Join us as Brigitte Zawadi and Hannah Nelson draw on their experiences to share ways we can cultivate peace in our communities and our daily lives – to live peacefully, simply, together. Brigitte is an intern at the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy, and master’s student in Peace Studies at Bethany Seminary, from the Church of the Brethren in Rwanda. Hannah is a Brethren Volunteer Service volunteer at the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy.

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Pastor Josiah Ludwick speaks with Rev. Founa Badet, Church of the Brethren Director of Intercultural Ministries, about her work with the Deportation Defense Response (DDR) Team. She shares ways you can get involved in that work and how your faith community can meet this moment to support human rights.

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In this episode we listen to Rachel Johnson and Anna Schweitzer, the coordinator and assistant coordinator for the Church of the Brethren National Youth Conference (NYC). They share their plans and thoughts as they prepare for NYC 2026 in Colorado. NYC is a week-long event held every four years for high school-aged youth. The 2026 theme is “Light Within us.”

We invite you to take a listen!

National Youth Conference will be held July 18-23, 2026 at the YMCA of the Rockies. Registration opens on January 5, 2026 on the NYC webpage!

Visit our webpage at https://www.brethren.org/nyc/.

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Womaen’s Caucus 2025 Annual Conference programs featured Jennifer Keeney Scarr, Denise Kettering Lane, Laura Stone, and Lindsay Wenger sharing wisdom about individual and collective trauma. This DPP episode highlights conversations from a follow-up webinar, exploring the interplay of trauma and violent language. 

The initial panel presentation at Annual Conference and a longer version of the podcast are both available at: https://www.womaenscaucus.org/resources/trauma

Read Ocean Vuong’s poetry at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ocean-vuong

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Womaen’s Caucus 2025 Annual Conference programs featured Jennifer Keeney Scarr, Denise Kettering Lane, Laura Stone, and Lindsay Wenger sharing wisdom about individual and collective trauma. This DPP episode highlights conversations from a follow-up webinar, exploring the interplay of trauma and violent language. 

The initial panel presentation at Annual Conference and a longer version of the podcast are both available at: https://www.womaenscaucus.org/resources/trauma

Read Ocean Vuong’s poetry at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ocean-vuong

Welcome back Dunker Punks Podcast! In the returning episode of Dunker Punks, we hear Molly Stover-Brown talk about her journey to being a part of the LGBTQ+ community and how she worships as a devout Christian at the same time. Molly explains how she found the courage to come out to her family and friends.  Song and Story Fest is referenced several times in the episode. It is a week-long, progressive Church of the Brethren summer camp filled with folk music, storytelling, and fellowship for people of all ages. You can follow ‘Fest’ online at: https://www.instagram.com/songandstoryfest/.  So, we invite you to take a listen!

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 about Haywood Street:

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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.

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.

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!