Welcome to season four of the Brave Writer Podcast, A Brave Writers Life in Brief.

I'm Julie Bogart, your host.

This season we are releasing via audio our most popular YouTube broadcasts.

We're so excited that you can now listen to these on audio

while you're running, driving in the car, or folding laundry.

We will also sprinkle throughout this season.

Original content, interviews with people I think are compelling to listen to.

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One of the reasons I enjoy podcasting is I get to talk to a wide variety of people and in some cases I even get to revisit aspects of my own past.

Today's interview with Sarita Holtzman, founder of Sunlight, is one of those extraordinary

episodes. Sunlight curriculum is a Christian-based homeschool program and Sarita's faith is a part of our conversation.

We also talk about missionary experiences I had in my 20s.

You will soon see why, for those of you puzzling about my background.

Here's a little more of that story and I promise you it's a great one.

Brave writer is non-sectarian and we do not promote or exclude any religious or non-sectarian, and we do not promote or exclude any religious or non-religious point of view in

our materials, classes, or writings.

The discussion you are about to hear does feature Sarita's personal faith at times and some of my background.

Our sharing is not meant to be prescriptive, but descriptive. The overarching conversation about learning and becoming

global citizens and literature is relevant to people from any background. And we will talk about Book Shark, the secular version of sunlight too.

Thank you so much for tuning in and keeping all of this in mind as you listen.

And now, let's get going with this episode.

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