Episode 15:One's Purpose Driven Life: How A Dream Became Reality

Rashad shares his story about how a message in a dream from God lead to reality for starting a new school.
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Mizzy M: 0:23

Hi, welcome to another episode of Podcast From the Edge Talking Common Sense. This is your host, msm, and today I'll be talking with Rashad who's in development of starting a new type of school. I thank you so much for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the show to the program talking common sense. What got you started?

Rashad: 0:49

Um, yeah, so pretty much, um, uh, first I was pretty much, um, I was with a pastor back in 2009 and, um, I've, I've always had a desire and passion for education. I've, I got my, my bachelor's degree in master's degree in religion, in church planning and evangelism. And then currently I'm a PhD student in Christian Leadership. I'm just, I guess by nature, kinda like an academic and a leader in the same token. Um, so that was, I think that's the foundation of how my desire and passion towards education and starting the school began. However, it got a little bit more in detail as time went on because, and it's been, it really been a, a gradual process because, um, Before I was primarily focused on just pastoring and ministering ministry and things of the sort, evangelism and all that, and teaching, you know, class classes, stuff like that. But, um, over the last, I would say 10. About 10. 10, yeah, 10 years, I would say 10 to 15 years. The Lord has been doing, uh, a deeper work in my heart. And I can tell you, this may sound a little bit funny, but I would say probably back in 20 16, 20 17, um, and I, I can't tell you a defined moment in which the Lord began to really open up my eyes about the founding of the, of, of our American Republic, but I started having. Interest to study about our American Republic and get more details, understanding about, you know, um, how we came to be. Now, this is the funny part. So in 2018, um, my wife, she's a, a Yale surgeon by the way. Um, but she okay. But she, um, was on Will of Fortune. Um, in 2018. You're kidding. Um, dead serious. So, um, we was out there in California and um, and she was on the show and everything, but I think it was the first night we were there. I had this very remarkable dream and I remember I woke up in the morning, I said, what was that about? But lemme tell you. So in the dream, I had, um, I had seen in this dream, uh, it was back, it was like I was back in the 17 hundreds. I was sitting on a horse and, um, my pastorate at the time, um, he was helping me get on this horse. And I remember I was sticking my feet in these stirrups. They had the American flag on it. My God. But then, my God. Yeah. So when I was looking forward, I saw like this, um, they were like people, but they were dressed. In the 17 hundreds and they were talking about Christianity Con, the Constitution and ethic. And I was just sitting there, just staring. And I remember when I woke up, I was like, what in the world was that about? But then the thing that was even more ontological, more tangible, rather, was I had a desire to go deeper to, to look into our American history and things of this sort. So that really stirred me up. And then just over the last. Definitely the last four years I was telling, oh, I was like, man, we need to start a school. And it just grew over time. Um, so, oh my God, over a period of time these different elements were being weaved in and, you know, I went, I went back to school to get my PhD and stuff like that, and that was a part of the process and all. So I'm actually doing my. My dissertation is somewhat on this, but, um, so anyway, so that's kind of how this desire came about because my desire is to see young children grow up to young men and women to be not only, um, scholars, but leaders. Cuz that's what we need mm-hmm. Um, in our day. Yes. So that's kind of a, a little snapshot of what led me to this. So,

Mizzy M: 4:19

and wow, that's what's really, I mean, I, what a. I didn't even know what to say to that. I mean, I mean, how, um, I mean, that should have real, I mean, it probably did shake you up, right? I mean mm-hmm. It, it seemed like it was so detailed in your dream and you are able to see things and hear voices and be a part of conversations, which probably at that time, if you think about it, they were very much. Um, based in religion and Christianity. Mm-hmm. Right. Like, um, our Magna charter was the first, you know, yeah. Um, piece of a, of a real document. Um, if you think about the people who came from the Mayflower and from all these d you know, I mean, just, it was all really based on those Christian beliefs, so, I mean, that's, that really blows me away. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's a, when, when people say that God's giving you a purpose, it's like, yeah, that, that's, that's a purpose. You know? That's your. Purpose in life, I think to give, to open the doors and give opportunity Yeah. To children for that. Absolutely. You know? Wow. Yeah. Okay, so now I wanna ask you, I know you're still in the design phase mm-hmm. Of this type of curriculum and education system, but are you trying to start a school based on the principals that's similar to, um, what Hillsdale College is offering? Are you trying to. Based on some other type of founding principle.

