Dan Box - Proving the Innocence of a Convicted Murderer
Dan Box is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. Dan’s most recent book The Man Who Wasn’t There tells the story of Zak Grieve – an Indigenous man who was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he wasn’t even there for. As Dan set out to prove Zak’s innocence, the resulting f…
PastorSKAR - Church Minster to Twitch Streamer
Rev. Kiran Skariah, better known as PastorSKAR is an ordained pastor, who spent almost a decade on staff at his church in Sydney – running the youth ministry. Now, he’s taken that youth ministry global. Today, Pastor Skar spends his days online gaming, with a twist. He uses his platform to tell hun…
Chee Seng Fah - A Story of Grief, Faith and Stage Four Cancer
Chee Seng Fah is the senior pastor of Clayton Church of Christ in Melbourne. He was born in Malaysia and his family migrated to Australia in 1988 – and he has remained in the one church for the past 35 years. Incredible. Chee’s life has not been without pain and turmoil. He’s been through a stage 4…
Susannah McFarlane - Finding Jesus Through Her Birth Mother
Susannah McFarlane is an award winning author, creator, publisher of over 80 books. She’s behind some of Australia’s most successful children’s series including Zac Power, Go Girls and EJ12 Girl Hero. Susannah is also the Head of Publishing at Bible Society Australia – and her own story of how she …
Safina Stewart - Navigating Life as an Aboriginal Christian Woman
Safina Stewart is a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander – a Wuthithi and Mabuiag Island woman. She also has profound Christian faith. As the Relationships and Storytelling Coordinator for Common Grace, Safina is passionate about justice, education and faith – and joined the podcast ahead…
Mike Gore - How An Abandoned Baby Became a CEO
Mike Gore is no stranger to a microphone. With more than 20 years leadership experience, he’s shared passionately about his work with countless people. He’s the previous CEO of Open Doors Australia – who work with and advocate for persecuted Christians all over the world. His latest venture is chan…
Tori Hope Peterson - From Foster Care to Mrs Universe
Tori Hope Peterson is a wife, a foster mom, adoptive mom, and biological mom - who found Jesus as a teenager after moving through 12 foster homes. She is the bestselling author of Fostered and sought out speaker, inspiring audiences to be resilient, suffer well, and change the world with what they …
Jess Mepstead - Mercy Ships: From Dietician to Doctor
On episode 55 of Finding Hope, I’m so excited to have a bit of a full circle moment. My very first episode was with a woman called Merryl Mackenzie – who shared of her many years experience working on Mercy Ships – providing life-saving surgeries to those in need in Africa. Today, I interviewed Jes…
Kelsea Clingeleffer - From Tasmania to the United Nations
Kelsea Clingeleffer has spent her life helping people – it's in her very DNA. She used the money from delivering papers as a teenager, to sponsor a child in need overseas. And since then, her generosity and compassion has simply grown. She’s worked in the United Nations in Cambodia, studied how Tai…
David Hume - How Blindness Led to a Life Without Barriers
David Hume has lived a full and exciting life. He’s had fruitful careers in radio, retail and recruitment (to name a few). He was the lead singer of popular Australian band The Gondoliers. He’s sailed the Sydney to Hobart yacht race - twice. He’s had two wonderful marriages, which have given him 8 …