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How to Be an Orthodox ChristianThe Divine Liturgy, Pt 1: The Service of Preparation [EP. 25]With much fear and trembling, Dcn. Seraphim begins our mini-series on the Divine Liturgy itself, the great "public work" of Christ on behalf of the Church, and the whole world. Many people may not be aware that everything actually begins with a small, quiet, mysterious service, one in which the priest and deacon prepare the gifts, the bread and wine which will become the body and blood of God Himself. In this service, we see all of creation revealed as existing for the purpose of the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ, as both time and space are revealed as...
2026-10-1900 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsWhat Breakthrough Designation Does and Doesn't Do for an IVDWhat does FDA Breakthrough Device designation mean for an in vitro diagnostic (IVD)? Learn what it takes to qualify, what evidence supports a request, and how designation can shape development and clinical study planning.
In this episode of Expert Insights, Dan Simpson, RAC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx, joins host Emily Friedland, Vice President of Clinical Research, to discuss the practical benefits and limitations of FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program.
They cover:
-How clinical utility, unmet needs, and access to care inform a Breakthrough request.
-What evidence to include, and why more data isn’t always more useful.
-Pri...
2026-10-1434 minHow to Be an Orthodox ChristianThe Hours: Sanctifying the Day [EP. 24]The ancient Hours turn the passing of the workday into a remembrance of salvation. Dcn Seraphim traces the biblical practice of prayer at fixed times and walks through the First, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Hours: sunrise offered with the work of our hands, Pentecost at midmorning, the darkness of the Cross at noon, and Christ's death and the promise to the penitent thief in the afternoon. The Hours free us from the tyranny of the clock and fill the day with the presence of Christ. Dcn Seraphim closes with practical ways for laypeople to recover small moments of fixed prayer...
2026-10-0500 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsAfter the Court Vacated FDA’s LDT Rule: What IVD Developers Still Need to Get RightAfter a federal court vacated FDA’s final rule for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) in 2025, did the LDT pathway fully reopen? Not exactly.
In Season 3, Episode 15 of Expert Insights, host Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx, speaks with Jesse Young, Ph.D., Medical Director of Clinical Device Trials and Research at TriCore Reference Laboratories, and Dan Simpson, RAC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx.
They explain what the court decision did and did not settle, where FDA oversight ends and CMS/CLIA laboratory oversight begins, and why developers should still evaluate the regulatory and operational risks of an...
2026-09-1856 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsWellness or Medical Device? FDA's 2026 Wellness Guidance and the WHOOP Warning LetterIn July 2025, FDA told WHOOP that its Blood Pressure Insights feature was an unauthorized medical device. WHOOP disputed FDA’s position and kept selling it. In January 2026, while the dispute was still open, FDA reissued its general wellness guidance. FDA closed the warning letter in June after WHOOP modified the feature and its labeling.
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In this episode of Expert Insights, Emily Friedland talks with Blythe Karow, Founder and CEO of The Karow Advisory Group, and Dan Simpson, RAC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at...
2026-09-0443 minHow to Be an Orthodox ChristianHoly Orders: The Priesthood of Christ [EP. 19]Whose hand rests upon a man's head at ordination? Beginning with his own ordination to the diaconate, Dcn Seraphim explains that the priesthood belongs to Christ, the one eternal High Priest, and that bishops, priests, and deacons receive particular ministries within His priesthood rather than possessing spiritual authority of their own. He shows how ordained ministry serves rather than replaces the royal priesthood of every baptized Christian, traces apostolic succession from Christ and the apostles through the laying-on of hands, and describes the distinct work of the bishop, priest, deacon, reader, and subdeacon. The episode then walks through the Orthodox...
2026-08-3100 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsPlanning Around a Respiratory Season That Won’t Hold StillWhy respiratory trials built on last year’s calendar are falling behind, and what sponsors need to do differently to catch the season on time.
Respiratory disease patterns have stopped following the calendar sponsors are used to. Flu and RSV still show up seasonally, but COVID no longer waits for winter. CDC surveillance data now shows COVID peaking twice a year, once in late summer and once in winter, and last year’s spike in June and July caught most sponsors off guard. In this episode, Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx, sits down with David LaMarche, Chie...
2026-08-2439 min
Teaching PreachingEpisode 15: Dcn. Dan Moore, Director of Diaconate Formation for the Archdiocese of Chicago (August 21, 2026)In this episode of Teaching Preaching, Dcn. Steve Kramer and Kiki Latimer interview Deacon Dan Moore, Director of Diaconate Formation for the Archdiocese of Chicago. (August 21, 2026)
2026-08-221h 08
DCN Dx Expert InsightsBefore the Protocol: What Sponsors Miss About Sites and Human FactorsA site management CEO and a human factors specialist on what sponsors miss before a diagnostic study ever starts.
Most conversations about IVD clinical research happen from the sponsor’s side of the table. This episode flips that. Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx, sits down with Missy Farrell, founder and CEO of , and Karen Seidler, Ph.D, CEO and Principal at , to talk about the two stages that happen before a protocol is finalized: the human factors work that determines whether real users can operate a device safely, and the site feasibility work that determines whether a...
2026-08-0556 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsWhere Programs Fail: Bridging Assay Development and Manufacturing for Lateral FlowYour lateral flow assay performs at the bench. Will that performance hold on the manufacturing line?
Manufacturing introduces conditions the assay may not have faced at the bench. Reagent delivery must remain consistent throughout longer runs, while materials move under tension on production equipment. Changes in dispensing and drying can expose signal variation, nonspecific binding, material failures, or yield loss.
For immunoassay developers, finding those problems after the assay design is locked can send the program back into development. The better time to address them is during development, while the chemistry, materials, and process can still be evaluated together.
In...