Rashad: 6:04

Yeah. So, um, the, the philosophy that, um, I'm applying is called the principle approach. It's basically, it's, it's defined as being American. Um, classical. So the principle approach, primarily it has seven principles that undergirded, and let's give you a brief rundown of them. So, um, the first, the very first, the very first principle is the principle of individuality. And this is drawn from, first of all, cause everything, it emanates from God. So God is an individual, but of course, uh, Christian theology says he's, he's an individual, but he revealed hisself from three persons of father sin and Holy Spirit. Also throughout creation, you see this principle individuality just embedded. Um, you can see it just in our own human personalities, how different we are as individuals. Um, and also you can even see it down into the nature how, um, there's no snowflake that's the same. And these are just different principles we can draw from within creation, which also highlights the point of being made in God's image and like, Which we are like the, we are the crown jewel of creation of course. And that's fully realized in Jesus Christ. So the principle of individuality is one of the principles. The second principle is, um, the principle of, uh, I call it Christian self-government. And this is incredibly important because, Our American Republic is based off this very principle. When you read the writings of Madison, when you read the writings of Adams, we read the writings of, uh, Benjamin Rush. Um, so many of the failing fellows understood this because when you ask the fundamental questions about what, what is liberty? You have to begin to ask the question, what is that hinged upon? And it's hinged upon moral responsibility. Without moral responsibility, you don't have liberty, you have lawlessness. So self-government first begins with the person. And then as you, as you, as I was sharing a second, it. It goes further out from that, the individual to the family, to the church, and to the actual state of civil government. The third principle is the principle of Christian character, which is very similar to, it's, is it's tied to the self-government aspect, but the, the importance of Christian character simply is, When you read the Runnings of John Adams, he talks about how our constitution's made for a moral and religious people. You read Samuel Adams, he talks about how often, uh, the need for virtue in America and the reason why it all comes back to this pen, this principle of individuality because we're individuals. And we're given this freedom. So in order to maintain the very freedom and liberty that we have, we have to behave in a virtuous manner. Because if you do not guess, what's the statements? Then get more control. So, right. Um, the principle of Christian character is incredibly important, and these are all principle that I, I would dare say they were, they, they proceed. 1776. I mean, you gotta think that the colonies were formed in the 16 hundreds going back to the pilgrims. So they understood this back then. In fact, the pilgrims, you can say, was the first self-governing people. Um, but nevertheless, let me go on. I can talk to her about that.

