Leigh! at Lunch 2012-2013 Season

Andrew Pudewa is the director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a homeschooling father of seven. Presenting throughout North America, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students’ skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan, and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his beautiful, heroic wife Robin currently teach their three youngest at home.

OK all of you smartmama's out there! You requested we have E. Ray Moore, Jr. return on BTR with Leigh and he is back!!! Ray is a Bible Teacher, Army Reserve Chaplain (Ret.), and Campaign Consultant, has served twenty-eight years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, pastor-teacher in the local church or as an Army Chaplain. He and his wife, Gail, were selected as SC Parents of the Year for 2000 by Parents' Day Council, Washington, DC. They have four children and three grandchildren. They were home-schoolers from 1977-1994. They have had a long-term involvement in private Christian Education. Mr. Moore serves as President of Frontline Ministries; a Columbia, SC based ministry, which focuses on prayer, revival and evangelism. Frontline Ministries also provides a chaplaincy service for small businesses, corporations, and institutions. He is Director of the Exodus Mandate Project. So - get your chat questions ready and we'll pick up where we left off a few weeks ago!!

Today Chris Sanford, Classical Conversations' technical expert will try to answer all your questions about the C3! If you are already joined in on the C3, then learn new ways the C3 will benefit your family's homeschool experience. If you are not a member of the C3 community, then listen to see all the great ways this connected community will help your job as a homeschool parent easier and connected you with other parents that have the same concerns and questions you may have!

Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr., is an Alliance Council member and Provost and Professor of Literature, at Patrick Henry College, a Christian classical liberal arts college in Purcellville, VA. Prior to coming to Patrick Henry College as Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Veith previously served as the Culture Editor of World Magazine and Executive Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Prior to his years at World Magazine, Dr. Veith was on the faculty for 19 years as Professor of English at Concordia University Wisconsin, where he also served for six years as the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He has also taught at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and has been a visiting professor at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, Gordon-Conwell, Regent College (Vancouver), and Wheaton College. In addition he also serves as the director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. He has been a Fellow at the Capital Research Center and Heritage Foundation. Dr. Veith is well-known in Christian conservative circles through his writing and speaking on various aspects of Christianity and culture. He is a columnist for Table Talk magazine. He also operates the Cranach blog (geneveith.com) featuring regular commentary on Christianity and Culture. His writings number more than 100 scholarly articles, reviews, papers, and books including Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture; God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life; A Place to Stand: The Word of God in the Life of Martin Luther; and Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals.

E. Ray Moore, Jr., Bible Teacher, Army Reserve Chaplain (Ret.), and Campaign Consultant, has served twenty-eight years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, pastor-teacher in the local church or as an Army Chaplain. He has served as a speaker-lecturer in a university setting on public policy, church-state and theological subjects. He has worked as a campus pastor at both the University of South Carolina and Purdue University. He and his wife, Gail, were selected as SC Parents of the Year for 2000 by Parents' Day Council, Washington, DC. They have four children and three grandchildren. They were home-schoolers from 1977-1994. They have had a long-term involvement in private Christian Education. Mr. Moore serves as President of Frontline Ministries; a Columbia, SC based ministry, which focuses on prayer, revival and evangelism. Frontline Ministries also provides a chaplaincy service for small businesses, corporations, and institutions. He is Director of the Exodus Mandate Project.

James B. Jordan (born 1949) is a theologian and author. He is director of Biblical Horizons ministries, a think tank in Niceville, Florida that publishes books, essays and other media dealing with Bible commentary, Biblical Theology, and liturgy. From 1980 to 1990 Jordan was an associate pastor of a Presbyterian church in Tyler, Texas with Ray Sutton now a bishop in the Reformed Episcopal Church where the also served in Geneva Ministries.

Andrew Kern is president and founder of the CiRCE Institute. He graduated from Concordia University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was mentored by Dr. Gene Edward Veith and was graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. Shortly afterward, Dr. Veith and Andrew co-authored the best-selling Classical Education, The Movement Sweeping America, now in its second edition. Andrew has been directly involved in the establishment of three classical Christian schools, has trained teachers in over 50 since 1996, has consulted with still more on institutional development and start-up, and has been directing the CiRCE Institute full time since the summer of 2000. Andrew is available year round for start-up consulting, leadership development, teacher development, writing workshops, and public presentations (e.g. commence addresses, banquet speeches, etc.)

Please join us as Leigh retuns to BTR with guest Martin Cothran!! Martin is the author of Traditional Logic, Books I and II, as well as Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle, both published by Memoria Press. He is also Latin, logic and rhetoric instructor at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky and is Master Teacher at Mars Hill, Lexington. In addition to being editor-in-chief of Classical Teacher magazine, he serves as senior policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky, where he directs legislative and media relations and is a frequent guest on political and cultural issues on radio and television in his home state of Kentucky. He holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. degree in Christian Apologetics from the Simon Greenleaf School (Now a part of Trinity University). He lives with his wife and four children in Danville, Kentucky.