2026-07-2341 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsOff the Patchwork: What a Connected Platform Lets a CRO Do for SponsorsMany IVD clinical studies still run on a patchwork of disconnected tools: a file share here, a spreadsheet there, a separate system for clinical operations and another for the data. The handoffs between them put time, money, and clean data at risk. Since 2021, DCN Dx has been developing something different: one connected platform on Veeva, with the electronic trial master file, EDC, and CTMS all talking to each other.
In this candid discussion, host Emily Friedland (VP of Clinical Research, DCN Dx) sits down with two of the people who built and run it, Thomas Martinache (Associate Director, Data Management...
2026-07-0144 min
The Great Rood ScreenMother of the English - St. Hilda of WhitbyDcn. Seraphim tells the story of St. Hilda of Whitby: born into the royal house of Northumbria, baptized at Easter beside King Edwin by a missionary from Rome, called back from the very ship that would have carried her to a monastery in Gaul, and formed in the Irish discipline of Aidan. Hilda's own life is the meeting of two streams — Roman water at her baptism, Irish discipline in her vocation — and her great double monastery at Whitby becomes a school that sends five bishops out into a unified English Church. When the most famous synod in English history gathers in h...
2026-06-1100 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsStuck in a Holding Pattern: The IVDR Revision and Planning for Two Markets at OnceThe 2026 IVDR transition deadlines are here, and a lot of IVD companies are sitting still. After the European Commission proposed a revision to the regulation in December 2025, many manufacturers are waiting to see what survives before they file. By late May, notified bodies reported that submissions had slowed so much that some have cut staff and a few may close. The old IVDD deadlines keep running out, the dates for higher-risk classes have already passed, and the Commission's message has been consistent: no more extensions.
Dan Simpson, Director of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx, and Sarah Barchard, Senior Clinical Trials...
2026-06-1135 minTeaching PreachingEpisode 13: Dcn. Lance Tappa of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (May 7, 2026)In this episode of Teaching Preaching, Dcn. Steve Kramer and Kiki Latimer interview Dcn. Lance Tappa of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee (May 7, 2026)
2026-05-091h 04
DCN Dx Expert InsightsQMSR Is in Effect: What IVD Manufacturers Still Need to DoIn this episode, Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx, talks with two guests who come at QMSR from different directions: the regulatory strategy side and the quality systems implementation side.
Dan Simpson, RAC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx, covers the regulatory framing: what changed with the QMSR transition, how to map an ISO 13485-based QMS against QMSR’s U.S.-specific requirements, and what FDA’s updated inspection approach under CP 7382.850 means for how teams document and maintain QMS records.
Kevin Gunning, Principal Consultant at Gunning Quality Systems LLC, brings the quality systems implementation perspective: what...
2026-05-0836 minThe Great Rood ScreenThe White House - St. Ninian of WhithornDcn. Seraphim tells us the story of St. Ninian, Apostle to the Picts, Scotland's first recorded saint and a great healer and wonderworker. In doing so, he draws on an epic poem written about the saint's life and miracles which has never before been translated into English. Walk with Dcn. Seraphim to Ninian's "wondrous cave of darkness," where he sought solitude amid his episcopal labors, and experience the wonders of his many miracles, especially to lepers and those struggling with mysterious skin conditions. After all, St. Ninian's suppliants include none other than Robert the Bruce himself!
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2026-04-2300 minThe Great Rood ScreenSt. Columba, the Dove of the ChurchDcn. Seraphim tells us the story of Saint Columba of Iona — the aristocrat-monk whose name means "dove" but whose life was shaped as much by penance as by prayer. Born of royal blood in Donegal, foretold by saints from the age of Patrick onward, Columba trains under Finnian at Clonard before a catastrophic quarrel over a copied psalter leads to the Battle of Cooldrevny and his exile from Ireland. Drawing on Adomnán's Vita Columbae, Dcn. Seraphim follows Columba from the green shores of Ireland across the sea to the windswept island of Iona, where the Dove of the Church fou...
2026-04-1600 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsSpecimen Strategy Is Development Strategy (And Why "We'll Source It Later" Fails)Specimen strategy is one of the most common sources of avoidable delay in IVD development. Teams that defer specimen decisions until after the evidence plan is set tend to discover the mismatch at the worst possible time: during analytical validation, clinical performance work, or submission prep.
In this episode of Expert Insights, Mitzi Rettinger talks with Jim Boushell, Senior Vice President of Biospecimens at DCN Dx, about what experienced teams define early so their specimen sets and data packages hold up under regulatory scrutiny.
Jim has spent decades building biorepositories and supporting diagnostic developers. The conversation covers how to align...
2026-04-0336 minThe Great Rood ScreenSt. Brigid, Mary of the GaelsDcn. Seraphim tells us the life and miracles of Saint Brigid of Kildare — the only woman among Ireland's three patron saints, and perhaps the most beloved and mysterious of the three. Born around 451 to a pagan chieftain and a Christian bondwoman, Brigid enters the world between two religions and two social classes, marked from birth by a pillar of fire. Drawing on the earliest Latin Lives and the Old Irish Bethu Brigte, Dcn. Seraphim follows Brigid from her childhood of reckless generosity through her founding of the great monastery at Kildare, her miracles of abundance and healing, and her place in...
2026-03-3100 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsAutomation Beyond the Strip: Building Repeatable Rapid Test Production with KinBioAs rapid diagnostic programs transition from R&D to scaled production, small sources of variation can quickly become major risks. In this episode of Expert Insights, Mitzi Rettinger, Chief Revenue Officer at DCN Dx, sits down with Daniel Levenson, Business Development Manager at KinBio, to discuss what truly changes when you move from manual processes to automated, repeatable manufacturing systems.
The conversation goes beyond dispensing and strip cutting to address the often-overlooked bottlenecks in vial filling, kit assembly, packaging, and sealing. Daniel explains how throughput challenges, moisture control, seal integrity, and alignment issues can affect lot consistency, and why automation...