Mizzy M: 9:25

So, no, no, this is so fascinating, Rashad. Seriously,

Rashad: 9:29

thank you. Thank you. Um, and one, one thing, one thing I would share too, and this is something for anyone who listen, If you were to look up the term, uh, character in the New Testament. Now what I mean the, the term character, not characteristics like, you know, virtue or love or kindness or home humility. But the term character, the term character in the Greek is only found one time. And guess what it's describing. I can tell you, uh, I'll give you the answer to the question to the quiz. It's found in Hebrews chapter one, verse three. Now, in the English, you're not gonna see it, but in the Greek you can. The term, the term that it describes, or the phrase it describes is when it says that, um, it's describing Christ as being the exact imprint of his nature, and it's talking about how Jesus is the exact nature, or it's the same nature as God, the exact representation of God. That's where we get the term, our English term character. And that should be a clue because it's the only time you use a New Testament. So when we think about character, it all goes back to God. It goes back to who is how his character is revealed to us, and it's revealed to us through Christ. So that's another little tidbit of the principle Christian character. Um, The fourth aspect is, or the fourth principle is the conscience. That conscience is the most sacred of all property, and this really is drawn from our third president, James Madison. This is what he said back in 17, I wanna say 1789 or so, I can't remember that date. But anyway, the thing that we have to understand is, yes, we value, we should value our own private property, but beyond private, It is our conscience. And this is one of the things that, um, for me, it really, it really hit home during Covid because I'm also a federal worker, but mm-hmm. When I was going through, we was going through the Covid crisis and they were mandating the vaccine and stuff like that and didn't report a paper about this. Mm-hmm. Um, they were trying to say, if you don't get the vaccine, then you get to lose your job, or blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Right. And even being threatened with that, so we've realized like, wait a. We don't want to take this experimental drug. Right? Right. So why should I take this? It is a violation of what my conscience. So, um, this principle is not something that I made up, but it is something that the under the founding fathers understood because their consciousness were being violated by King George. They understood, right? Yes. So, um, not only was their property being confiscated, but also their conscience. Tyrannical way. So this is another principle of the principle of points of the conscious being the most sacred of all property. Um, the fifth principle is dealing with, uh, the principle of the seed of the local government. And this is, is it's, this kind of goes back to, um, the principle of self-government, but it's another branch of it. Now, when you start looking. How our nation was set up, but then even more so branching out from self-government and you start looking at family government because within the principal approach, and we even been talking about this as a vision team, we're not a replacement for the parents. And so the parents. Are you, you guys are the, the first line of defense. We just, all we're doing is coming alongside you and helping raise your child up in the things of God and understanding also these very critical principles of, um, securing our republic. Cuz if you don't then you know the, everything goes awry. So the, the, the principle of the sea government, it bridges out to the family and also, The local government, wherever you live, municipalities and stuff like that. Cuz we gotta understand, like these, these ideas now, they, they were around with, um, the Greeks and the Romans. They had city states was a little bit different because they was not drawing their inspiration from God because they put themselves as pretty much the, the focus of all attention. Um, American classical education rather. I will say this, um, the principal approach puts, puts the focus on the Hebrew bri, uh, perspective of, of us, uh, getting our revelation or inspiration from God, from the, from the word of God, from the scripture. So, but anyway, the city local government is primarily dealing with. Um, the family, government, church, government, and then also civil government. And, um, uh, the sixth principle is the aspect of civil government. And then this is very incredible, pretty critical. I actually wrote a op-ed about this, uh, recently. Um, the one thing that we have to understand about civil government is. When you start thinking about civil law, we have to ask the question, what is civil law predicated upon? In other words, where do we draw our inspiration from creating civil laws? Like for instance, if somebody goes out there and murder somebody or steals, why do we consider that to be wrong? And the reason why is because, It's based off the moral law. Right? Where does the moral law come from? It didn't come from us. It came

Mizzy M: 14:33

from God Really?

Rashad: 14:34

Right. From God. Yeah. God is the creator of the moral law, so his law is, it's all, it's, is this something that we, we try to make clear, this is why the principles are so, is so critical because we we're teaching. Children that God is in everything. We're not pantheist, but in other words, we're seeing his principles, his his ideas, the way he has created us, the way he has embedded his, uh, principles in creation all around us, even though we live in a very, very secular society. The second society is borrowing from the law of God without even realizing it. In fact, I actually actually gave a testimony about this at the state about a month ago, was dealing with the issue of abortion. And one of the thing I, I said to the, to the state, I told him, I, I told him I. You know, when it comes to this particular issue, you know, we have to ask the question, where does the moral law come from? You know, is it right or wrong to kill a child? And things of the sort. So, um, and because we're making civil injunctions that say it's okay, so when I say all that, Um, the principle, uh, the Christian idea of civil government, it's flowing from this idea that the moral law is the basis of our law system. Um, if and if it's not, then everything goes, aw, array goes awry rather so. That's that principle. And the last principle is the principle of unity, which pretty much it is a reflection of the nature of God revealed in his trinity and revealed in the Trinity as we, as I said earlier, how God is one, although he reveals himself from three persons, father sin Holy Spirit. And that's a picture of how we are supposed to be as people. Although we have a ton of differences, we should be able to unite upon the very principle that we all can agree. Um, whether you're a Christian, whether you're not. So, um, that's in a nutshell what the principal approach entails. I know it's a lot, but you know, that's pretty what, what it entails.

Mizzy M: 16:27

Well, that's probably why, now that I think about it, when people go up in a trial, you know, they put their hands on the Bible. Mm-hmm. Right? And they say their, that oath to be truthful in that witness box, you. When all witnesses. So that's cuz you never, you know, you don't really think about those things like that. You just take it for granted when you watch something, you know, like a trial taking place and you're just taking it for granted that people are just saying the truth under oath, you know? Yep. And they make that oath, you know, on the hand of a Bible. Mm-hmm.

