Dunker Punks Podcast

In this final episode of this dunker punks season which was centered around catharsis,  Josiah Ludwick and Melanee Resk Discuss the holy chaos found at Haywood Street church and how they have experienced catharsis and we invite you to take a listen. Documentary that Melanee refers to in our chat: https://theirsisthekingdomfilm.com/ Find out more [...]

In this special bonus episode M. Gresh interviews Lydia Morris on her first time at annual conference. She gives a interesting point of view about her time at annual conference as well as how fellowship has been for her since she was married into it and we invite you to take a listen. [...]

Catharsis is the process of releasing tensions and stressful emotions. Knowing how much stress weighs on the current generation, this episode of the Dunker Punk Podcast offers a way to a brighter future. Dunker Punks Podcast Full Episode List Join the Team [...]

  Catharsis is the process of releasing tensions and stressful emotions. Knowing how much stress weighs on the current generation, this episode of the Dunker Punk Podcast offers a way to a brighter future.       Dunker Punks Podcast Full Episode List [...]

This is part 3 of a 4 part series "Dunker Punks Live" in this episode you will hear from 2 people in denominational leadership especially the LGBTQ+ community involvement with the church. We invite you to take a listen. Dunker Punks Podcast Full Episode [...]

Jennifer Summy talks about what is an adventure and what isn't. For something to be an adventure it has to be fun, mysterious, and even uncomfortable sometimes. And we invite you to take a listen! Dunker Punks Podcast Full Episode List Join the [...]

Catharsis is the process of releasing tensions and stressful emotions. Knowing how much stress weighs on the current generation, this episode of the Dunker Punk Podcast offers a way to a brighter future. Dunker Punks Podcast Full Episode List Join the Team [...]

Beth Gayber talks with Melia Klingler, Samar (no last name provided), And Anesu (no last name provided) talk about their personal experiences with the rise of gun violence happening in the US especially public school systems. They also talk about the kids who attend public schools where they practice "lock down drills" safety and [...]

Anna Lisa Gross talk with youth on a mountain about the youths involvement with politics as well as conversations about mass incarceration issues. The talk is and educating and eye opening experience about how youth view current situations, and we invite you to take a listen. [...]

Join us at Annual Conference 2023, as Anna Lisa Gross sits down for a live queer panel discussion, which includes Everett Fisher, Liz Ullery Swenson, and Annabeth Roeschley. They each share their experiences of attending Annual Conference over the years and the progression of LGBTQ inclusion at this yearly event. Annabeth uniquely shares about [...]

Marylynne and Lily, two young people from the Arlington Church of the Brethren, interview retired pastor, Rev. Nancy Betz Fitzgerald. Pastor Nancy shares stories of growing up with her dad as an American Baptist preacher. She shares about her own call into ministry, her hopes for youth ministry today, how the Dunker Punks Podcast [...]

Colby of Wichita First Church of the Brethren interviews 3 teenagers from their congregation about their thoughts and opinions of Christianity, the Church of the Brethren as a denomination, and their own congregation. They share the ways that they have been involved in their location congregation, district and denomination and how this involvement has [...]

Anna Lisa Gross interviews Jonathan Bay. In this episode, Jonathan shares about the work of The Women's Caucus over the past 10 years while he has been working with the caucus. He shares his hopes for the future of the church while he transitions out of his role with the Women's Caucus. Jonathan also [...]

Nate Hosler of the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy interviews Chidinma Chidoka (Chidi), a Nigerian trained lawyer. She speaks about the intersection of theology and policymaking that can help us build peace within our local communities and around the world. Dunker Punks Podcast Full [...]

Hear Grace's story where she shares about her life in Vietnam serving people in poverty who are not able to afford proper medical eye care through the Vietnam Eye Project, even as she herself faces blindness. Then, consider Jesus's parable of the Good Samaritan and our call to love our neighbors  by serving others, [...]

In this episode of the Dunker Punk Podcast, Josiah Ludwick (Co-pastor of Harrisburg First Church of the Brethren) interviews Jason Haldeman (Minister of Faith Formation at Elizabeth Church of the Brethren) who shares the “The Perils of Christian Nationalism” paper that the congregation published in their local paper. They discuss how the statement came [...]

Pastor Matt Rittle of Arlington Church of the Brethren shares the history of making laws in the United States of America. He shares how, from the beginning, these laws were created to perpetuate racist ideals carving the way for systemic racism today. Reading through the Beatitudes of Matthew 5, we are invited to take [...]

On this season opening episode of DPP, Anesu Makufa (Youth & Young Adult Peace Formation Organizer Intern for OEP) interviews Simi Gill (Children's Peace Formation Organizer Intern for OEP) where she shares about the importance of creating a brave space for others to use the arts to share their feelings and experiences out loud. [...]

In this season finale episode, we hear from three generations of Dunker Punks at the Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren, who are living their faith in draft resistance, nursing, teaching, foster parenting, fire-fighting, social working, stocking shelves, and serving coffee. Listen as Anna Lisa Gross chats with Sam, Carla and Craig, and Ev [...]

How do you find the power in your vulnerability? Mwarianesu Makufa, the Youth and Young Adult Peace Formation Organizer at On Earth Peace and the host of the bi-weekly Storyscape Spoken Word Salon, speaks to us this week through some of his spoken word poetry and shares his hope for words to spread the ideas [...]

Anna Lisa Gross is back on the podcast representing the Womaen's Caucus in this episode by interviewing Melisa Leiter-Grandison and Ruthann Knechel Johansen about how they perceive and relate to leadership in the church. These interviews offer us an insight to where over half a century of feminism in the Church of the Brethren [...]

