Equipping You to Raise the Next Generation with Ancient Future Education
You are an influencer…you no doubt want the best for the next generation… academically, emotionally and spiritually…
The greatest challenge is how to shape young people who will encounter a culture that is often working against them and equip them to become flourishing adults who love Jesus Christ, think with confidence, believe with courage and serve with compassion.
Ancient Future Education isn’t something new. The approach has been around for centuries and today is often called classical Christian education. The greatest minds and servant leaders have been educated using this model. It is more than a curriculum…it is a way of life and the model to educate the next generation for the 21st century marketplace.
BaseCamp LIVE will equip you, the parent, grandparent, educator, or mentor, to climb that biggest mountain.
Our guests are some of the top thought leaders, culture watchers, and educational experts. They are familiar with the obstacles you’ll encounter on that uphill climb. They will offer you the tools you’ll need to summit the peak and raise the next generation of exceptionally prepared, compassionate, and thoughtful human beings.
Tune in each week for a show that will be encouraging and well worth your time. Don’t miss an episode – subscribe today!
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Davies Owens, Your host
Davies has always been interested in combining media, ministry, and education. As an undergraduate at Furman University, Davies co-hosted a Christian radio show called Against The Grain. He later earned an M.Div. at Duke Divinity School and a doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary focusing on online interaction and community. After serving as an Associate Pastor at First Presbyterian in Orlando, Florida, he moved to the Silicon Valley to work with Christianity.com. In 2001, Davies moved back to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he co-founded Blue Sky Ministries, an innovation lab for churches and non-profits.
Along the way, and thanks to his three school-aged children, he realized that schools serve as one of the greatest influencers in raising up the next generation. After serving seven years as the Head of School at Heritage Preparatory in Atlanta, he became the Dean of the Upper School and later Head of Vision and Advancement at The Ambrose School in Meridian, Idaho, where he has lived since 2011.
As the host of BaseCamp Live, Davies translates classical Christian education for the everyday person. In 2014, Davies delivered a talk on Ancient Future Education at Q, a Christian learning community for advancing the gospel in the context of culture. He is a featured speaker at various classical Christian conferences, including the Society for Classical Learning (SCL), where he serves as their Executive Director and events with the Association of Classical Christian Schools.
He and his wife, Holly, have three amazing children who have all benefitted from a K-12 classical Christian education and who are now in college and have graduated, thriving and flourishing. When he is not behind the microphone or consulting, he enjoys traveling to Rwanda to support Africa Bright Future School, or working with the non profit group Rebuilding Generations, who focus on mentoring teenagers while restoring cars.
Keith McCurdy, Parenting Guru of The McCurdy Moment
Keith has worked with families, children, parents, and individuals for over 30 years in the field of mental health, working with more than 15,000 individuals and families. He received his Master of Arts and Education Specialist degrees from James Madison University. He is currently the President and CEO of Total Life Counseling, Inc., and is licensed in the state of Virginia as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Keith provides counseling and consulting services as well as a variety of workshops on improving parenting skills, building strong marriages, and maintaining healthy relationships. He has developed and regularly offers parenting retreats entitled “Raising Sturdy Kids” to help parents operate from the correct paradigm with their children and has extended and customized this powerful program for schools and students.
For many years Keith has been a consultant and speaker nationally to businesses, churches, and schools both within and outside of the world of Classical Education.
He previously served as Chairman of the Board at Faith Christian School, a Christian classical school in Roanoke, VA. Keith has been a regular contributor to The Roanoke Star with articles on children, parenting, and marriage. Keith has been featured on the Circe Institute’s podcast “The Commons”, “BaseCamp Live”, and “Crosspolitic” podcasts respectively, discussing topics related to raising sturdy kids. His primary focus is helping others better understand how a Christian worldview, not psychology, should be the primary influence in parenting and relationships today.
A significant part of his work has been helping parents understand the needed benefit of allowing their children to struggle to learn to do hard things. Keith is an avid outdoorsman and has been actively involved with Boy Scouts of America and coaching high school basketball. He and his wife Lynnie have been married for 25 years with two adult children, both classically educated.