2026-03-1816 minTeaching PreachingEpisode 11: Fr. John Cush, Homiletics & Pastoral Review and St. Joseph's-Dunwoodie Seminary (March 13, 2026)In this episode of Teaching Preaching, Dcn. Steve Kramer and Kiki Latimer interview Fr. John Cush, Homiletics & Pastoral Review and St. Joseph's-Dunwoodie Seminary (March 13, 2026)In this episode of Teaching Preaching, Dcn. Steve Kramer and Kiki Latimer interview Fr. John Cush, editor of Homiletics & Pastoral Review. Your Faith Has Saved You: Homilies for Liturgical Year A–Sundays, Solemnities, and Some Feasts This book is a collection of homilies for Sundays, solemnities, and major feasts in the Church’s Year A liturgical cycle. It opens with an exploration of Saint Matthew’s Christology, presenting Jesus as the fulfillment of Scripture, the au...
2026-03-171h 16The Great Rood ScreenThe Apostle of IrelandDcn. Seraphim tells us the story of Saint Patrick in his own words: a Romano-British boy is seized by Irish raiders and sold into slavery, where he discovers God on the cold hills of Ulster. After his escape, he hears the voice of the Irish calling him back to the land of his captivity. Drawing on Patrick's Confessio and Letter to Coroticus, Dcn. Seraphim explores the mystery of his return and the Trinitarian faith he planted in Irish soil.
2026-02-2600 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsPoint-of-Care in 2025: Lateral Flow Grew Up. Where Will the Technology Go Next?In this episode of Expert Insights, DCN Dx’s Mitzi Rettinger speaks with Dr. Pat Vaughan, DCN Dx’s Chief Operating Officer, about what point-of-care really meant in 2025, how development expectations have shifted, and his predictions for what 2026 will bring.
Drawing from Pat’s recent article and hands-on experience across assay development, engineering, clinical research, and manufacturing, the discussion breaks down how modern lateral flow programs are being designed around readers, software, data pathways, and real-world use.
The episode explores what this shift changes for teams defining new development programs, including how early design inputs affect performance targets, usability, regulatory strate...
2026-02-1942 minThe Great Rood ScreenBlood and ThornDcn. Seraphim begins The Great Rood Screen Podcast with the legend of Joseph of Arimathea's arrival at Glastonbury, the miraculous Holy Thorn, and the founding of the first Christian church in Britain. He then discusses the podcast's mission and its name, drawn from Tolkien's vision of medieval literature as a "great rood screen" revealing the Holy of Holies. Finally, Dcn. Seraphim concludes with the story of Saint Alban, Protomartyr of Britain, and the earliest historical evidence for Christianity in the British Isles.
2026-02-1200 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsThe DCN Dx Model: Integration, Scale, and What Comes Next with DCN Dx CEO Charlie MamrakA DCN Dx Expert Insights conversation with Charlie Mamrak, CEO at DCN Dx, hosted by Mitzi Rettinger.
Most IVD programs don’t lose months because a single experiment failed. They lose months at the seams: development to clinical, clinical to regulatory, scale-up to routine manufacturing, and specimen strategy to evidence generation.
In this episode, DCN Dx CEO Charlie Mamrak explains the business decisions behind DCN’s integrated services model, why biospecimens became a priority for IVD developers, and how he evaluates what to build, buy, or collaborate on next. This is a strategy conversation, designed for teams who care about exec...
2026-02-0617 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsPredetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs) for AI-Enabled IVDsA DCN Dx Expert Insights conversation with Dan Simpson, RAC, Director of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx, and Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx.
FDA’s Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) mechanism is designed to let manufacturers pre-specify certain post-clearance or post-approval changes, along with the protocol and acceptance criteria used to verify and validate those changes. For AI-enabled device software functions, PCCPs are now a core concept in FDA’s approach to iterative software updates.
In this episode, we break down what belongs in a PCCP, how it shows up in a marketing submission, and how team...
2026-01-2325 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsK-One on Gold: Turning Surface Chemistry into Real LFA Performance with KimialysSurface chemistry on gold nanoparticles is one of the quiet levers that decides how your lateral flow test performs in the real world. In this episode of Expert Insights, host Mitzi Rettinger and DCN Dx COO Patrick Vaughan, Ph.D., talk with Kimialys’ Claude Noguès, Ph.D. (CSO) and Cyril Gilbert (CEO) about K-One, their patented approach to controlling ligand orientation and minimizing non-specific interactions on gold. We translate the chemistry into practical decisions for assay developers and product managers.
Presented in partnership with Kimialys, Gold Sponsor of ALFC 2025. Podcast listeners can enjoy 25% ALFC in-person and virtual registrations by usi...
2025-10-0335 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsHype or Help? How to Evaluate Generative AI in Diagnostics with Jeremy Elser, Ph.D., Head of Science Operations at PalantirHow do you separate signal from noise when it comes to AI in diagnostics?
In this episode of Expert Insights, host Mitzi Rettinger sits down with Jeremy Elser, Ph.D.—a strategist, data scientist, and Head of Science Operations at Palantir—to explore the real-world potential and limits of generative AI in diagnostics R&D and operations.
Together, they discuss:
How diagnostics leaders can evaluate AI use cases without falling for hype
What to ask when AI vendors pitch you “breakthrough” tools
Red flags that signal a lack of scientific grounding or operational relevance
Where generative AI is already proving valuable...
2025-07-0930 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsFrom Bench to Program Lead: Lateral Flow Development Lessons That StickIn this episode of DCN Dx's Expert Insights podcast, Helen Hsieh, Senior Scientist and Program Manager at DCN Dx, shares her journey from academic biophysics to leading client-facing diagnostics programs. She digs into the practical realities of lateral flow development—from common pitfalls to real-world troubleshooting—and explains why materials matter more than you think.
