and he gives a little insight into his time at Odessa Permian during its “Friday...

Parent surveys are the topic of discussion for Episode 12 of The Warrior Way Podcast. Dr. Blair McCullough, president of Liberty Christian School, and Jared Mlynczyk, Assistant Head of School, will go through a myriad of topics posed to parents in order to get feedback and enhance the Liberty Christian School experience. Those topics include parent partnerships, scheduling and traffic, admissions,...

Episode 11 features a first for The Warrior Way Podcast: to celebrate We Love Our Liberty Families Month, our guests are members of the Newland family! Everette and Jenny are joined by Assistant Head of School and podcast host Jared Mlynczyk. Our topic of conversation this week is Community, which includes the Newlands expounding on what they’d tell prospective families about what Liberty Christia...

Our guest for Episode 10 is Alissa Teo, a Liberty Christian School alumnus from the Class of 2008. You might've heard of her from TikTok with her rice art.  She has 3.3 million followers on the social media platform and her artwork features handmade creations like the Minions, holiday celebrations like Easter, emojis, and so much more.  On this episode, Alissa explains how her rice art b...

Preston Nadolski, an Upper School math teacher and the head varsity boys basketball coach, is our guest for Episode 9! He and Digital Media Production Coordinator Matt Habern, this week’s host, chat about Building Community and Leadership – two of our Warrior Way principles. Preston talks about his lengthy journey to get to Liberty Christian School, why he feels that journey was more than worth it...

Courtney Crenshaw, Liberty Christian’s Middle and Upper School girls pastor, is our guest for Episode 8! She and Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk, this week’s host, chat about Exhibiting Christ-like Character and Leadership – two of our Warrior Way principles. Courtney explains what her duties as a campus pastor entail, why it’s so pivotal to connect with people who invest in your life, and...

This week’s Warrior Way Podcast episode is a special edition! Director of Alumni Relations Johnny Isom is our host – and our guest is Class of 2012 alumnus Nicole Kornet. In this episode, Nicole discusses how she went from Liberty Christian School to working in Space Jam 2 alongside LeBron James (she beat him in a basketball shooting competition … twice!), how she stays true to who she is in her f...

Ashley Jordan is our guest for Episode 6! In this episode, we discuss how Mrs. Jordan exemplifies Community and Excellence in her role as Liberty Christian School’s Director of Development. She also survives the gauntlet that is the Lightning Round and offers up a word of encouragement for the Warrior community.

Service and Community are the two Warrior Way principles highlighted in Episode 5 of the podcast! This week's guests, Autumn Ahern and Amy Cole, are part of LCS' amazing second grade team. They discuss bugs (there's a special meaning!), #BestYearYet, blaze through the lightning round ... and a whole lot more. Enjoy!

Episode 4 is here – and it’s focus is on Embracing God’s Truth! Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk sits down with Rick Allen to discuss his role at Liberty Christian School (what exactly is a Biblical Worldview Coordinator?), the Christian Philosophy of Education, and much more. And be sure not to miss out on Mr. Allen’s word of encouragement for the Liberty community.

Eighth graders Brynlee and Mason are our guests for the third episode of The Warrior Way Podcast! This week's topic: God's Truth. The two Liberty Christian students discuss a bible study method used in the Middle School called OIA, navigate their way through the Lightning Round, and more with host and Assistant Head of School Jared Mlynczyk.