Dunker Punks Podcast – Arlington Church of the Brethren

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 old camp favorite.

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 Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR) of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church Virginia, 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 re-imagine church and dream big with God.