2025-06-1224 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsThe Hidden Costs of Cheap Lateral Flow Development: Why Experience MattersUnderstanding the True Costs of “Cheap” LFA Development
In this episode of DCN Dx’s Expert Insights, Mitzi Rettinger interviews Dr. Pat Vaughan, COO of DCN Dx, to explore the risks of working with inexperienced or low-cost lateral flow assay developers. While these options may seem cost-effective at first glance, they often lead to costly delays, redesigns, or outright project failures. Drawing from real-world case studies, Dr. Vaughan shares insights on how experience and technical expertise can help mitigate risks and ensure successful assay development and commercialization.
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This episode dives into the key considerations for selecting an LFA develo...
2025-03-2541 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsWhat's Behind Winning Regulatory Strategies for IVDs?In this episode of Expert Insights, host Mitzi Rettinger sits down with Dan Simpson, Head of Regulatory Affairs at DCN Dx, and Emily Friedland, VP of Clinical Research at DCN Dx, to discuss the critical role of regulatory strategy in bringing in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices to market. From FDA approvals to international compliance, understanding the regulatory landscape is key to avoiding costly delays and ensuring a smooth path to commercialization.
Dan and Emily share their expertise on structuring a regulatory strategy that minimizes risk while optimizing approval timelines. They explore the importance of pre-submission consultations, the nuances of FDA...
2025-03-1216 minTeaching PreachingEpisode 1: Home for the Homily (March 6, 2025)In this episode of Teaching Preaching: Forming Today's Homilists, Dcn. Steve Kramer and Kiki Latimer discuss what it means to bring a homily home. (March 6, 2025)Home for The Homily: The Sacred Art of Homiletics concerns a new and required depth of preaching the word of God within the Mass. This calls for a new and deeper appreciation of communication skills. The homilist may no longer stand separately on the shoreline nor drift in the safety of shallow waters, rather he must have the faith of Peter to “put out into deep water.” This requires depth of soul, depth of ch...
2025-03-0744 min
Saint Paul’s SermonsMiracles, And Shaky Belief - Dcn Bryan DenchThe latest survey by the Barna organization shows that only 46% of persons responding believe in one supreme being who created and reigns over everything (see Genesis 1:1), reflecting a sad downward trend heavily influenced by scientism and cultish rejection of supernatural influence. More disturbing, only 72% of those surveyed who profess to be "born again" Christians affirmed belief in such a God - what are they being taught? On the other hand, the Gospels record scores of miracles performed by Jesus and witnessed by many, to say nothing of the Incarnation and Resurrection themselves. These attested miracles make sense as they...
2025-02-2312 min
DCN Dx Expert InsightsDeveloping Your Lateral Flow Development Skills With DCN Dx’s 2025 Basic Training CourseIn this episode of Expert Insights, Mitzi Rettinger and Melanie Bader discuss DCN Dx’s 2025 Basic Lateral Flow Training Course. Melanie, a seasoned Research Scientist and Training Specialist, shares her extensive background and highlights the importance of structured training in lateral flow assay development. The conversation delves into what attendees can expect from the course, its comprehensive structure, and the vibrant learning community fostered in Carlsbad, California. They also discuss the value of hands-on labs, networking opportunities, and the benefits of learning in a collaborative environment.
2025-01-2922 min
The Great TalesThe Wondrous Queen and the Chestnut Roan - with Dcn. Nicholas KotarFantasy novelist and Russian language translator Dcn. Nicholas Kotar introduces two Russian fairy tales: “Marya Morevna, the Wondrous Queen” and “The Chestnut Roan.”
2025-01-1100 minThe Great TalesThe Wondrous Queen and the Chestnut Roan - with Dcn. Nicholas KotarFantasy novelist and Russian language translator Dcn. Nicholas Kotar introduces two Russian fairy tales: “Marya Morevna, the Wondrous Queen” and “The Chestnut Roan.”
2025-01-1100 minSaint Paul’s SermonsOut of Egypt: God's Plan Continues to Be Fulfilled - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchMatthew's Gospel gives us the account of the return of the Holy Family from Egypt after the death of King Herod, resulting in their resettling in Nazareth. As Matthew shows, this is fulfilled prophecy, the continued progress of God's plan and purpose for his people, and further evidence Jesus is the Messiah
2025-01-0607 min
DCN Africa PodcastEpisode 9: Internet Governance in AfricaIn the next episode of the DCN Africa Podcast, we delve into the complex world of internet governance in Africa. Following the recently ended UNECA 13th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), Aurra unpacks the various challenges and opportunities that come with regulating the internet on the continent. Our interview guest for this episode is Phillip Ayazika, the Programs Director at Pollicy (Uganda) and we also feature a short excerpt from a panel session at the 13th AfIGF, “Protecting Internet data flows in trade policy initiatives”, led by the Internet Society and featuring:
• Dawit Bekele - Regional Bureau Direct...
2024-12-1942 minSaint Paul’s SermonsThe Kingdom of God Is Like... - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchChapter 13 of Matthew's Gospel is full of parables of Jesus teaching about the Kingdom of God, usually beginning with the words, "The Kingdom of God is like." The parable of the wheat and the weeds at vv. 24-30 talks about how in the church and in this life the wicked and the righteous are growing up together until the final judgment of God. Tares, or darnel, looks like wheat, but it is poisonous.
The great Anglican Bishop J.C. Ryle, in his "Expository Thoughts on the Gospels," described the Kingdom of God as the spiritual reign of...
2024-11-1709 minSaint Paul’s SermonsChrstianity 101 - The Good News and the Bad News. Rev Dcn Bryan DenchWhy is Christianity the Good News? Scripture and the 39 Articles of Religion show us that in our natural state we are enemies of God. We want to go our own way. We are "dead" in our trespasses and sinful choices unless God intervenes. That's the bad news, and the good news is God has indeed intervened in the person and work of Jesus Christ. By trusting faith in him, and in him alone, we can become children of God, right in position because of what Jesus has done for us.
