Towards Understanding
Towards Understanding
Playlist by Towards UnderstandingTowards Understanding is a full-length feature interview radio program hosted by Clayton Bjelan. The show contains a mix of interviews based around the understanding and living out of Christian faith …213 clip(s) in playlist
Dr Dick Tibbits - Forgiveness & why it is good for your health!
Dick Tibbits is a licensed professional mental health counsellor, a hospital administrator and a professional sports coach, who is currently a performance coach to some of the world’s elite motorsports racers. Following a devastating job loss, Tibbits suffered the impact of deep resentment – experi…
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Amy Brown - Faith on Trial: How God Met Me in the Storm
Amy Brown, former head of Investment NSW, explained to Clayton how she found herself at the centre of what can best be described as a political firestorm, involving an intense public inquiry and an avalanche of media coverage and speculation. As a leader who has always been very open about her Chri…
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Lei Cheng - Political Prisoner in China
Cheng Lei is a Chinese Australian journalist working for Sky News. In 2020 while Australia-China relations hit bottom, she was incarcerated for over three years by the Chinese government on charges of leaking state secrets. Diplomatic efforts led to her release in October, 2023. Lei spoke with Clay…
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Chris Cipollone - How to Love in todays culture
Chris Cipollone has a passion for bringing a deep and authentic faith to the everyday experiences of life. Originally training as a teacher, Chris went on to spend over a decade as a church pastor in Sydney, Australia. He is Founding Director of Life To The Full, a not-for-profit organisation that …
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Professor John Lennox - Can science and God mix?
John Lennox is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School. He is particularly interested in the interface of science, philoso…
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Nikki Lee - Alagille Syndrome, resilience & God’s grace
Nikki Lee is a 33-year-old Aussie living with multiple medical conditions and disabilities (including Alagille Syndrome) – surviving a liver transplant twenty years ago – she is passionate about sharing God’s story through her life. She is the author of Alagille Girl, a memoir about resilience, hea…
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Justine Toh - Addicted to Achievement
Justine Toh is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity. She has a PhD in Cultural Studies from Macquarie University. Justine is the author of the book Achievement Addiction, where she aims to answer the question of "why do we constantly strive for our significance - and could …
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Kate - Providing dignity for the lowest of the low
This International Women's Day, Clayton chats to a very special guest, Kate, who works for Dignity Freedom Network (DFN). DFN raises awareness and support for women's ministry in South Asia. Kate is always seeking opportunities to ‘be a voice for those who have no voice’ and share how these exploit…
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Josh Reid: A mission to help churches start disability ministry
Josh Reid is National Director of Jesus Club Community - an organisation that helps local churches start their own ministry with adults with intellectual disabilities through their flagship program, Jesus Club.Here how Jesus Club operates, the opportunity for your local community and the impact Jes…
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Matt Colwell: Aussie Rap Icon 360, Fame, Addiction and Faith.
Clayton invited a very unique guest into the studio to interview this week. The rapper known as 360 has cemented himself as one of Australia’s most iconic and beloved rappers since breaking onto the scene in the early 2010s. More recently he has done a 180 on his life and boldly proclaiming his fai…
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