Dunker Punks Podcast

As the Christmas lights twinkle on the streets most of us drive, here is a story of neighbors shining the light of Christ down darker roads. Kevin Schatz reveals the care and love volunteers at Los Angeles' Cathedral church put into organizing a joyous Christmas celebration for over 500 families to find hope in the help. Listen and commit to carrying on the light of Christ into your neighborhood t...

Much of America's land was progressively acquired through court battles from natives who believed it couldn't be owned. Hear about the history behind the history being made at Standing Rock. Emmy Goering at the Office of Public Witness returns with an interview of Joel West Williams at the Native Rights Fund.

Elizabeth Ullery Swenson introduces us to another new way of following Jesus together. Listen to her conversation with Jeanne Davies who leads a Parables community of faith in Chicago. Consider just how welcoming our welcome is, because the body of Christ isn't complete if any of God's children are excluded.

How do we feel about inheriting the benefit of those who desired their neighbor's land? This week, the Office of Public Witness continues to focus on listening to displaced persons as Emerson Goering interviews Mark Charles about the long-term effect of conquest and possession.

Should faith be a part of public discourse? Should the faithful participate in political campaigns? Emmett Eldred interrupts the cacophony of election season with a reminder to be guided by and focused on the will of our ultimate power player. Whether or not you vote, listen to this episode to be encouraged to stay in the campaign for creating God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

On Earth Peace's Jenna Walmer reports on the recent 2016 International Day of Prayer for Peace. She features a variety of peacemakers and asks, how are you building peace in the world now and continuing to do so in the future?

In this episode, Dylan Dell-Haro implores you to listen carefully for God to speak to you in a new story. The show continues Dylan's exploration of gender and finding faith in the assurance of God's great creative diversity.

Our spiritual ligaments are meant to be worked, so we can grow in faith. In this episode, Dana Cassell gives us the secret to spiritually training like the greats. Tune in and get to work!

Christian community is the way we help each other get through storms of life, remembering Jesus is here. And at camp, the fun time reigns! In this episode, Sarah Ullom-Minnich explores the summer camp tradition with counselors at Camp Colorado to find out how something so meaningful can be created in just a week's time. Jacob Crouse also takes the mic, to unveil a toe-tapping new tune, covering an...

At first, the idea of simple living seems pretty straight-forward, but perhaps it isn't so simple. Listen as Jonathan Stauffer explores the spiritual discipline of actively reflecting on how our lifestyles respond to our faith in Jesus.

Welcome to a simple place on top of a mountain. It may not look fancy, but what it has to offer is priceless. In the episode, Kevin Schatz and Erica Schatz Brown take a break from preparing for a week at Camp La Verne to tell us how they hear God speak through nature, friends and fun. Dylan Dell-Haro returns as this week's host and challenges us to also make time to pay attention for God's voice.

Dunker Punks imagine a different world, and make it so by consistently choosing Jesus' radical love. In this episode, Joshua Brockway, the Church of the Brethren's Director of Spiritual Life, explores discipleship. And our new co-host, Dylan Dell-Haro of episode 4, takes the lead on the mic.

We are not our worst mistake, and without all of us—flaws and all—we aren't a full community. In this episode Laura Weimer interviews Elizabeth Jones Valderrama, Executive Director of Arlington, VA's re-entry program, about helping people return home from incarceration. Let us pass on the freedom Jesus gives from remaining captive to our missteps to those with whom we journey in this life.

Brethren "church" because we believe the Spirit of God speaks strongest in a community of people trying to listen. But why do we church the way we do? In this episode, beginning church planter Elizabeth Ullery Swenson interviews veteran church planter Ryan Braught about the bold calling to reimagine church and dream big with God.

Music has a charming way of furthering our expression and experience of faith. In this episode, Nohemi Flores speaks from the heart and reminds us that music speaks to our hearts. Sharing his gift, Jacob presents us with an exclusive preview of a new Dunker Punks song. The Divine presence in each of us sings God's faithfulness. Let us respond in turn.

Together, Christian advocates from across the country raised their voices to ‘Lift Every Voice’ at this spring’s Ecumenical Advocacy Days. Emmett Eldred was there finding out why followers of Jesus care about justice and how we can get involved. Their answers are both a calling and encouragement that the Lord’s power is with us when we stand up and speak out for justice.

It’s easy to forget the protections of citizenship, even as we readily rely on the right to profess our true allegiance to Christ. In this episode, Nate Hosler, Director of the Brethren Office of Public Witness, talks with Segma Asfaw at the World Council of Churches and Jeff Boshart with the Global Food Crisis Fund to introduce us to the vulnerable state of being without a nationality. Stateless...

Think about the created world from a faith perspective this Earth Day. This special bonus episode features Jonathan Stauffer interviewing Nate Inglis on “Ecological Theology.” Then, take action to love the place you’re living: plant a tree or play like the leviathan! And continue reconsidering our relationship to God as Creator and our kinship with creation through a daily spiritual practice like...

How will you use your talents, abilities, and passions for Jesus? Take a bike ride with Michael and David as they peddle through your town. Take care to transform anger and conflict as you peddle through every day life. Take the time to hear Emmett Eldred interview Biking for Peace's Michael Himlie and let it inspire you to make the world a little more like the Kingdom of Heaven.

Green. Now that's a boys color. Not as much as blue, but definitely more than yellow. But, Dylan Dell-Haro likes purple. And in this episode he colors our world with a vibrant exploration of gender. Have fun hearing him talk it out with folks at the Brethren National Older Adult Conference, then let it give rise to some good thought on the meaning of gender in your life.

Do you inspect the violence in your heart? Sarah Ullom-Minnich and On Earth Peace return with a bonus part 2 on structural racism in the church. Taking the next step, she talks with Rev. Anne Dunlap and Sarah Thompson about the work to dismantle racial hierarchy and oppression.

It is far too easy to get distracted from the way we ought to be caring for one another. In this episode, Dana Cassell issues a wake-up call up from the busyness, isolation and accumulation professed by the powers that be. Spiritually prepare for the hard work of being a Dunker Punk. Commit to Jesus’ radical, anti-empire love in our own world.

Surprise! A mid-month bonus episode with Dylan Dell-Haro on Jesus' surprise: a ministry and message that made his own people furious. Jesus' mother also spoke about a different kind of power and her song hasn't always been accepted either. It'll ruffle feathers in our day too, but we can't let that stop us from passing it on.

Most of us don't hate people for their skin color, but do we maintain expectations of a proper Christian or a proper Anabaptist? Do we embrace the comfort of racially managed learning and living? In this episode, Sarah Ullom-Minnich of On Earth Peace asks how we should challenge tradition to live out Jesus' calling. She talks with Drew Hart and Shayne Petty about the engagement we need as individu...

Let's make peace as Jesus did. DPP's debut features Kevin Schatz talking to students on International Day of Prayer for Peace and asks you to consider how to answer prayers for peace right where you are. Episode 1 also premieres our theme song, "Modifiers" by Jacob Crouse and calls for action on becoming a welcoming community of refuge.