2024-10-2012 minDCN Africa PodcastEpisode 7: Youth - Africa’s SuperpowerIn this episode of the DCN Africa Podcast, Aurra unpack’s the influence of young people in Africa, paying particular attention to how digital tools influence their economic, social and political impact on the continent and globally.The Deep Dive features an excerpt from Rachel Nyaradzo Adams’ talk at TEDx Gaborone on ‘A Crisis of Courage: Africa’s 21st Century Challenge’ Watch her full talk here: https://youtu.be/XDgIXsiWeTw?si=azBlfA2scUkE-2Ix)Aurra also got on a call with Bongekile Filana, the Chairperson of the National I...
2024-10-0447 minSaint Paul’s SermonsPride, "The Great Sin" - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchIn Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis had a chapter on Pride, what he calls "The Great Sin," the sin that underlies all other sins like a poison. Jesus repeatedly shamed the proud and in the Gospel of today from Saint Luke declares that those who exalt themselves will be brought low and it is the humble will be exalted before God
2024-09-2218 minDCN Africa PodcastEpisode 6: An African Perspective AbroadIn this episode, the DCN Africa Podcast travels to Helsinki, Finland, for the ‘Unlocking Media Literacy’ Forum and to Tallinn, Estonia, for the ‘Anatomy of Influence’ Forum. The host, Aurra, takes us on a journey through sound and dialogue as she tries to understand both media literacy and influence from an African perspective.
This episode features excerpts from a lecture by Leo Pekkala, the deputy director of KAVI, National Audiovisual Institute of Finland, a panel discussion featuring Chido Onumah from Nigeria, the co-founder of the Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue Foundation (MILID Foundation) and another featurin...
2024-09-0550 minSaint Paul’s SermonsJesus, the God Man of Emotion, Action, and Teaching - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchIn a few short verses in his Gospel, Luke describes Jesus' weeping over Jerusalem, cleansing the temple, and teaching in the temple daily (Luke 19:41-48). We learn much about the man Jesus from this passage, his human grief over the city of Jerusalem, his bold attack on the moneychangers and merchants defiling the temple, and his heart for the people as he teaches.
2024-08-0407 minSaint Paul’s SermonsMore Righteous Than The Scribes and Pharisees? - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchIn chapter 20 of Matthew’s gospel, Jesus teaches us that unless our righteousness is more righteous than that of the Pharisees and scribes, we can’t see the kingdom of heaven. What is Jesus talking about? Does he really want us to be more ostentatious, more public, more hypocritical in our righteousness, observing every little man made commandment of the law? No, Jesus is making a point to contrast the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, which is superficial and phony, with the kind of righteousness, God, desires, righteousness, faith, humility within our hearts.
2024-07-0707 min
Amon Sûl104 - A Diet of WyrmsDcn. Nicholas Kotar is back on the podcast to discuss with Fr. Andrew what is probably the funniest of all of Tolkien’s stories, the non-Legendarium tale “Farmer Giles of Ham.” Pull up a chair, grab a big bowl full of Dragon’s Tail, and be prepared for some storytelling joy.
2024-06-2900 minDCN Africa PodcastEpisode 4: Going Viral in AfricaIn this episode of the DCN Africa Podcast, join Aurra as she takes a deep dive into the proverbial rabbit hole of what makes online content go viral in Africa and how it relates to the spread of misinformation.
This episode also features an in-depth interview with Prossy Sheila Kawala, the Director of Media Initiatives at Centre for Media Literacy and Community Development (CEMCOD), Uganda.
In the News & Updates segment, we unpack the recently ended DCN Africa Virtual Training on "Empowering Africa: Building Media Literacy Capacity" through testimonials from one of the facilitators, Dr. Nancy...
2024-06-0548 minSaint Paul’s SermonsPride and Its Antidote, Humility, In the Book of Common Prayer - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchPride is the cardinal sin, putting ourselves in the place of God. We see it in the “pride” of people who celebrate sin and repudiate what God declares. The Book of Common Prayer includes prayers that turn is away from our pride.
2024-06-0210 minSaint Paul’s SermonsCranmer's Vision for the Book of Common Prayer: Unified, Understandable, and Reformed - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchArchbishop Thomas Cranmer was a visionary walking a difficult path to bring Reformed Christianity to England. Henry VIII if anything remained Roman Catholic while making himself head of the English church, but his appointed Archbishop of Canterbury was solidly and biblically reformed. In developing the prayer book, Cranmer skillfully achieved several goals:
1. Unify all worship and practice into one "common" prayer book for clergy and laity.
2. Put it in English (not Latin).
3. Incorporate solidly reformed doctrine in place of the theology of Rome.
4. Reinforce belief regularly.
The work of...
2024-05-0513 min
DCN Africa PodcastEpisode 3: Africa & Artificial IntelligenceIn this episode of the DCN Africa Podcast;
We examine the complex relationship between Africa and Artificial Intelligence. With the development of AI originating in the Global North, what does it mean for the adoption, impact and development of AI in Africa? In a quest to find an answer to this question, the host unpacks an insightful discussion that took place at the World Economic Forum’s Special Meeting 2024, focusing on the session titled “AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have It All?”, featuring Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire.
Finally, the News and Upda...
2024-05-0236 minSaint Paul’s SermonsJoy In Christ Jesus - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchDuring the upper room discourse Jesus tells his followers in a little while they won’t see him, then he says in a little while they will see him. He’s predicting his death followed by his rising again. Understandably they’re baffled. Jesus goes on to assure them of their future joy, the joy in him we who believe can share.
