Divcast is a podcast of the Admissions Office that gives you an inside look into the Duke Divinity School community.
Join Rev. Maberry as he chats with ’11 M.Div. graduate and current Senior Director of Cross-Sector Initiatives at Duke Divinity School, A.J. Walton. A.J.’s current role entails diverse responsibilities such as serving with graduate and undergraduate fellowship programs through the Purpose Project of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, working with Kate Bowler and Everything Happens, …
Join us for a conversation between ’06 M.Div. alumna Rev. Elizabeth Hagan and Rev. Maberry as they discuss the unexpected pathways that a life in ministry can take. Their conversation contains advice for those who dream of using their theological training to lean into the ministerial vocation of a published author, the need for community …
Rev. Maberry spends this Divcast speaking with Duke Divinity alumnus Rev. Ryan Spurrier, an elder in the United Methodist Church currently serving as Campus Minister at the Wesley Campus Ministry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Wesley is a vibrant ministry that has many students go on to seminary and is …
Rev. Maberry connects with Rev. Michael Gulker in this episode of Divcast. Rev. Gulker is a ’05 M.Div. alumnus and is a co-founder and current president of The Colossian Forum in Grand Rapids, M.I. The Colossian Forum started in 2011 as an effort to help church congregations turn points of tension into positive spiritual formation. …
On this episode we are joined by Rev. Mycal X. Brickhouse, a 2016 M.Div. grad, pastor in Cary, N.C., and also our Director of Alumni Relations at Duke Divinity School. Rev. Brickhouse and Rev. Maberry connect across many topics, but they especially answer the following questions: what is it like to serve as a bivocational …
Join us for a conversation with Duke Divinity alumnus Rev. R.G. Wilson-Lyons. In his 15 years of ministry, Rev. Wilson-Lyons has gone from pastor of a house church in an under-served community, to a downtown congregation, and now is exploring what the future of ministry looks like through online storytelling. Rev. Wilson-Lyons illustrates his role …
Host Rev. Todd Maberry catches up with alumna Dr. Jessica Wai-Fong Wong, who earned her M.Div. and Ph.D. from Duke. Dr. Wong serves as Assistant Professor of systematic theology at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California. She is also an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Dr. Wong probes deep questions of race, image, …
In this episode, we were delighted to speak with Rev. Dr. Donna Claycomb Sokol. She is a Duke Divinity School alumna, board of visitors member, author, and pastor at Mount Vernon Place UMC in the heart of Washington, D.C. She and Rev. Maberry have a conversation about her ministry as a pastor in an urban …
We had the great privilege of a conversation with Bishop Ken Carter, Duke Divinity alumnus, Bishop of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, immediate past President of the UMC Council of Bishops, and current Bishop-in-Residence at Duke Divinity School. Bishop Carter offers wisdom about discerning your call, seeking the humanity in others in …