Rashad: 17:03

And I think the, the reality is this is like when you start. And this is one of the aspects of the principal approach is trying to, to get children to understand the importance of critical thinking about, because as so much we, we take for granted. We just, we just, you know, we don't really think much about, but when you start thinking about the, the, the basics of life right and wrong, the reality objectivity. Like, we all can agree that murder is wrong, but why do we agree that murder is wrong? Like, why do we have that in us? Why do we agree that rape is wrong? It these different aspects of lying, stealing, you know, cheating on your wife, adultery, all these different things. We all can make an assessment to say this is wrong, but why do we, why do we know this? You know, we don't have to be taught this per se. It's like it's embedded within you. So, um, it's, it's so. Um, but of course in our day, unfortunately, within a secular society, largely we play games with it. Um, although there's still civil penalties that are subject.

Mizzy M: 18:04

Right, right. So you really have this back to basics approach mm-hmm. When it comes to how you see the structure of the curriculum in the school and also in terms of. Maybe, uh, teaching civics Right? Absolutely. To the kids. So they're learning about the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and, and basically the principles that the founding fathers laid out there. Yep. Okay. That's that's great. Now, um, what is the difference then between this American classical education or principles based on that versus what they have in Europe? Well,

Rashad: 18:44

I think the, the, the biggest difference with, um, and this is really like. Very general, but because the truth is the founding followers, they also learned from, uh, Roman in Greek thought. I mean, they reference it in their own individual writings. But, uh, when it comes to, uh, biblical classical education, we pretty much start first with. The Bible, whereas the mm-hmm. The Greeks and the Romans, they primarily began with self, um, everything pretty much terminated on themselves, although there was a lot of good wisdom that came from that. Um, but they, they didn't really incorporate what, how we would call God, God, you know, they believed in various different gods into the sword. Right. Um, um, so that is a, a, a big. Difference. Now I know there's out there, there's different, you know, classical, uh, Christian schools and, and there are a lot of good ones out there. So it's, it's not like we're, you know, throwing shade at them. Not like that, but, right. Our approach is a little bit different than how they're going about things. Like for us, we're not really incorporating Latin as a sort like that. And they're, and a good portion of what we. Um, pushing and, uh, trying to get through is developing godly character along with robust academics, scholarly academics. Now of course as, um, when it comes to like civics and things of the sort, there's only so much you can teach like a kindergartner, right? So yes. Um, you can teach some basics and everything, but as they get older and they get more mature, yes, it'll be a lot. Um, researching and, and teaching regarding the declaration, the constitution, the Mayflower plaque, all those different ideas, but not only those ideas that we so, so we'll know about, but we also need to learn about who our founding fathers were. I mean, a lot of us just think about Franklin Jefferson, you know, um, George Washington, but there are over 60 of them. Mm-hmm. And a lot of people don't know. And we don't know the stories. And then generally, when we're usually told in today's day, um, we usually hear, especially from our secular world, our good friends out there is that bodies men were racist and they were slave masters and things of that sort. And that's just not true. Some of them were, uh, they did on on slaves. Some of 'em were other, other others of them did not. Well, some of them were right against the slave trade. And so we want to paint that, that total picture and really begin to, I. What they, what they were thinking in their writing. So yes, that incorporates the civic aspect, um, but also understanding the connection. Not just understanding civics, but understanding civic virtue within the civic. Because the truth is we can learn all day long about all the legal aspects of the Constitution and of the declaration, but if we miss the, the, the core. What I pointed out earlier is the character aspect. I mean, we're pretty much shooting ourself

Mizzy M: 21:44

in the right. What do you envision the school to have, um, in terms of the grade level? Is it gonna be from, um, you know, elementary school, middle school? Um, primary school or high school? Like w what do you want to start with right now? I'll tell you, if

