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Celebrate the Talk for 12 5th birthday with us! Hear from the Podcast team about how we got here, what we love about the podcast and how you can be involved.

‘My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever'. Can God really change our hearts? Join Monica and Madi to reflect on a lifetime of spiritual heart surgery.

If only we could plug our minds in for an overnight reset like our phone! Monica and Suellen explore how does God renew our minds and what can we do about it?

Do you usually go with your head or your heart? Join Monica to explore whether the two are really so different and the many ways God calls his people to love Him with their heart, soul, mind and strength.

Grief is something we are all faced with at various points in our lives. Lydia and Ellen share with Mel what the Bible has to say about grieving with hope, and how that has looked for them as they continue to grieve the loss of Fred, their husband and dad.

Chris shares how God has been working in her life, and what he has been teaching her, after complications following significant heart surgery left her sedated and on a ventilator for 96 days.

Going to church with young kids is a great joy and privilege, but can also be chaotic and challenging. In this episode, Jo and Mel discuss why it's worth the effort and how we can support parents of young kids at church.

Have you ever considered teaching SRE in schools but not really known what it's all about or how to get started? Listen as Allie shares how she got started in this ministry and why she keeps signing up for another year of it.

Could your love for Jesus be 'lukewarm'? Join Suz and Skye as they unpack another letter of Jesus to his church in Laodicea and consider Jesus' warnings and encouragement to Christians then and now.

How does the risen king Jesus warn, encourage and inspire his 1st century church and his 21st century church? Listen in as Sarah and Heather read the Bible together and consider how we might recapture our 'first love'.

Have you ever felt daunted to read Revelation? Pull up a seat and listen in as Anitra and Gill begin our 1-1 Bible reading series in Revelation 1 and let the Lord Jesus lift your eyes to his heavenly majesty.

In a broken world, the reality of stillbirth and infant loss is one that can cause us to ask questions of God and turn to him for comfort in our grief. In this episode, Jemima shares the story of the life and death of her daughter, Ellie, and how God sustained her during the early days of grief and beyond.

For single women, there can be grief in not having a husband and children. In this return of the Empty Womb series, Meg and Faith share the thoughts and experiences of 3 single women who were interviewed about their experience of being single and childless and how God is growing their contentment in this space.

Amy grew up learning about Jesus, but it wasn’t until she met Jesus with her need for forgiveness that she fully understood what a relationship with him meant.

Monique met Jesus in her 20s, through a series of events and interactions that clearly show God's hand at work in calling her to himself, as well as other members of her family. Now a Christian, Monique reflects on God's work in her life so far, and how meeting Jesus has changed everything.