The Joseph Network

Safina is an Indigenous Christian artist whose Indigenous heritage comes from Mabuiag Island in the Torres Strait and Wuthathi Country in Far North Queensland. A storyteller from childhood, Safina tells stories through pictures - stories of wounds healed, creation made beautiful, and encounters with a living, loving creator God. She's experienced rejection, racism and frustration; but what you'll hear is love, laughter and a passion for justice, kindness and humility. Read more about Safina here https://artbysafina.com.au/ The music used is by Safina's brother, Stewart Fergie from Oka Music's new album Sunset Sessions: https://okamusic.com/

Whether in the media or in mission, Joseph Network producer Tim Dehn has always served his community with a humbling passion. In conversation with long-time friend Tim Argall, he shares his battles with doubt while discerning God's plans, and why perfection isn't what God's all about. This conversation was recorded under remote working restrictions.

Tim spent his early years in Papua New Guinea, where his father was a pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship. Thanks to music and his Christian faith he survived the move to Australia at the age of 12, where an old trumpet started him on the road to earning his living as a professional musician. A conversation on a cruise ship led to a change of direction, studying theology in the US before becoming a Baptist pastor, director of an international mission agency and now principal of Melbourne School of Theology.

Starting out as an astrophysicist and then moving on to the World Bank, Stuart Gill has had a globe-spanning career. Passionate about sustainable social development, he is now a senior member of Second Muse, a development company which has 'a vision of a prosperous future that is just and equitable for all.'

Education, food production, disaster risk, and community building are just some of the areas where Stuart's faith as a Christian and skills as an economist are applied every day, in developing nations in the Asia Pacific region.

Aussie businessman-turned-missionary Andie Steele-Smith hit the headlines in May, when the world's media caught on to how he was bringing together the notorious gangs of Cape Town's African townships to deliver soap, food and other essential supplies to vulnerable residents, housebound because of the COVID-19 lockdown. He tells a story of conviction, compassion and courage that owes everything to the unique power of God to change hate to love: and how he realised that "... these guys were all the same as me and that was very humbling."

Kate leads Dignity Freedom Network, whose mission is to bring hope to Indian girls facing a life of rejection and abuse - the Jogini. Through quality education, healthcare and vocational training, founded on the power of Christ to transform, miraculous change is taking place. Kate's story holds tears of pain and tears of relief, reveals anger and love, and tells of cruelty and selfless service. Truly a story of hope.

Joel McKerrow is an award-winning writer, speaker, educator, creativity specialist and one of Australia's most successful performance poets. His book "Woven" takes the reader from the moment a moulded, inherited faith crumbles and the questions arrive, to a place of belief woven from answers honestly sought.

Our April conversation with Malawi missionaries Mike and Jacky Hammond was recorded long before the global Covid-19 pandemic. As a way of sharing the needs of those living in poorer countries, Mike and Jacky joined Tim Argall for a follow-up chat - by Skype. The communications were challenging, to say the least, but what Mike and Jacky have to share is illuminating. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Malawi, and for those who minister to and care for them.

Jacky and Michael Hammond have served as missionaries in Malawi for 15 years. In drought, famine and flood they've shared their lives with the local church. In this conversation with Tim Argall they explore what it really means to serve long term - and why it matters.