Rashad: 22:05

I had a large budget, it would be k12, but Right. Um, right now we're, we're shooting for kindergarten through second grade, and then, Um, year after year, adding an additional grade, um, all into 12th grade. So, um, I mean, and that's, that's, that's right now, but to give you somewhat of a, a broader scope of what we're planning doing, um, we want to have. These principal approach schools across the state of Connecticut. So, um, that's the goal. Like my, I'm a visionary, so I can't help it. That's just who I am. So, um, it, it's a matter of, the way I think about it is of course, say if you are in the Shelton or if you're in Nauck or whatever, you know, most people that live in, you know, new London is not gonna travel that far, right? So. Mm-hmm. Um, and so we're looking at. The state of Connecticut and saying, okay, we want to strategically place these schools in locations that everyone will have access to because they are extremely unique. They're not like your traditional Christian school. It is just different, and it's different than a classical school in the, in the sense of traditional classical Christian education. They're just, just different. So, Um, again, the focus of yes, learning a biblical, getting a strong biblical education along with character development and leadership ability in learning. Our repub, our re Republican, not not political

Mizzy M: 23:31

Republican. Yes, yes, of course. Yeah. We are a republic. Yes. Yes,

Rashad: 23:36

we are our representative republic, but understanding what that means and the responsibility of that. Our goal is to have principal approach schools across, across the, um, the state of Connecticut. And I would say yes, the focus is the students, but we also know that mom and dad probably need to be up to speed too on these principles because most people are totally in the dark when it comes to cuz we haven't been taught 'em. Right.

Mizzy M: 24:00

Well, what, what fascinating conversation, um, did we just have, I mean, starting from your, I. I, when you were telling me about your dream, all I could think about was Rick Warren's book, A Purpose-Driven Life. You know, I mean, that's what I feel like this conversation should be called. A Purpose-Driven Life. Mm-hmm. And it was just, um, shown to you by God, you know? Um mm-hmm. That's so rare. Um, okay, so usually I'd like to end the interviews. I'm asking you, what is your one good piece of common sense that you would like to share with our audience? Man, there's

Rashad: 24:43

a lot. Mm. And this

Mizzy M: 24:44

day, please. All right, well, gimme two. You'll be the exception.

Rashad: 24:49

Um, if anyone, if anyone knows me personally, they will tell you that. Um, as I tell them that prayer is essential, um, right without prayer. Like this is the thing. This is the thing, and I can tell you so many stories about this, but when it comes to a not, and when I mean prayer, I'm not just talking about having a minute or two there with God. I'm talking about spending time with him and allowing him to, um, stir our hearts to, um, renew our minds and just have fellow. You know, I, I'll give you an example. Every Saturday I have a prayer meeting every Saturday, and, um, man, it's, Saturdays are the best day to be because me and the group that I'm, that I, that I'll lead, we go in and we pray, we fellowship and it's so refreshing. We, we do about, about two hours on a Saturday morning, and it feels like two minutes. And the reason why I say this is common sense is because when you look around, when you look at our creation and you see the vastness of, of, of the hand of God and the reality of, of our very detailed meticulous creation, that he, and he knows every aspect of who we are, and then he gives us, The opportunity to approach him and talk with him. I mean, that is a common sensical thing to do. Um, it, and it's so incredible when you start talking about the gospel and everything too. But that's my first point. Number two, I think the second point, and I can go so many ways with this, but is to understand what truth is. Um, and we kind of touched on this. A little bit during the episode is to really think about the reality in which we live right and wrong, the moral aspects, and really consider like, why do I think X, y, and Z is right? And why do I think X, y, and Z is wrong? Where do I get my moral basis from? What authority is it, uh, behind? What is it rooted in? These different ideas are critical. Cuz today in our day, I mean we're making up stuff. Just totally ridiculous. Um, that has no validity. No validity. So I guess the, the things is just really consider, um, the authority of God and how his hand's in creation and how the word of God is so critical, important to understand, to know, and to stand on. Um, if you do, I believe the Laurel leads you with the being.

Mizzy M: 27:11

Well, let me also ask you a question, since you've mentioned about truth and reality. Needing more prayer. Yeah. And you're really focusing on the individual and his and her rights. Mm-hmm. Um, and then you're saying that it branches out to the family and then the church and then the local and state governments and all that. Um, why do you think there's such a push in, in our times right now, um, to, um, sort of have all these, um, issues with gender? And trying to expose, um, children to these issues of, um, you know, transition transitional, uh, genderism and mm-hmm. Why do you think that is? That's a, are they trying? Yeah, I know it is, and I don't wanna put you on the spot, but, oh, no, love. You think it's a way, well, I mean, do you think it's a way to break down the family structure?