In this episode Josiah Ludwick returns with a great interview with Dr. Brian Smith and Rachel Johnson talking about each of their experiences with the “Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice” program from Messiah University. As you listen, think about how your congregation has addressed racial divisions in your community and what the church can [...]

In a society that glorifies violent conflict resolution with a federal government that criminalizes practicing conscientious objection to war, how do believers in peacebuilding and members of historic peace churches oppose the Selective Service System in modern day America? Listen as Tori Bateman interviews Maria Santelli and Bill Galvin from the Center on Conscience [...]

In a continuation of our series of interviews with folks in ministry, this episode takes a deep dive into college campus ministry. Jessie Houff interviews the campus minister of Bridgewater College for over 30 years, Robbie Miller, about his experience and perspective on ministry and church community and why he believes all life is [...]

Why do you "stick with" the church institution? In this follow-up episode to Episode #111, we invite you to ponder this question as we reconnect with Gabriel Padilla and hear an update about some of the struggles in his spiritual journey and relationships with and within the Church of the Brethren. [...]

Welcome to a new season of the podcast! We kick things off with a deep dive on the relationship between the Church and mental health. Mycal Gresh brings us her reflections on the intersection of science, healthcare, and faith and ways to continue progressing to help our communities. [...]

What makes you hopeful for the "big C" Church in such a time as this? In our summer season finale, Mark Dowdy - known double preacher's kid (PK) - interviews his parents, Dale and Christy Dowdy, on their paths to and lives in ministry and what their perspectives are on what it means to [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Keep listening to this incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Note: Please stay tuned! This 10-part series will be reposted just as soon as an important fix to the audio is made. Thanks for your patience! Get ready for an incredible 10-part episode in which Anna Lisa Gross, on behalf of the Womaen's Caucus, continues her series on church leadership. Here she invites young [...]

Is your church a safe space for all people? In this episode of the podcast, Briel Slocum, Devin Dixon-Rosario, and Samson Arnold share stories of young people coming out as LGBTQ in their communities and the difficulties, blessings, and hopes therein. Accompanying article by Devin Dixon-Rosario: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEz9v2TkIA/EAlmrUolq6Au_0rG8zXPkQ/view [...]

The 2022 Church of the Brethren National Youth Conference is right around the corner and in this episode we hear from one of the persons planning the event! Elise Gage is a member of the National Youth Cabinet and reflects on planning such a big conference amidst a global pandemic and hints at what [...]

“Faith + Time = a transformed faith.” In this episode, Josiah Ludwick interviews Gimbiya Kettering to do a deep dive on her recent Messenger magazine article, "The Parable of the Compost". Read her article by following the link below then listen to Josiah and Gimbiya unpack how natural cycles provide allusions and guidelines to [...]

  Love Feast is one of the few sacred rituals practiced by Brethren and as the pandemic continues into a third year, this episode brings our third take on a Virtual Love Feast. Some congregations will be meeting in person on Maundy Thursday, so this year we focused on the preparation side of Love [...]

When did you first know that you are a leader in the church? We are invited to sit with this question as we hear it discussed by members of the Womaen's Caucus, Anna Lisa Gross, Lauren Seganos Cohen, and Carol Lindquist. Dunker Punks Podcast [...]

“To the extent that you're able, I encourage each of you to pay attention to what's going on in the world around you, and to be involved in the political process in some capacity.” In this spring season opener, Galen Fitzkee from the Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy joins us [...]

In part two of this bonus episode series, Josiah Ludwick interviews Katheryn Lapointe about Oasis ministries and how Brethren are called to love and serve their asylum seeking, refugee neighbors. Listen and ask yourself the question, “how can I serve my neighbor?”  Dunker Punks Podcast [...]

In this two part bonus episode series, Josiah Ludwick interviews Katheryn Lapointe about the Oasis Center and how Brethren are called to love and serve their neighbors. Listen to part one this week and ponder who your neighbor is in your community.Click here for a one-pager on what you can do with Oasis and [...]

What's the reason for this season? Giving one's time, presence, and talents are perhaps the most special gifts each of us can give throughout each year. Jesus taught us to serve and live selflessly and in this episode, Erika Clary gives us insights on how Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) helps her to live into [...]

“The church doesn't cease to exist just because human structures change.” In this episode, listen as these “young adults on fire” describe continuing the work and life of the Church, their hopes and aspirations for our beloved community, and how the imagery of a pillar of fire is leading a cultural shift to one [...]

From brethren.org: Our denomination's 1989 annual conference statement on Church and State says that “Christians and the church are called at times to speak a prophetic word to the state. When the state is doing things that negate and deny God's will as revealed in Jesus Christ and the Bible, Christians must speak out, [...]

In this episode, we hear from a quality group of people turning their hopes of a peaceful world into a reality. Clara McGilly, a Kingian Nonviolence Organizer at On Earth Peace, leads a discussion with a group of level one certified Kingian Nonviolence trainers on the meaning of nonviolence and how we can peacefully [...]

"Without forgiveness, there's no future." ~ Desmond Tutu Who is it you need to forgive? Who is it you need forgiveness from? In this episode, Gabe Padilla gives us a glimpse of the complexities and hugely difficult processes within the Christ-commanded act of forgiving. Dunker [...]

What are some ways your church expresses its culture and theology? In this episode, we hear from Jessie Houff, Agnes Chen, and Jacob Crouse from the Washington City Church of the Brethren as they share experiences and aspirations from their church's community arts ministry. Dunker [...]