Speakers & Sessions

As a bestselling author and speaker, Heidi St. John has been speaking on marriage, family and cultural issues for over 15 years.

Her passion to encourage moms and set them free to boldly become who God has created them to be will challenge encourage you. Heidi has been married to her college sweetheart since 1989, and their family now includes seven children and four grandchildren! 

Jay and Heidi reside just outside of beautiful Vancouver, Washington, where they have homeschooled their kids all the way through high school and are still finishing up with a few at home.

https://www.heidistjohn.net

For the past 35 years, Zan Tyler and her husband, Joe, have been actively involved in the homeschool movement, teaching and mentoring others. At their speaking engagements, they take their audiences beyond the demands of everyday life to embrace a wondrous, life-giving vision of family life. 

Zan’s uplifting podcast, speaking, and writing will equip and empower you with real encouragement, engaging stories, and practical help for your homeschool.

Audiences agree, “Zan and Joe are inspiring, engaging, funny, full of enthusiasm, encouraging, real, relatable, passionate, uplifting, empowering, and authentic!”

https://zantyler.com

Chuck Black’s current works include The Knights of Arrethtrae series, Call to Arms, and Wars of the Realm, and The Starlore Legacy. 

Chuck is a former F-16 fighter pilot and currently is the president and general manager of a chemical injection automation company in the oil and gas industry. He has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and served eight years in the United States Air Force. 

Chuck and his wife have six children and nine grandchildren.

It is Chuck’s desire to serve the Lord through his work and to inspire people of all ages to study the scriptures in order to discover the hope and love of a truly majestic King and His Son.

https://www.chuckblack.com/

Michael P. Farris is a litigator, educator, public advocate, and communicator, and is widely recognized for his successful work on both the national and international stage.  He was founding president of both the Home School Legal Defense Association (1983) and Patrick Henry College (2000) and continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of HSLDA and Chancellor Emeritus of PHC. 

For over 40 years, Farris has practiced constitutional appellate litigation specializing in religious freedom and parental rights. In that capacity, he has argued before the appellate courts of thirteen states, eight federal circuit courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States, where in 2018 he successfully argued NIFLA v. Becerra, resulting in a free speech victory for California’s pro-life pregnancy centers. His earlier victory in the Supreme Court was the 1986 religious freedom decision of Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind. Mike was CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom while ADF served as co-counsel to the Attorney General of Mississippi for the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which reversed Roe v. Wade. Farris also served as the Co-Chairman of the Drafting Committee for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which was enacted by Congress in 1993.   

For his work in homeschooling, Farris was named one of the Top 100 Faces in Education of the 20th Century by Education Week. He has also been recognized with lifetime achievement awards by the Heritage Foundation, the Family Foundation of Virginia, the Florida Family Policy Council, the Convention of States Project, the Association of Classical Christian Schools, and has received two honorary doctorates.  Farris is the author of over fifteen books, as well as law review and other scholarly and popular articles. He and his wife, Vickie, have ten children, many grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.