Please join Leigh as she discusses her upcoming traveling schedule. 1SmartMama will be in TN, AL, MS, and GA..... if you can't make one of her events, please CALL IN TO BTR TODAY AND ASK LEIGH questions that would could ask if you were able to attend her tour! You may even hear about a new and exciting upcoming event in Leigh's life!!

Please join us as Leigh retuns to BTR with guest Martin Cothran!! Martin is the author of Traditional Logic, Books I and II, as well as Classical Rhetoric with Aristotle, both published by Memoria Press. He is also Latin, logic and rhetoric instructor at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky and is Master Teacher at Mars Hill, Lexington. In addition to being editor-in-chief of Classical Teacher magazine, he serves as senior policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky, where he directs legislative and media relations and is a frequent guest on political and cultural issues on radio and television in his home state of Kentucky. He holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. degree in Christian Apologetics from the Simon Greenleaf School (Now a part of Trinity University). He lives with his wife and four children in Danville, Kentucky.

Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr. planted Saint Peter Presbyterian Church in Southwest Virginia and is the founder, chairman, and teacher of the Highlands Study Center. He graduated from Grove City College in 1986 and Reformed Theological Seminary in 1991. He received his doctor of ministry degree in 2001. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling. He is a regular columnist for Tabletalk and Homeschooling Today magazines. Dr. Sproul has ministered in Russia, Myanmar, New Zealand, and Israel. He is a husband to Denise and homeschooling father to Darby, Campbell, Shannon, Delaney, Erin Claire, Maili and Reilly.

Andrew Kern, is president and founder of the CiRCE Institute. He graduated from Concordia University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was mentored by Dr. Gene Edward Veith and was graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts. Shortly afterward, Dr. Veith and Andrew co-authored the best-selling Classical Education, The Movement Sweeping America, now in its second edition. Andrew has been directly involved in the establishment of three classical Christian schools, has trained teachers in over 50 since 1996, has consulted with still more on institutional development and start-up, and has been directing the CiRCE Institute full time since the summer of 2000. Andrew Kern is married to Karen. They are the parents of three boys and two girls: David, Matthew, Katerina, Larissa, and Andrew.

Art Reed has more than twelve years of Saxon teaching experience at a rural high school in Enid, Oklahoma. Using John Saxon's math books, he taught high school mathematics from Algebra ½ through Calculus . He was instrumental in raising the school's average math ACT scores from 13.4 to 21.9 in just four years. The school's scores were above the national average of 20.2 – and this was more than fifteen years ago! Besides exceeding the national averages in math ACT scores, the high school also had more than ninety percent of their seniors taking math courses that were above algebra one. Additionally, the actual number of high school students taking the ACT tests had tripled! During the past nine years, Art Reed has become well known for his sound curriculum advice to homeschool parents. He has come to be known as an experienced curriculum advisor for John Saxon's math textbooks from Math 76 through Calculus and Physics . Homeschool parents using Saxon math textbooks have come to ask for him by name to seek his valued advice and assistance. He has established the same professional reputation among school administrators and teachers for his assistance in helping them establish a quality Saxon math program within their school districts. Art Reed was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1936. He attended private Lutheran schools in Chicago through high school, graduating in 1954. In the fall of that same year, he enlisted in the United States Army. He spent more than twenty-seven years in the U.S. Army. Art and his wife Judy have been married for more than forty years. They reside in Enid, Oklahoma, as do their two daughters and their families, which include five grandchildren.

Pam Lopes lives in Fredericksburg, VA with her husband, Chris, and their three children. Pam was raised in Hersey Pennsylvania, She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After a year in television, she enjoyed a career in Christian radio as an Announcer and Program Director for 8 years before she married. Pam joined CC in 2003 with two other families in Fredericksburg to establish the FIRST Virginia CC community. She is part of the CC Audio Team and has voice recorded and produced the Memory Work CD's for Cycles 1-3. Pam has been a Foundation's Tutor and Director, an Essential's tutor, and a Challenge A Director. Last year, Pam became part of the Program Manager Team as the PM for Challenge A. Passionate about home-based education, Pam looks forward to teaching her children through high school as a member of a CC community. One day she hopes to achieve a degree in Biblical Counseling. Last summer, Pam was diagnosed with breast cancer and has been on a journey of recovery and healing. She has been through months of chemotherapy and is now having radiation treatments. Her prognosis is good and she looks forward to Celebrating God's goodness with her family and friends once her treatments are completed. She desires to give glory to God for His faithful provision during this trial. Pam sees this journey as ordained by the Lord to teach adn discipline her, but also to show her the immeasurable depths of God's love and forgiveness.

Attorney Mike Smith is the President of Home School Legal Defense Association, an organization that he helped found in 1983. Established to protect the right of parents to teach their children at home, HSLDA now represents over 80,000 member families. Mike and his wife Elizabeth began homeschooling their children in 1981. He has been defending families for 24 years. Mike has been speaking to homeschool audiences for 23 years. His columns on home education appear regularly in the Washington Times, and he has been a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including Focus on the Family with Jim Dobson and Hannity and Colmes on Fox News. He believes that there is a revival taking place in America through the homeschool movement and that, through the second and third generation of homeschoolers, there is great potential to return America to its moral and religious foundation