Interview with Michelle Warren

In this episode, Rev. Rob Schenck talks with Michael Hanegan. TDBI Senior Fellow Michael Hanegan developed our approach to the World Council of Churches, asking for the suspension of Patriarchate Krill. Hanegan is an interdisciplinary thinker, moral theologian, writer, and teacher. He holds Masters Degrees in Religious Education and Theological Studies and works as an Intellectual Property Architect. Resources: TDBI on Twitter  [https://twitter.com/tdbidc] TDBI on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/tdbidc] TDBI on Instagram  [https://www.instagram.com/tdbidc/] Visit Michael Hanegan’s Website [https://michaelhanegan.com/] Listen to Michael Hanegan’s TEDxColumbiaUniversity Talk [https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_hanegan_interruption_as_social_change] Sign TDBI’s Petition to remove Moscow Patriarchate Krill from the World Council of Churches [https://tdbi.networkforgood.com/projects/158708-hold-corrupt-moscow-church-leaders-accountable]

Epi 74 – Interview with Mike Goldsworthy In this episode, the Rev. Rob Schenck speaks with Mike Goldsworthy, a ministry leader working in the spaces of deconstruction and reconstruction in post-evangelical communities. For 19 years, Mike served on staff with Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach, CA, with the last 11 of those years as the Lead Pastor. When he left that church, he shifted his focus to connecting and mentoring individuals and communities as they walk through transitions of deconstruction and reconstruction of their faith. He is an Adjunct Professor of Ministry and Bible at Hope International University and partners with Slingshot Group as a church staffing and coaching associate. What happens when one’s personal faith begins to theologically shift away from a church’s public stance? How do churches focus on the types of people they are forming? What would happen if Christianity wasn’t about making more Christians but helping humanity live a flourishing life together? Listen in as Rob and Mike discuss Bonhoeffer’s own struggles with church structure and reimagine a way for today’s “ecclesiastical homeless” to connect and build church communities in new forms and landscapes.  -- Resources:  TDBI on Twitter  TDBI on Facebook  TDBI on Instagram  Read Mike Goldsworthy’s website  Listen to Mike Goldsworthy’s Podcast  Follow Mike Goldsworthy on Instagram  Register for the Post-Evangelical Collective: 2022 Gathering

In this episode, the Rev. Rob Schenck discusses the interconnecting network of faith leaders working towards gun violence prevention, the nonviolence of Bonhoeffer, and the importance of depolarization within American society with Mark Beckwith, longtime friend of TDBI and co-chair of Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence. Mark has been working in this overlapping space of nonviolence reform throughout his career. He is the retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, co-founding the Newark Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Peace, a network of religious leaders committed to reducing gang violence in the city. He also co-founded Bishops United Against Gun Violence in 2012, which has grown to a network of 100 bishops. Now retired, Mark has become part of the leadership team for Braver Angels, a movement that seeks to depolarize America. The organization stands at the intersection of faith and politics, offering a path towards reconciliation and seeing across the divide within our own organizations. In March, he also released the book, “Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms, and Party Lines” with Morehouse Publishing. How can gun violence prevention advocates and gun rights advocates begin to understand each other? What do we need to do to depolarize our faith communities and reconcile with each other? How does silence offer a holy response and a common language for prayer? Listen in as Rob and Mark grapple with the tensions within our communities and how Bonhoeffer’s experience with the Black church informed his outlook on suffering and nonviolence. --  Resources:  TDBI on Twitter  TDBI on Facebook  TDBI on Instagram  Learn More About Braver Angels Read Mark Beckwith’s Blog  Mark Beckwith on Facebook  Purchase Seeing the Unseen

