The healthy way to handle grief - Nancy

For the final episode of Season 10, Amy Townsend introduces us to a woman with a vast experience of the nature of grief. Nancy Guthrie has written many books on the sorrows of life and how to navigate them. With her husband, she has developed respite retreats for the broken-hearted, and 'Grief Sh…

I should be dead by now - Michael

What does it look like to literally live thinking that today might be your last day? This episode, Amy Townsend introduces us to Michael Fattal. Michael was born with a severe medical condition that gave him a life expectancy of just a few years. He is the first person in Australia to survive th…

Does God want me to retire? - Howard and Trish

This episode Amy introduces us to not one but two faithful servants of Jesus. Howard and Trish Spencer have been married for over forty years. In that time they've faced the mission field together, along with infertility, violent crime and long seasons of depression. You think that would be enou…

Serving while surfing - Steve

This episode Amy introduces us to a man whose Christian journey has involved vast amounts of soil and salt - with a few goats thrown in. Steve Campbell didn't know where God was going to take him. He just preferred that it would be outdoors. God honoured that and took him into the line-up of a lo…

Five years without him - Carolyn

Amy Townsend's guest this episode is one half of the perfect marriage. In some respects, Carolyn Woods and her husband Steven were the odd couple - never meant to be together! Yet God used hardship on hardship to hammer out a beautiful union. But what happens when half of your reason for living …

Journey to the dark side - Yakim

Demon possession ... spiritual powers ... the overcoming presence of evil. In our Western world these are elements of Hollywood fantasies.  But this episode Amy introduces us to Yakim (not his real name), who has lived in a place where these are real experiences. Join us on a journey that has ta…

Finding my fluffy blue mouthpiece - Miriam

This episode, Amy Townsend introduces us to Miriam Braithwaite, a woman whose idea of her best life was never leaving home.  For Miriam, family and the quiet life were everything. But God's introduction to a fluffy, blue friend opened the door to an exciting new world.  Salt is proudly brought t…

The Prosperity Gospel - an African perspective - Tamie

What if there is more to the prosperity gospel than we think? Amy's guest this episode is Tamie Davis. Tamie had a heart for mission from an early age, but after years of training and preparation what she found on the mission field was not what she expected. Tamie shares with Amy how God used her…

Diary of a mission kid - Lachlan

Mission kid or missionary? Amy Townsend's guest this episode is Lachlan Field, and he had a foot in either world. At age 9, Lachlan moved overseas with his family to share the gospel. But was that his calling, or something he was called upon to do? And how has he come to see mission work now? …

Pornography: a woman's story - Danica

Have you ever felt like you're fighting against yourself? This episode Amy Townsend speaks to a woman whose struggle falls well outside society's expectations. Today we meet Danica Vega and discuss pornography - a woman's story. Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Missionary and Bible Colle…