Tegan Philip is a retired Australian Netball player for the Melbourne Vixens. She discusses the lifestyle of a professional athlete and also the role her faith plays.

She discusses the importance of work-life balance, how mental and physical strength is crucial to her performance, and what the life of an elite athlete looks like.

Tegan looks for opportunities to share her faith and acknowledges God’s grace through the life she’s been blessed to experience.

Although she finds sharing faith difficult, she finds comfort in her Christian friends and family that help keep her accountable.

Titane Laurent is a Moroccan-Born, Belgium-raised travelling artist who now resides in Melbourne. She discusses her journey as an artist, her understanding of success/failure, hearing the voice of the Spirit, having visions, and her thoughts on the role of husbands and wives.

To the single, she says “find yourself first and God’s purpose for you. Don’t find your identity in your spouse, and don’t let your joy be stolen away from you. Marriage is about sharing happiness, not stealing it away from the other.”

To the Christian artist, she says “art is about creating the voice of the Spirit, which is a form of worship, not about fame or money.”

Julie-Anne Laird is the Archbishop's Canon for Church Planting at the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Director of Missional Engagement for City to City Australia, and a Young Adults Pastor at All Saints Anglican.

She discusses her decades of vocation in ministry as well the life of a female pastor.

She encourages women in ministry to continue being stewards of Christ and the gospel, while challenging other brothers and sisters to hold lightly to secondary beliefs.

Dr. Sandra Grafe Glahn is one of only five female professors at Dallas Theological Seminary where she serves as the professor of media arts and worship. Dr. Glahn is also an author, editor, journalist, mother, and public speaker who advocates for transformative thinking in the arts, gender, and sexual intimacy in marriage.

In today’s episode, live from Texas during the crazy cold front, Sandra highlights her life in Texas, the state of the world, and how her faith ties in with the chaos. She further discusses gender roles, feminism, and misogyny.

Erica Hamence is an Associate Minister at St. Barnabas' Anglican Church in Broadway, Sydney. She is also a spokesperson against domestic and family violence through Common Grace, a non-denominational institution that stands for Jesus and justice.

She discusses “coercive control” (how the heart of domestic abuse is an abuse of power to control another person), as well as gender and social justice in the church.

Erica shares how pastoral care in the church should exercise a great amount of patience in order to give victims a sense of ‘agency’.

She adds; “What’s important is to know and tell that all are broken and can only be fixed by Jesus. There should also be accountability for ministers to ensure there is no gaslighting or abuse of power, that men and women in ministry (and their spouses) each have their voice heard.”

Jane is an academic teaching scholar at The College of Arts & Education at Victoria University. In this episode, Jane discusses her recent experience providing a talk with TEDx, Universal Design, youth work, and social change in disability and special needs.

Though some with disabilities believe their condition to be part of their identity, others do not. That is why diverse representation in all sectors of society is important. Jane suggests safe places and individualized approaches do have a use, but that the notion of special needs should be removed. Every student has their learning needs in a classroom, even if the way they may acquire a skill is different. The notion of special creates the ‘other’ which destroys inclusion and generates an "us vs them" system.

Dr Carmen Imes is an Old Testament professor at Prairie College. She discusses her journey to becoming a professor; her new book, ‘Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters’, and the role of women in ministry.

On ‘Why Sinai Still Matters’, she says; “The old law was never meant to enslave the Israelites again, but to show them what it’s like to walk in freedom as God’s representatives. If we truly lived in light of God’s presence, we would have reverential fear. This healthy fear recognises who God is, what his power involves, and what he has called us to be. YHWH’s name revealed to Moses is about whom he will reveal himself to be throughout the book of Exodus.”

On ‘liminal space’, “God takes Israel out of Egypt and puts them in liminal space, in the wilderness, to test them and remind them that he is God. Now, during COVID, we find ourselves in a liminal space where our faith is tested and our definition of church is challenged.”

season 1 • episode 16

more info on grant here:

'we're not the people you see on stage, or who you meet on the first date or job interview. our lives exist in-between these otherwise contrived moments of life. this is life. together. unscripted.'

season 1 • episode 15

more info on alex here:

'we're not the people you see on stage, or who you meet on the first date or job interview. our lives exist in-between these otherwise contrived moments of life. this is life. together. unscripted.'

season 1 • episode 14

more info on tommy here:

'we're not the people you see on stage, or who you meet on the first date or job interview. our lives exist in-between these otherwise contrived moments of life. this is life. together. unscripted.'