Filthy Hope | Faith. No Filter.
The Podcast that talks Faith. No Filter. Got questions about God you don’t feel like you can ask in church? Drawn to Jesus, but disconnected from the polished, clean-cut side of religion? You’re not alone, and you’re in the right place. This is Filthy Hope.
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A “terrible privilege”: inside being a chaplain in disaster recovery (opens the original)
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What do you say to someone whose house has burnt down and whose husband is still missing? 0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter. 0:43 – The Disaster Recovery Chaplaincy Network 6:43 – Joining the police: "the veil taken off" 10:15 – His first suicide call, at 19 14:13 – Hiding the uniform 18:43 – Waking up in the back of an ambulance 23:26 – When tragedy tears apart a team 27:18 – The reality of moral injury 38:41 – The role of chaplaincy: “We don’t go to fix things” 42:06 – Why words ruin silent solid
Is religion good or bad?: hope, harm & the dangers of blind faith (opens the original)
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Has religion done more harm than good? 0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter. 1:34 – The cringe of being a minister 4:30 – Redefining religion beyond institutional rules 7:13 – When extreme orthodoxy weaponises faith 10:02 – The dangers of blind faith 12:26 – Splitting into tribes: Internal Church Conflict 15:15 – The isolation of the Religious Boys Club 20:34 – Facing the harsh reality of religious abuse 23:01 – True Ministry and sacrificial community outreach 25:47 – Good religion, bad religion & why
Human nature: beyond the binary of good vs evil (opens the original)
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Are we fundamentally broken, or just missing the mark? 0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter. 3:41 – Redefining the concept of sin 7:07 – Selfishness and human early development 10:43 – Realities of modern family chaos 14:09 – The complex sliding scale of morality 16:46 – Statistics: almost every prisoner was abused as a child 21:11 – Survival instincts vs. internal compass 24:46 – Finding true holy spirit connection 28:18 – Navigating codes of social ethics 31:55 – True restoration over immediate judg
The power of rituals: why endings & beginnings matter (opens the original)
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When did we decide that milestones are too expensive, too religious, or just too much damn effort?0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter.2:15 – The modern death of funerals4:33 – Ritual is the punctuation in a sentence6:48 – Paralysed by an unmarked death9:03 – Burying Blacky the goldfish11:18 – Baptism: the capital letter that starts a life13:33 – "This is dumb": trying to skip my own graduation16:55 – Ritual changes nothing, but it changes everything18:03 – Friday night ritual fatigue20:18 – Making th
The art of saying goodbye: lessons from a lifetime of funerals (opens the original)
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CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses death, dying, funerals. Please take care listening. For support, you can reach out to: Lifeline 13 11 14 or Griefline 1300 845 745. Why do funerals bring out the best and the worst in us? 0:00 – Content warning 2:13 – Intro: Faith. No filter. 2:36 – Two clergy, a lifetime of funeral stories 4:47 – Jon's "year of death" 7:35 – An open casket with nothing to view 8:46 – A mother jumps on the coffin 10:30 – Behind the curtain at the crematorium 15:54 – A part
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