The Journey: PCA Parent Podcast

Guest: Erin Williams, PCA US Counselor, Plano campus

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We had a powerful discussion on the book Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up, which is the 2024 book from Abigail Shrier and came as a result of her revealing book a few years before that called Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (2021) in which Shrier discovered how da...

Guest: Alycia Wood, Apologetics, Inc.

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Loved chatting with Alycia Wood about life and how to navigate the current cultural chaos with the truth of God’s Word. Alycia reminded us that we can use just about anything - movies, music, etc. to engage in meaningful conversations about spiritual and eternal things. C.S. Lewis in The Weight of Glory wrote about how “...

Guest: Jan Jeffcoat, PCA LS Principal, Plano campus

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We had a great conversation with Jan Jeffcoat, PCA’s Lower School Principal, about her family’s journey to PCA and how God provided through the generosity of PCA families who financially supported PCA’s Sponsor-A-Lion program to help families afford Kingdom Education at PCA. As God called the Jeffcoats to PCA...

Guests: Eddie Jimenez (PCA Band Director, Plano campus), Eli Taylor (Class of ‘25, Plano campus), Tatum Samuels (Class of ‘25, Plano campus), Harper Glenn (Class of ‘27, North campus), David Madison (Class of ‘25, Plano campus), Shay Planas (Class of ‘26, Plano campus), Kaylee Smith (Class of ‘27, Plano campus)

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In this episode, we have an opportunity to hear P...

Guest: Linda Paulk, President & CEO, Sky Ranch Christian camps

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What a great conversation with Linda Paulk, President & CEO of Sky Ranch Christian camps - we talked about everything - their summer overnight camps and day camps, their family camps, their leadership training programs, their parent/child weekend get-aways, and much, much more! With locati...

Guest: Kenzie Venus, Director of Development Events and Annual Funds

For questions about the Zig, you can email Kenzie at KVenus@prestonwoodchristian.org

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Parents, this year “The ZIG” (the Zig Ziglar Servant Leadership Awards Banquet) will be at The Gaylord Texas on Sunday evening, April 27th. This venue is different from the past few years, so we wanted to mak...

Guest: Ryan Bangert, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives & Special Counsel to the President for Alliance Defending Freedom

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Updates on a few important Free Speech/Freedom of Religion cases:

• Adam Smith-Connor, UK case dealing with an Army veteran who was arrested for a silent prayer offered outside an abortion facil...

Guests: Carter Morris, President & CEO, and Drew Herndon, Distribution and Services Manager for GraceBridge

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It is a privilege to let you know about the incredible work of GraceBridge and The Master Cares, two organizations dedicated to the ministry of the Gospel by serving the needs of their communities - as they say on their website: two missions, one visi...

Guest: Erin Williams, LPC, PCA US Counselor, Plano campus

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This is week two of a great conversation with Erin Williams about the book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. This book is a New York Times bestseller, but remember that it is written from the perspective of someone without a B...

Guest: Erin Williams, LPC, PCA US Counselor, Plano campus

If you’d like to watch this podcast, check out the PCA YouTube page.

Great conversation with Erin Williams about the book Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace. This book is a New York Times bestseller, but remember that it is written from the perspective of someone without a Biblical worldview. Wal...

Guest: Dr. O.S. Hawkins, PhD, Chancellor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, President Emeritus, GuideStone Financial Resources.

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To learn more about Dr. Hawkins, you can visit his website at OSHawkins.com

What an honor to sit down to record with Dr. O.S. Hawkins, the 2025 Zig Ziglar Servant Leadership Award recipient. Pastor and author of more than 5...

Guest: The Honorable Matt Shaheen, Texas State Representative, District 66

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We had the opportunity to sit down and catch up with State Representative Matt Shaheen after he returned from the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on his bill (HB 1181) that requires age verification to prevent minors from accessing inappropriate material on the Internet. The case in...

Guests: Sevyn Trogdon, Emerson Seal, and Elizabeth Teague, PCA sophomores at the Plano campus 

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In this episode, we spend a little time talking about their journey toward wisdom during their sophomore year at PCA and the events and activities that help keep them on the right track! The girls talk about activities like Freedom Weekend, the Texas Stomp, Minimeste...

Guest: Amanda Henderson, LS Counselor

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Enjoy this conversation with Amanda Henderson as we contemplate the future of learning and education. Mrs. Henderson is a favorite of students and faculty alike in the Lower School with her warmth and gentleness coupled with her stuffed animal puppets that provide a sense of security and humor. Mrs. Henderson is optimistic...

Guest: Angie Gray, Chief Enrollment and Marketing Officer for PCA

Re-enrollment opens January 15th and goes through the 31st for existing PCA families in good standing. After that time, available spots will be made available to students and families not currently enrolled at PCA for the following year.

The small percentage increase in tuition is passed on to support the pay increase for PCA’s incredible faculty and staff as t...

Guests: Jason Spodnik, President and Head of School, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

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Parents, here is some wisdom from a guy who has been in the private Christian education world for many years:

1. There is so much to learn, so don’t let pride get in the way as we look to steward the incredible gifts of our...

Guests: Dr. J’Aime Balogh, Jenitta Eskew, and Nena Graham

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Executive Functioning - are all of the cognitive skills necessary to regulate your thinking, feelings/emotions, and behaviors to reach a goal.

Executive Functioning skills are necessary for all of the other cognitive functions - these are the primary functions that make up what we call “executive func...

Guests: Stephen Bryant, Chris Housewright, Mike Thornberry

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First of all, just a reminder that Gladiator II is Rated R, which means that you’ll want to proceed with caution - a great place to learn more about why movies receive their ratings is either PluggedInOnline (from Focus on the Family) or MovieGuide.

Next, it is wise to look for “lessons” from every s...