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Christmas Traditions Around the World
Join us as we talk with four NSA students about Christmas around the world! Listen as Keenan (South Africa), Junia (India), Ruthie (China), and Joe (Finland) share their Christmas memories and traditions from the cultures...
Afghan People: A Heart of Hospitality
Join us as we talk with Brian and Mindy Mullins today! Brian and Mindy are from Advancing Native Missions, an organization that helps individual Christians and local churches get involved in global missions in ways that make...
Fleeing Home: A Young Afghan Student’s Story
We are humbled to share a very powerful story with you today. Join us as we talk with NSA graduate, Eman. Eman was raised in Afghanistan and shares the beauty of her country and her perspective growing up there. Eman...
Go Deep Behind the Headlines
Have you heard the news from Afghanistan? Join us today as we go behind the headlines and hear from Khalid and Katie Ahmadzai! Khalid is the Director of Economic Advancement at Canopy NWA, a refugee resettlement site in...
The 100th Episode!
Wow! 100 episodes! Join us today as NorthStar Principal Rachel Knipe turns the tables and interviews our host, Stephanie Shafer! We hope that our episodes encourage, challenge, and...
A Heart of Thankfulness
Join us for this special Thanksgiving episode with our Registrar, Angie Davis! What are you thankful for?Angie Davis I grew up in Southaven, MS for the most part. I was saved at 19 and then married Trevor Davis in 1995. I...
Tera Bradham DeNeui: A Story of Victory
We are thrilled to have Tera Bradham DeNeui on the show today! Tera is a Christian speaker, the host of The Heal Podcast, and the author of the book Swimming for Freedom. Listen as Tera shares how an undiagnosed injury led...
A Beginning Conversation on Identity
Join us today as we talk with NorthStar Academy student, Keenan Watt! Keenan currently lives in South Africa and has a passion for the culture she is immersed in. She has a unique story of how she found her identity growing...
A Passion for Different Cultures
Today we welcome Jackson to The NorthStar Narrative! Jackson graduated from NSA two years ago and currently attends The University of Memphis in Memphis, TN. Jackson grew up in Africa and has traveled to many different...
Your Season Has Purpose
“For everything, there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; time to break...