In this episode, Rev. Rob Schenck speaks with manager of the Equal Justice USA Evangelical Network, Sam Heath. Sam uses his broad faith background to tell stories of justice and injustice in a holistic, truthful manner. Equal Justice USA works at the intersection of criminal justice, public health, and racial justice to elevate healing over retribution, meet the needs of survivors, advance racial equity, and build community safety. Though EJUSA is not a faith-based organization, Sam is the theological bridge from the organization to faith communities and tells us how he uses his faith as a measure to respond to unjust systems and violence. Is “an eye for an eye” a biblical response to injustice? What does our faith say about how we address the criminal justice system? How should the church respond when harm is done? What is cheap and costly grace in the criminal justice system? Listen to Rob and Sam discuss these topics in this episode! This episode is brought to you by The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute  -- Resources: TDBI on Twitter   TDBI on Facebook  TDBI on Instagram   Learn More About Equal Justice USA  Read Sam Heath’s Blog Sam Heath on Twitter 

In this podcast, Rob talks with Reverend Dr. Katharine about her fascinating family background, which includes visits to her home from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's twin sister, Sabine, and her Jewish husband, Gerhard Leibholz, whom Dietrich helped escape to safety in England. Rob and Katharine also explore where she sees Christians and the church during these turbulent times, and what she thinks about our moral obligations in view of what is happening in Ukraine and so many other places of conflict around the world. This episode is brought to you by The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute. -- Resources: TDBI on Twitter  TDBI on Facebook TDBI on Instagram Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson on Twitter Purchase God’s Troublemakers

In this episode of Schenck Talks Bonhoeffer, Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck talks with an important person in his life, Gary Waldron. Gary lives in a Catholic Worker home in Tacoma, Washington, where he is actively engaged in ministry to marginalized people. The Tacoma Catholic Worker community is an intentional community that provides transitional housing and support to people experiencing homelessness, recent immigrants, and folks reintegrating after incarceration. Gary tells of what it is like to live in this community of radical hospitality and dedication to social justice. This episode is brought to you by The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute -- Resources: TDBI on Twitter   TDBI on Facebook TDBI on Instagram  Tacoma Catholic Worker 

Keeping with the life, times, and interests of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Rob Schenck talks with Glen Bloomstrom of LivingWorks Suicide Prevention Centre about a critical subject that touched Bonhoeffer personally. Bloomstrom discusses how suicide has historically been dealt with and how faith leaders can thoughtfully and sensitively approach the topic. He tells us that faith leaders are significantly underprepared to deal with suicide in their communities and how LivingWorks’ training and simulations are helping fix that. This episode is brought to you by The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute -- Resources: TDBI on Twitter  TDBI on Facebook  TDBI on Instagram   LivingWorks Faith  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline  You are not alone. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, seek help now.  800-273-8255

Russian Orthodox supreme head, Moscow Patriarch Kirill, has enabled Putin’s aggression against Ukraine by styling the military campaign as a religious crusade. Cerny believes the World Council of Churches should eject Kirill and the other members of the patriarchate for violating the moral and spiritual obligations to do good to all people.

In this episode of Schenck Talks Bonhoeffer, Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck talks with ethicist, pastor, author, and advocate, Dr. David P. Gushee about his history in evangelicalism, his abandonment of the moniker, and his book Introducing Christian Ethics. Dr. Gushee discusses the profound impact Dietrich Bonhoeffer has on his ethics, as well as his hopes for the impact of this important book. Introducing Christian Ethics discusses issues like creation, patriarchy, white supremacy, abortion, sexuality, marriage, politics, crime, and more. If you find Christian ethics to be an important topic of conversation in today’s political and social climate, we encourage you to share this podcast and pre-order Dr. Gushee’s book in January 2022. Dr. David P. Gushee (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York) is the Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University, and Chair of Christian Social Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (“Free University”) Amsterdam/IBTS. He is one of the world’s leading Christian scholars and is the elected Past-President of both the American Academy of Religion and Society of Christian Ethics. This episode is brought to you by The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute  -- Resources: TDBI on Twitter   TDBI on Facebook  TDBI on Instagram   David Gushee on Twitter   David Gushee on Facebook  David Gushee on Instagram