What if the parts of your story you were told to hide, are the very things God wants to use?

In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries are joined by Rev Charissa Suli, President of the Uniting Church in Australia, for an honest conversation about leadership, faith, and the power of embracing your whole story. Charissa shares her journey from becoming a teen mum to being ordained and elected as President, reflecting on shame, judgment, cultural expectations, and the moments the church fell short of its own values.

Together, they explore how God can work through what feels taboo or disqualifying, and how faith, family, and calling can transform pain into purpose. This episode is a powerful reminder that your past does not disqualify you, it can become the very source of your strength.

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What happens when recovery leads you beyond sobriety, and into purpose? In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries continue their conversation with UK actress Elizabeth Meadows about addiction, faith, and the long road of recovery. Liz shares how her 12-step journey opened the door to Christianity, quieted the constant pull of addiction, and eventually led her to walk 679 kilometres along the Camino de Santiago.Along the way, Liz reflects on surrender, hyper-independence, learning to ask for help, and discovering God’s love through spiritual discipline, generosity, and prayer. This episode explores how purpose is often found not in dramatic breakthroughs, but in the daily choice to keep walking, long after recovery begins.

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What happens when addiction, trauma, and coping mechanisms collide with faith?

In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries are joined by UK actress Elizabeth Meadows to talk openly about addiction recovery, Christianity, and the 12 step journey.

Liz shares how alcohol, sex, and validation became ways of coping with trauma, and how recovery, surrender, forgiveness, and faith led to healing. Ness reflects on her experience with AA, while Jon speaks about the ongoing practice of living in recovery.

This episode explores how hope can be born out of suffering, even in the places church rarely talks about.

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Welcome back to Filthy Hope. Faith without the filters. Brave, compassionate conversations about life’s hardest parts. We're so glad you're with us as we share new stories with new guests soon. Hosted Rev Ness and new co-host Rev Jon.

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Rev Ness comes back to the place the podcast started, at Uniting Heart and Soul church, and shares on taking a short break.

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Pastor Jonty and Rev Ness are joined in the studio by Pastor James Lee from Sydney Hosanna Mission, and Pastor Ammi Ahn. Ammi is a blind missionary who has spent the majority of his life sharing the gospel in some of the most hostile environments in the world.

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Jonty and Rev Ness sit down with Barry Higgins from Uniting World to talk about the role of mission work and the ways that mission can be done ethically.

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Pastor Jonty and Rev Ness ask themselves an uncomfortable question: is church a cult?

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