2024-04-2105 minSaint Paul’s SermonsJust the Facts - The Resurrection of Jesus: Rev Dcn Bryan DenchThe Resurrection of Jesus is the key, pivotal fact upon which our faith and assurance rest. As Paul said, if Jesus isn't raised, our faith is false and foolish, and we have no hope. How reasonable is it to believe in Jesus's resurrection from the dead? It's the only reasonable conclusion to draw from the eyewitness evidenced other undisputed facts. an
2024-04-0810 min
DCN Africa PodcastEpisode 2: Hashtag HeavyweightsIn this episode of the DCN Africa Podcast, we explore the social media trends across the continent. We aim to understand how the different regions in Africa utilize digital platforms to effectively communicate and engage with their communities. In our interview for this episode, we talk to the visionary Sallu Kamuskay, the Founder of Salone Messenger based in Sierra Leone, who shares his story of how he built an influential platform under less-than-ideal circumstances.
INTERVIEW
Sallu Kamuskay - Founder, Salone Messenger | https://salonemessengers.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallu-kamuskay/
2024-04-0441 min
DCN Africa PodcastEpisode 1: This Is Africa!EPISODE SUMMARY
In our opening episode, we explore the digital and information landscape of Africa. With 54 countries and 5 regions, Africa is a continent full of diversity and cultural complexity. It is also the second-largest continent in the world and boasts the youngest population. We unpack the past & future digital and developmental trends unique to each region. From North Africa to West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa, each region has its unique challenges and opportunities regarding digitalization and information access.
In our recap segment, we look back at the launch of the DCN...
2024-03-1241 minSaint Paul’s SermonsDid Jesus make a deal with the devil? - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchDid Jesus make a deal with the devil? That’s what some of his critics said when they witnessed a miracle in which he drove a demon out of a man who was mute. Jesus didn’t let that stand. He pointed out to them. Their claim was nonsense, since Satan, as a limited created, being, had no power to perform miracles. And why would he help? Jesus destroy his own minions anyway? But in that same passage, Jesus made a very important statement: anyone who is not with him, is against him, this is the question for us. Are we w...
2024-03-0310 minSaint Paul’s SermonsWhat Kind of Dirt Am I ? - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchJesus was the great teacher, and he loved to teach with simple stories people could understand: the parables. The parable of the sower, which is in all three of the synoptic gospels, challenges us. Are we the good soil, the good dirt, the ones with open hearts to the gospel who will bear fruit?
2024-02-0410 minSaint Paul’s SermonsBaptism of Jesus: A Matter of Life and Death - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchThe baptism of Jesus is a crucial event in the inauguration of his earthly ministry, and a moment that reveals his deity, the participation of all three persons of the Trinity, and especially his purpose in coming to the Earth. In the account in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus tells John the Baptist to with the baptism of repentance, even though Jesus has no need to repent. He does it, so that all righteousness will be fulfilled. As the new Adam, he is careful to be fully obedient to all commands and ordinances of God. This makes him worthy in his hu...
2024-01-1411 minSaint Paul’s SermonsWhy God Became A Man, Advent Reflections - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchDuring Advent we read the first part of chapter 1 of John's Gospel at every service, reminding us that Jesus was the enteral word of God, divine, with God from the beginning, and that he came to earth in human flesh for us! It's a miracle and hard for us to grasp how it could have happened, but we rejoice that it did. But the big question is why, why did God do that? And the answer is that he did it to redeem us because there was no other way: only the life of a godly human whose obedience...
2023-12-1711 minSaint Paul’s Sermons“The Devil Made Me Do It” - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchAround Halloween it’s a good time to reflect on the person and the pernicious work of the devil, and how his sway over us is limited, and not to be feared in any ultimate sense.
2023-10-2208 min
Saint Paul’s SermonsChristianity is not about performance - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchIt is right and good for us to examine our conscience daily, and to be mindful of the moral teachings of the law of Moses, and the commands of God, especially of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave us the new commandment to love one another. Being realistic about evaluating your own performance, however, does not being dragged down and losing the insurance and confidence of our salvation in Jesus Christ.
2023-09-1709 minSaint Paul’s SermonsThe “Comfort able” Words - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchFrom the beginning the Anglican prayer book has included four passages of scripture known as “The comfortable words.” Their place in the celebration of the Eucharist, following our acknowledgment of sinfulness, emphasizes that believing Christians have assurance of forgiveness and security in their place of acceptance before God, because of the perfect work of Christ Jesus.
2023-09-1010 minSaint Paul’s SermonsOur Survival Manual -Rev Dcn Bryan DenchWe live in times when people calling themselves Anglican can proclaim not the Kingdom of God but the Realm of God because God “has no gender.” We have all around us ideas embraced that are anti Biblical. Our survival manual in these times is the Bible.
2023-08-2009 min
TABERNACLETabernacle Podcast EP 5 pt2 - Reclaiming My Faith with IshPart 2 - Welcome back as we talk with Ish Briceno as he shares with us about his life growing up in a Jehovah's Witness family. How did that shape who he is today and how his life is different since coming to DCN.
2023-08-1029 minSaint Paul’s SermonsOnly Two Choices - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchGod makes it clear for us there are only two choices: belief in God or nothingness, blessing or cursing, hope or hopelessness. In Dt 30:15-20 God lays out the options and urges to choose life through faith in him. Genesis 1:1 proclaims God as the creator of all things. His creation includes us. He creates and sustains all things. We have only two choices, place our faith in those truths or live by our own desires and failed wisdom.
2023-07-1609 min
TABERNACLETabernacle Podcast EP 5 pt1 - Reclaiming My Faith with IshPart 1 - Join us as we talk with Ish Briceno as he shares with us about his life growing up in a Jehovah's Witness family. How did that shape who he is today and how his life is different since coming to DCN.
