David and Karen Mains
David and Karen are authors of the Tales of the Kingdom triology. Many of you are already fans of this best selling fantasy series.
David and Karen have planted churches, created national television and radio shows and ministries and led the National Religious Broadcasters, the world's largest association of Christian communicators. Their 50 Day Adventure reached 50,000 churches and 5 million people. In the middle of that they raised a beautiful family, mentored writers and wrote numerous books, including the beloved Tales of the Kingdom trilogy.
Greg and Barbara Silker
Silker Studios has worked with the top brands in their niche of the advertising world, won the highest national awards for their work and produced short and feature length films in the U.S. and around the world.
The Silkers have also led teams that launched half a dozen ministries and mission related businesses, including Bordertown Coffee and Kappa Pi Alpha in a historic fraternity building.
Rocketsled Studios represents the merging of their missions and media callings.
Greg and Barbara work with their four wonderful creative children and enjoy a growing horde of grandchildren.
Greg was given Tales of the Kingdom as a new believer. The stories in Tales, along with books like the Chronicles of Narnia, helped his imagination understand and love the amazing new world he had entered.
Andy Schmitt
Andy started the Optiv Network and the Orthodoxy Podcast. He's interviewed guests ranging from screenwriters and filmmakers Andrew Klavan, Tim Mahoney and Cristóbal Krusen to theologians and authors, Thomas Schriener, Rosaria Butterfield, Christopher Yuan and Patrick Deneen to Lewis and Tolkien scholars Michael Ward, Hal Poe, David Downing and Austin Freeman.
Andy's passion is to help young people follow Jesus with faithful theology and biblically clear thinking. He is a phenomenal interviewer and advocate of long form conversation. Andy loves story and the power of story to shape hearts and minds for God. Andy and his wife Andrea have a new and growing family!
“Those who tell the stories, shape the culture.”
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