Rashad: 28:09

Absolutely. I think it's intentional. Um, and, and this is one of the things about common sense, I was even talking to my wife earlier about this. You know, we live in a day where, um, again, when you remove God out the mix, when you remove the moral law, even though you can't remove it, but when you attempt to, you get the type of confusion that we have because everything, this is a basic term, becomes relative. It's whatever you want it to. Instead of the OB objectivity, what God has built into creation. So when it comes to the ideas of transgender men or women, there is, there is no such thing that's in imagination and it's based off of emotional feelings and everything. And I get all the fact that some kids or some studies show that they feel, feel that way since a child and things of this sort, but it doesn't make it. And then you have to ask the question. Like, when God created man and woman, man and women, and we all know we, we were adults here, but we know how we were created. Mm-hmm. And we know how life comes to pass. It's impossible for someone to change the opposite to the opposite sex. It's just, it just, it can't happen. Mm-hmm. Um, and let alone, and this, this kind of gets into the evolutionary aspect, um, because. When you're trying to transition per se, and you're getting all these different surgeries done and whatever, whatever it may be, you're still not dealing with your soul. You gotta think about that. It's, you can't, you can't trans your soul. The only way that your soul can be changed is through regeneration. Then it's through faith in Christ and repentance and what we're trying to do. I think in my way, in my view, I think it's a counterfeit, I think the transgender stuff is a counterfeit regener. Because when one is regenerated by Christ, you become a new creature. And when you become a new creature, um, you wanna walk after his commandments. And what's happening in, um, our culture is this transitioning that does not wanna walk after God's commandments, but they wanna walk what wants to walk after our own commandments and own whims and make our own laws apart. The established law. So in my view, I think it's a flat out, it's a, it's a spiritual delusion. What we're seeing today, I can look back, I mean, I've been outta high school for 25 years and this stuff wasn't even thought of back when I was in high school. Right. School. Right. I mean, you wouldn't even think about it. I mean, even when it comes, when it came to the homosexual issue, if you were a homosexual, you were generally in the. So, um, but nowadays it's almost as if, when, when you start talking about the, the transgender issue, the homosexual issue, or they're like a privileged class now, you can't say anything or you'll get canceled. Mm-hmm. And it's, it's kind, it's kind of, it, it's a kind of contradiction within their own ideology because they're all about diversity. Diversity, inclusion, inclusion, and. But if you say something that diversity's out the window. So it's not a diversity in the sense of diversity of thought. It's a diversity of race in, in, in sexuality. So again, all this goes back to understanding the essence of law and objectivity and what's consistent and what's not consistent. And nowadays we're living in the word of confusion. Um, right. And I, and I would say, I would dare say cultural bullying on top of that, so.

Mizzy M: 31:23

Right, right. Yeah. Well, I'm so glad. It took some time to, uh, do this interview. Um, it was, I, I, I really found it quite fascinating and just, um, a lot of ways, um, it kind of brings you back to the basics. I mean, that's all I could say, really, you know, about why we're here, um, our purpose. And, um, I, I really thank you so much for participating.

Rashad: 31:52

Well, thank you for having me on. And, um, it's a joy. I love talking about, uh, what we're doing. Um, and the school's gonna be called United America Christian Academy, by the way. Okay. Um, so yeah, and you know, when it comes to these principles, they're, they're critical. Um, and it's really, once you understand how they're woven into our republic, it just makes sense. And if you, if you disregard them, you're gonna have what you're gonna have, you're gonna have tyranny for right now, or, or soft tyranny at the, well.

Mizzy M: 32:21

I hope you the, really, I just hope the best of luck for you and your endeavor and it, um, You know what? I really feel like what they say, you know what God wants. Usually it happens, you know, and I think this is something that we all need in this time. Amen. To have this type of school, this type of support for our children. Emotionally and academically. Yes. So I thank you so much for bringing this to the forefront.

Rashad: 32:49

No problem. Thank you. Thank you for having me on.

Mizzy M: 32:51

Okay, thank you, Rashad.