2023-07-0626 minSaint Paul’s SermonsWe've Got Spirit, How 'Bout You? - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchEverything we do in worship and church ceremony is trinitarian. We baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of the trinity, confirm in the name of the trinity, marry in the name of the trinity, bury in the name of the trinity. As Saint Augustine taught, all the actions of the Godhead involve all three persons of the trinity. Yet the trinity is unfathomable to our mortal understanding. The third person of the trinity, the Holy Spirit, is active in our lives now, our Comforter, our advocate, the one who...
2023-05-2111 minSaint Paul’s SermonsIn A Little While - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchIn chapter 16 of John's Gospel we have an eyewitness account of Jesus's words to his close disciples on the night before he died. He told them "in a little while" they would not see him, but that "in a little while" they would see him again. "Your hearts will rejoice. No one will take your joy from you," he assures them. And later he assures them that, although "the world" will rejoice and gloat when he is executed, he has overcome the world!! Jn 16:33, 1 Jn 5:5.
2023-04-3009 min
Saint Paul’s SermonsWhat if God Was One of Us?... But wait, he WAS! Rev. Dcn Bryan DenchjThere was a popular song in the 1990s called, "One of Us," by Joan Osborne. It asks, "What if God was one of us?" It's a good question but misses the mark, because God was indeed one of us in the Incarnation (John 1:1-5, 11-15). The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We have in Jesus a savior who knows firsthand what it is like to be one of us. Moreover, God himself took action in the Incarnation by becoming man and living a perfectly just and righteous life so that, by His atoning death, God became both...
2023-03-0608 minAmon Sûl081 - What on Earth or Under ItDcn. Nicholas Kotar joins Fr. Andrew to cover chapter 13 of The Hobbit, “Not at Home.” The dwarves have a look around inside the mountain while the dragon is away, and Bilbo picks up a couple souvenirs.
2023-02-2500 minSaint Paul’s SermonsNo One Greater Than John the Baptist - Dcn Bryan DenchIn the Gospel of Matthew for today we hear John the Baptist's question to Jesus as John suffers in prison: are you really the one we were to expect? We can feel the weight of John's distress, as perhaps Jesus was not exactly the Messiah John had expected. But Jesus reminds him of what the scriptures said about him. After perhaps a gentle rebuke, Jesus teaches the people that of all men and women ever born, none was greater that John, because of John's mission in fulfilling the promises of God.
2022-12-1111 minSaint Paul’s SermonsGod’s Providence In Action: Jesus Feeds 5,000 (John 6) - Dcn Bryan DenchGod is a God of providence, who ordains all things and provides for his people. In this miracle Jesus provides food for perhaps 15,000 people and teaches his disciples about faith in him.
2022-11-2008 minSaint Paul’s SermonsForgive Us As We Forgive - Rev Dcn Bryan Dench (given at the Anglican Church of the Transfiguration)Christianity is all about forgiveness. Because of Christ our sins are forgiven, taken away, remitted, so that in Christ we can be right before God. In today’s Gospel we are taught it is our duty, having been forgiven much, to forgive others.
2022-11-1310 minSaint Paul’s SermonsWhy Doesn’t Jesus Heal Everyone? - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchJohn 4 relates the account of the second miracle of Jesus, healing a man’s son. Jesus healed multitudes. We often pray for healing or other miraculous interventions. When Jesus does not heal, when it seems to us God is not answering our prayers, what are we to think? In this message we have an answer tied to the cross of Christ.
2022-11-0612 minSaint Paul’s SermonsThe Great Gulf: The Eternal Significance of Our Decisions. Rev Dcn Bryan DenchThe parable of the rich man (unnamed) and the poor beggar recorded in Luke 16:19-31 gives us a very clear message. Our eternal destiny is fixed based on our choices in life, whether we trust Jesus and follow him or put our trust in something else. There is, Jesus teaches, a great gulf between the place of the blessed in heaven and those whose own hard hearts keep them from God. The prospect of hell is terrible, but the good news is thanks to Christ we can be sure it’s not our destination.
2022-06-1915 minSaint Paul’s SermonsBe of Good Cheer - Rev Dcn Bryan DenchAt the end of his farewell discourse in John’s Gospel, chapter 13 to 16, Jesus says to his disciples that they will have tribulations and adversity in the world but he says be of good cheer I have overcome the world. That means that because of Jesus we have nothing to fear, nothing to worry about.
2022-05-2213 minSaint Paul’s SermonsMaundy Thursday: The Darkest Night and A New Commandment - Dcn Bryan DenchMaundy Thursday, almost 2000 years ago, was the darkest most terrible night in all of human history, because it was on that night that Jesus was betrayed and suffered before his passion. But it was also a night when Jesus loved his disciples to the end, prayed for them, encouraged them, gave them promises, of a future hope, and instituted the Lords supper for their benefit. Among all those things, he also gave them, and us, the new commandment to love one another
2022-04-1507 minAmon Sûl057 - Roast Burrahobbit“Roast Mutton,” Chapter Two of The Hobbit, is toasting slowly over the fire for our continued walk-through, and Fr. Andrew is joined by Dcn. Anthony Gaelan Gilbert to dodge trolls, ponder the proper roasting of dwarves, and where exactly the trolls were planning to spend all that gold they were hoarding.
2022-01-2500 min
Dcn Ryan"I Thirst for You" Chaplet with reflection by Dcn RyanSend us a textEnglish and Spanish text for the chaplet available at dcnryan.com.St. Teresa of Calcutta gifted the world with her witness to Jesus Christ’s thirst for the salvation of souls. She wrote “We have these words in every chapel of the MCs to remind us what an MC is here for: to quench the thirst of Jesus for souls, for love, for kindness, for compassion, for delicate love.” Co-founding the Missionaries of Charity Fathers, Fr. Joseph Langford, MC was intimately familiar with Mother Teresa’s spirituality. In 1986, he wrote “I thirst for...
