Salt – Conversations

Ben Hunter tells Jenny Salt he didn't set out to be a plumber - that was God's plan. Because of difficulties on the home front and at school, straight out of High School he decided to take up the offer of an apprenticeship.Consequently, he worked as a plumber for many years - a blue-collar industry in which he laboured to show friends another way of life.  But for Ben, it wasn’t really what made his heart sing. Rather, it’s always been wanting to tell young people about Jesus – something he had to wait many years to do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Salt speaks to Tamara Flinders, a minister’s wife, a mum to 3 daughters, and an Emergency Physician – working on the frontline of Covid in a busy Sydney hospital emergency department. Every shift brings very sick patients into her orbit – many with Covid. But through it all, what keeps her grounded is her relationship with God, her daily walk with the Lord, and the desire to be an ambassador for Christ whatever the context. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roy grew up in a poor town in a Southeast Asian country. On one level, his family identified as Christians. But Jenny Salt discovers his childhood was far more impacted by a father with a criminal history and an addiction to gambling. And it wasn’t until Roy left to live and study in another part of the country, that he came to really understand what it meant to follow Jesus.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Jenny Salt as she interviews Pete Stacey, a Christian since a young boy, who has known the joy of telling others about Jesus for most of his life.  Pete has done that through music, and through teaching and preaching in the local church.  He has also known the sorrow of losing his beloved wife to cancer and preaching Jesus through his grief and loss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Jenny Salt as she speaks with Kathy Rossiter, a medical professional and a member of the Mercy Ships ministry.Kathy tested blood samples for a living, but rather than retire she and her husband decided to put their years of leisure to a Kingdom use.Instead of heading for some sunny island, she took up a position in the labs onboard a floating hospital, showing Gospel love in action to some of the neediest people in Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Baird is one of those high-profile Christians, having been a politician for some years. His relationship with power culminated in him taking on the top job as premier in New South Wales from 2014 to 2017. Jenny Salt asks Mike what it means to be a public Christian. How do you live out your life as a follower of Christ in front of a watching, often critical, world? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trigger alert: This episode contains some distressing details of assault.Jenny Salt introduces us to Helen, a woman who has suffered much in her journey towards God.Like most of us, Helen has a busy work life, a loving family, a close church community, and a lot of people who know and love her as a friend and sister in Christ.Helen’s story also includes heartache and pain in the context of domestic violence and living with a major depressive disorder for most of her life. But ultimately, hers is a story of hope in God.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Raiter is a wife, mum, grandmother, author, artist… and grew up in a country considered extremely dangerous from a western perspective - especially for Christians. But for Sarah, life in Pakistan meant a childhood filled with stories of adventure, beautiful sunsets, villages, compounds, and high walls. As an adult, though, it was also the place where she both lost and found her faith.In the end, she loved Pakistan so much that she went back and lived there with her husband and children.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colin Buchanan is one of Australia's most beloved country music and kid's worship composers - a perfect choice for the final pre-season episode in the lead-up to next week's season 5. Colin's family journey spans the globe, his musical journey the breadth of this country, and his spiritual journey from darkness to light.Join Jenny Salt as she presents a bonus-length, musical special that peers into the corners of Colin's life and comes out with a smile on its face!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When huge challenge is followed by huge challenge, how do you manage to hold on to God? As the trials mounted, Helen Thomas had to ask herself again and again, "Can we trust God with this?"Helen Thomas is a wife and mother of four with a wonderful Greek heritage and a faith that has been with her since her teenage years. But when God placed his hand first on her husband, then on her children, her life entered a valley that few have to enter. What she found at its bottom though, was a way to hold on to her joy even in the midst of her sadness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.