Dunker Punks Podcast – Arlington Church of the Brethren

Dunker Punks Podcast – Arlington Church of the Brethren


Latest Episodes

#148: Today’s Spirituality from a Teen Perspective
June 01, 2023

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 be

#147: Holding Hope
May 17, 2023

Anna Lisa Gross interviews Jonathan Bay. In this episode, Jonathan shares about the work of The Womens 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 h

#146: Community Peacebuilding
May 03, 2023

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 w

#145: Vietnam Eye Project
April 22, 2023

Hear Graces 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 Jesuss parable of the Good Sam

#144: What Is Mine To Do?
April 08, 2023

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 Nationali

#143: Hungering For Justice
March 27, 2023

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. Rea

#142: Brave Space
March 11, 2023

On this season opening episode of DPP, Anesu Makufa (Youth & Young Adult Peace Formation Organizer Intern for OEP) interviews Simi Gill (Childrens Peace Formation Organizer Intern for OEP) where she shares about the importance of creating a brave spa

#141: My Family
December 10, 2022

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 shelve

#140: Speak Your Peace
November 26, 2022

How do you find the power in your vulnerability? Mwarianesu Makufa, theYouth 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 po

#139: Called or Not Called
November 12, 2022

Anna Lisa Gross is back on the podcast representing the Womaens 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 insig