Towards Understanding

Stewart Bogle chatted to Clay about his book, Learning to Dance in the Darkness and explains that it's his story about a series of traumas he's been through over 20 years and how he has kept his eyes on God. Stewart has also started a website called Resilient Souls to help people going through storms in life.  Check out the website for more resources: www.resilientsouls.com.au

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Clayton chats with Kerry Tucker. She was a white collar criminal who went to a Melbourne prison for years, missing out on seeing her daughters grow up and is the author of 'The Prisoner'.

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Clayton welcomed Christopher into the studio to talk about his award-winning book 'Biblical Critical Theory - How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture'. Christopher shared with Clayton that he became a Christian when he was fifteen years old and since then he has been fascinated by the ways in which philosophy and contemporary culture can be brought into conversation with Christian theology.

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Kent Whitaker experienced a tragedy that most of us will never go through. On December 10th 2003, his wife and youngest son were murdered before his eyes by a masked gunman in their family home. Kent and his eldest son Bart were also shot that night, and it was Bart that was accused of having arranged the ‘hit’ on his own family. Listen in as Kent shares about how he handled the whole ordeal, and how he came to forgive his own son.

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Helen Parker was confronted with her own experience of crisis pregnancy and found little support available to her and, as explained to Clayton, it was the inspiration to start The Babes Project. The Babes Project is changing the way Australians approach crisis pregnancy by supporting women in the perinatal period. Helen shared that by addressing challenges and allowing space for Mums to learn and grow, she has seen women thrive in their early parenting, leading to positive outcomes for their family.

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As a survivor of domestic abuse, Tessa Jetson joined Clayton to discuss her book 'Restart Your Life - Moving forward from abuse'. Tessa shares about overcoming a troubled past and using her experiences to help others in similar circumstance.

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Rabia is a criminal and human rights lawyer, a retired British Army officer, a former terrorism and war crimes prosecutor. She has even written about her experiences in her book “Equal Justice”.

In a terrifying ordeal that garnered worldwide attention, Rabia assisted with the rescue of two SAS soldiers from Iraqi insurgents in Basra. Her male colleague received a Military Cross for outstanding bravery, while Rabia’s part in the incident was covered up by the British Army and Government. In a fight for justice, she brought a landmark discrimination case against the UK Ministry of Defence, and won. 

Tune in as she shares with Clayton her remarkable story of courage, resilience and determination.

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Clayton invited Robert Pradolin into the studio to talk about Housing All Australians (HAA), explaining that it is an Advisory and Action Group of influential leaders from the private sector with a shared belief that it’s in Australia’s long term economic interest to house all Australians, including those on low incomes. Clayton and Rob talk about how to think about the housing crisis and the difference between government and private sector involvement.

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If you were the full-time carer for your husband, who is quadriplegic, and your twin adult girls, who live with disabilities, would you consider it a gift? Nicci Toomey does!

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Daniel joined Clayton to talk about the fracturing of our attention and how to re-train our mind. Daniel is co-host of Spacemakers podcast on this topic and shared with Clayton that he thinks it's deeply relevant to society, and to all Christians ('be transformed by the renewing of your mind!')... and how it crosses over with technological overuse, which is Daniel's area of specialty. Want to make 'space' in your world - then make sure you listen to Daniel!

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