Talk for 12

How can we as the church "weep with those who weep" when some suffering can often be experienced silently? In the second episode of our series on "an empty womb", Meg and Rochelle discuss the experience of miscarriage and how we as the church body can better care for couples going through one.

The experience of an empty womb can leave us feeling empty, alone and disappointed. In the first episode of this two-part series, Meg and Rochelle, two women who have both personally experienced and cared for others going through infertility, discuss what the bible says on the topic and where we can find comfort and hope.

We all have limitations. These often shape how we serve Jesus and his people. Listen in as Suellen and Caz talk about how MS has impacted Caz's daily life and her interactions with Jesus.

Moving to another country and being immersed in a language that is different to your native tongue has blessings and challenges. Suellen chats with Deb about her transition from Indonesia to living in Australia as a woman who loves Jesus.

Two women: one physically present at Jesus feet with a need for forgiveness, one at Jesus feet in our lifetime with a need for reassurance and comfort. Suellen speaks with Ali, a visiting SMBC student about what we read in Luke 7 and the journey Ali is on. 

We all serve God in the place he has put us. Sometimes that is close to home and sometimes that is in a country on the other side of the world. In this episode, Stef shares about her life as a missionary in Chile, what God has been teaching her during her time there, and what she is looking forward to when she goes back.

Using 4 simple questions to help guide their time in the Bible together, Grace and Natasha model 1 to 1 Bible reading for us by dipping into Psalm 32. They discuss they joy that is found when we confess our sins to God and live in relationship with him.

Listen in as Melody and Abbey read Psalm 23 together. They discuss what is means and how it has been an encouragement to them when they have faced hard times, using 4 simple questions to help guide their time in the Bible together.

Have you ever been nervous to strike up a conversation with another parent at the school gate or the back of assembly? Gill asks Heather what she's learned from intentional interaction with a diverse range of school mums and dads.

Join Gill and Tash to consider how the season of life caring for small children at home can bring opportunities for connection and deep conversation and how Bible stories might play a part.

How good it is to start a new year secure in the knowledge of salvation in Jesus, our living hope, an inheritance 'unfading, kept in heaven for you' (1 Peter 1:3). So many people we live and work with do not know this hope. Be encouraged and inspired by God's story and Lauren's story of seeking opportunities at work to live a gospel-shaped life and speak gospel truths in whatever context God has p...

Matthew tells us how the birth of Jesus took place. Christine invites us to consider Mary and Joseph and who the central character, Jesus, is and what he came to do. Have a listen and keep in mind who you might share this with this Christmas. Talk for 12 will be taking a break until after the summer holidays. Please join us again in 2025!

The house is a mess, there's nothing in the cupboard and we are running between work and social activities. God can't expect me to invite people over to my house can he? Meg speaks with Krista about why hospitality is still important and possible in the messiness of life.

It often seems that 'anything goes' in the online world - you can say anything, be anyone. Or can you? Meg asks Caity what she's learned interacting online and asking whether there is a place for visible, kind Christianity online.

Have you ever wondered, 'how does she do that?' Meg kicks off a 3 part series with Jodi, exploring some of the teaching, people, decisions and joys that keep her coming back to church every week!

It's always exciting to celebrate a birthday, even of a podcast! In this episode, the Talk for 12 team reflect on the past year of podcasts, share how different series came about as well as some moments of joy and encouragement. Happy 3rd Birthday, Talk for 12!

New to Orange and OEC, Katelyn shares her experience of being a new person at a new church. Listen in to her conversation with Suellen and be encouraged.

Using our words to build up our brothers and sisters in Christ, is a huge privilege and is a foundational aspect of Christ-centred fellowship. In this second episode of our 2 part series on common phrases in Christian community, Lily and Nicki talk through the phrase "Praise God", when we say it, and what it tells us about our own hearts

How often do you reflect on the meaning of what you say? In this first episode of a 2 part series on common Christian phrases, Lily and Amanda talk through the phrase 'thoughts and prayers', and how the Bible teaches us to care for one another through grief.

Christian community is a place of comfort for the anxious and downhearted. But it doesn't always live up to expectation. In the second episode of this series Belinda shares with Gill helpful and practical ways to respond to anxious thoughts and feelings in ourselves and in others.

Is anxiety bad? Should Christians not have Anxiety? Clinical Psychologist, Belinda, helps us bust some 'myths' about what anxiety is, where anxiety belongs in the Christian life and the place of prayer and professional help.

Anna and Beth both work in situations that isolate them from a lot of adult contact beyond their own families. In this episode Mel invites them to share how God is challenging and teaching them as they serve him in their different contexts. Anna is a farmer, working alongside her husband, and Beth is a stay at home mum, home-schooling her five children.

Mel chats with Pauline and Lauren about owning a business, about tattoos and about core identity and how that plays out in what you do. Listen in to this third episode in our series on work as these women consider their identity as loved and esteemed children of God in very different work circumstances.

In this episode Katherine and Lis speak with Mel about what work and family have looked like at various stages of their lives. They reflect on how they have sought to be godly in the midst of the challenges of the workplace and in their desire to honour God as they have cared for their children. Mel asks them how they have been intentional in the decisions they have made and the priorities they ha...

Mel introduces us to Katherine to begin our four part series on ‘Work’. Katherine is considering what God’s word has to say about work. Listen in as she reminds us that we have been created for work and as she unfolds three themes that shape our priorities in this area of life.