Towards Understanding

In light of National Water Safety Day coming up this week on 1st December, Hayley and Rob Corben share how they lost their son, William, to drowning in 2015. They were told that 80% of couples would divorce following the death of a child so it became paramount to them that they wouldn't be in that statistic. Chatting to Clayton, they would like to be able to offer hope to couples in their shoes, that despite the odds, marriages can still flourish.

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This week the author of ‘The Bible In Australia’ (the Australian Christian Book of the year in 2018), Meredith Lake joined Clayton. They talked about the impact of the Bible in Australian culture, politics and life.

“What have people here thought about it, believed about it, how have they interpreted it or fought over it, had it inked onto their bodies as tattoos, there’s all these different things that don’t neatly fit into either a Christian nation or a Godless nation…”

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Clayton was privileged to chat to Adam Anders, a four-time Grammy nominee and two-time People’s Choice Award winner and Director of the soon-to-be-released movie, 'Journey to Bethlehem'. Adam explained to Clayton that the movie is a live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, which weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Don't miss Adam sharing with Clayton how he ended up casting Antonio Banderas in the lead villain role!

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What happens when you give up on life, live in an Australian forest for over a decade and then try to reintegrate into society? This incredible true story is from professor, Dr Gregory P Smith, who chatted with Clayton about his amazing book, Out of the Forest

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Melissa DePaiva Gibson chatted to Clayton about the documentary about her life - Return to Palau. After her whole family was tragically murdered, Melissa returned to Palau many years later and miraculously met with her family's killer, and her abductor, who left her for dead in a ravine. The impact on both Melissa's life and the entire population of Palau is truly amazing.

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Clayton chats with the authors of the book Captive In Iran. They were imprisoned for their Christian faith! Hear the story of Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh.

“From the first day we were threatened with physical torture, we had interrogation. They sent us to a jail which was in the basement, and we had to sleep on freezing and filthy floor with no carpet, we didn’t have anything to eat or drink, we couldn’t take shower, we couldn’t brush our teeth, we couldn’t see the light…”

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Clayton speaks to Mick Fleming, who is an ex-criminal enforcer turned bishop and now the pastor of Church on the Street in Burnley, UK, which helps the homeless, addicts and those on the bread line. Mick explained God has worked in his life and helped him not only forgive the man who raped him as a child, but helped the man get sober.

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Clayton chats to Jonathan Aitken, a former UK Cabinet Minister who was charged with perjury and ended up a prisoner.

Touted as a future PM, hear Jonathan explaining what happened to go from ‘serving Her Majesty” in parliament to ‘serving time in Her Majesty’s’ prisons, his faith journey of understanding Jesus and Christianity as he was in prison and what he spends his doing with his time now (a political comeback is seemingly out of the question).

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Dani Treweek, who has grappled with a theology of singleness for the past 16 years, spoke to Clayton about the fact that it is frustrating that both society and the contemporary evangelical church see singleness as a state of lacking and deficiency, grounded in what it is not. Dani is the founding director of the Single Minded Ministry, and was excited to share with Clayton that she has brought together the encouraging insights from her PhD research into a new book called The Meaning of Singleness, that was launched earlier this year.

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Philip Yancey is a familiar name in Christian households. Known for his many books, Philip spoke openly and honestly to Clayton about his recent diagnosis of Parkinsons Disease and how he still trusts a good and loving God who often chooses to reveal those qualities through his followers on earth. He has written many words on suffering and is now being called to put them into practice.

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