2021-12-1823 minAmon Sûl054 - Minstrelsy Among MonstrosityWhat does Legolas and Gimli's conversation in "The Last Debate" about rebuilding Minas Tirith tell us about creativity? Dcn. Nicholas Kotar and Jonathan Pageau team up with Fr. Andrew to discuss Elvish and Dwarvish making in Middle-earth and what that means for us Men, whose deeds hold both promise and disappointment.
2021-11-2500 min2021-08-2914 minAmon Sûl044 - Akallabêth: All Roads Are Now BentDcn. Nicholas Kotar returns to the podcast to talk with Fr. Andrew about one of the darkest chapters in the Legendarium -- The Akallabêth, the Fall of Numenor. They start by talking about how Christianity uses fairy tales, then take a topical survey of major themes in the Akallabêth -- the Numenoreans as a people, sacred geography, the problem of death, Numenor as a remix of Atlantis and the Biblical Flood, and finally the cosmological shift that occurs for the Legendarium. They wrap up by giving their notes for the “LOTR on Amazon Prime” crew filming in New Zealan...
2021-06-2300 min
Tewahido Bible StudyDcn. Mihret MelakuDcn. Mihret who serves the EOTC in Boston and Los Angeles through the liturgy and the ministry of the word joins me so that you can get a reprieve from my voice alone. We talk about the motif of the third week of the Great Fast; mikwirab (The Synagogue).
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2021-03-271h 15
Tewahido Bible StudyIn Conversation w/ Memhir GebresilaséThis is an Amharic interview with Memhir Gebresilasé and Dcn. Zéna Biluy from 2016, with an English introduction by me.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tewahido/support
2020-05-2318 minTewahido Bible Study1st Conversation w/ Dcn. DawitThis is one of the seventy lost episodes of the original podcast. This interview took place in July of 2017. Thank God we're back in business three years later. The Scroll of Jacob series should be complete by this forthcoming Monday May 18, 2020.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tewahido/support
2020-05-1631 minTewahido Bible Study2nd Conversation with Dcn. Dawit of SacramentoA conversation with Dcn. Dawit who was on the old show back in July 2017. Hear how he is and where his biblical studies have brought him three years later.
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2020-05-0926 minTewahido Bible StudyThe Week of Sufferings & ResurrectionA conversation with Dcn. Mihret regarding the feast of feasts, Pascha.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tewahido/support
2020-04-1944 minTewahido Bible StudyIn Conversation with Dcn. Mihret re: Faith "faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1 LEB)Dcn. Mihret and I have served together for years at the Virgin Mary's EOTC in Los Angeles, CA. We usually take turns in delivering homilies to the youth before the entire congregation of the cathedral, after Aba Thomas' communion homily, and prior to us heading to private rooms to teach our other groups in more depth. Keedane Weld Kiflé says በልጅ ፡ አማክኝቶ ፡ ይበሏል ፡ ዐንጕቶ ። (teachings designed for children are also useful for the learned)support this ministry at https://www.patreon.com/tewahido--- This episode is sponsored...
2020-04-1245 minTewahido Bible StudyDcn. Mihret MelakuOn Faith "faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1 LEB)Dcn. Mihret and I have served together for years at the Virgin Mary's EOTC in Los Angeles, CA. We usually take turns in delivering homilies to the youth before the entire congregation of the cathedral, after Aba Thomas' communion homily, and prior to us heading to private rooms to teach our other groups in more depth. Keedane Weld Kiflé says በልጅ ፡ አማክኝቶ ፡ ይበሏል ፡ ዐንጕቶ ። (teachings designed for children are also useful for the learned)
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2020-04-1244 min
St. Tim REflecetions with Deacon AnthonyMarch 17, 2020: St. patrick and our Call to HopeSt. Patrick and the Reading for today teach us about the hope that dwells within.Readings and Reflection by Dcn. Anthony1st Reading: Dan. 3:25, 34-43Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 25:4-9Gospel: Matt. 18:21-35
2020-03-1809 minAmon Sûl013 - Sub-Creating After TolkienDcn. Nicholas Kotar returns to the podcast to discuss with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick his forthcoming epic fantasy novel in the Raven Son series, world-building, sub-creation in Tolkienian terms, and how this contributes to Christian culture-creation.
2019-11-0900 minAmon Sûl008 - A Far Green CountryFr. Andrew Stephen Damick and live panelists Dcn. Nicholas Kotar, Dr. Cyril Jenkins, Michael Haldas and Steven Christoforou talk visions of the age to come in the works of Tolkien. Fr. Andrew adds meditations on music and poetry inspired by the vision.
2019-06-2100 min
DCNDCN News Update Join BrittGirl as she keeps you up to date with news from Titans, Shazam, Batman, and much more!
2019-04-0308 min
DCNDCN Season 2 Episode 1Welcome to 2019! Join your host BrittGirl as she talks new images from Birds Of Prey movie, the latest in DC news and cosplayer of the week.
2019-02-1914 min
DCNDC Novastream Episode 25And thus the final DCN episode for 2018! We welcome once again Alaisdair to the podcast where we talk Aquaman, Suicide Squad, and Uncharted?!? But until next year, look after all your beautiful selves and have a brilliant holiday!
2018-11-2946 min
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DCNEpisode 19 - BatwomanLatest episode of DCN with discussions on Batwoman and The CW Arrowverse shows.
2018-08-1813 min
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DCNDCN 16 - The FortressA Podcast with The Fortress! A Sydney, Youtube duo who talk a lot of pop culture and do a bit of cosplay.
2018-07-0356 min
2018-05-1104 min
DCNEpisode 1 - DCN DropWelcome to DCN - Novastream's official DC comics podcast discussing the latest in DC comics news, reviews, games, movies and TV shows. Your host BrittGirl will take you through each week. This week get the latest in DC news and recap the first episode of Black Lightning.
2018-05-1108 min