This is the fifth and final podcast I’ve recorded with Steve Bradbury. It was a longer conversation, so it’s been split into two shorter episodes. In the first, Steve shares about what happened after he left TEAR Australia (now Tearfund Australia). He shares about his work in developing the Masters of Transformational Development – the course that I completed in 2018 and helped facilitate for a few years.
The second and final episode of the series is Steve providing some responses to questions that arose for me through these conversations; questions about the role of prayer in faith-based development, what has helped sustain his integrity, generosity and hope over the years, and what he sees are the current blind spots of faith-based development.
I live near Fremantle in Western Australia with my sweet wife and our four children. I love exploring the intersection between theology and practice for all aspects of life, and get excited about finding ways to bring those two together in the life choices available to me. I love learning and making things with my hands, family days, gardening and home produce. I am terrible with a paint brush or camera, and I know nothing about cardiology. I do not own a cardigan. Yet.
I work for Amos Australia and am chipping away at a PhD looking at theologies of supporter engagement Australian Christian development organisations. I tend to order more books than I can read. Actually, I don't tend to. I do.
I find writing is a helpful way for me to process and distill what I'm observing, thinking and feeling as I wander wide-eyed through our fascinating-terrifying-beautiful world, and because the entire process of thinking-writing-re-writing-editing-re-writing is where the goodness lies for me, I don't use AI.
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