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. A safe space for conversations about Jesus, life, and the grey areas in-between. Join Rev. Ness, Rev. Jon, and our guests as we explore tough and taboo topics, like doubt, hardship, trauma, shame, and finding hope through it all.

Filthy Hope | Faith. No Filter. is a religion podcast hosted by Filthy Hope, with 213 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The art of saying goodbye: lessons from a lifetime of funerals

  Aug 17, 202637 min

  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 party in the palliative care room 21:32 – A fight breaks out mid-eulogy 24:41 – Glitter, bubbles and sticky notes 29:31 – The cost of avoiding grief In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries take off the pastoral filters to have a radically honest conversation about death, dying, and their wildest experiences presiding over funerals. From family fights erupting at the lectern to grieving mothers throwing themselves onto lower caskets, they expose the raw grit of human pain when modern life breaks down completely. But it's not just shock value and dark humor. Ness and Jon dig deep into the sociological and spiritual costs of our sanitized, fast-paced death culture, calling out the tragedy of modern "McFunerals" that rush families through their pain. By exploring bizarre, beautiful, and deeply personal celebrations—featuring bubble machines, sticky notes, and heavy metal bling—they map out how reclaiming authentic rituals is the only way to slow down, process raw trauma, and discover real, enduring hope in the trenches of grief. #FilthyHope #GriefAndLoss #RadicalHonesty #FuneralDisasters #MessyFaith #LifeAndDeath #PastoralCare #McFunerals #HopeInTheDark

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  Faith through cancer: stories of grief, hope & unanswered prayers

  Aug 10, 202635 min

  CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses cancer, terminal illness, death and dying, including a detailed description of a death at home. Please take care listening. For support, you can reach out to: Lifeline 13 11 14, Cancer Council 13 11 20, or Griefline 1300 845 745. Do you pray expecting a miracle, or expecting reality? 0:00 – Trigger warning: cancer, death & dying 1:04 – Intro: Faith. No filter. 3:23 – Ness’s father: terminal diagnosis with 3 months to live 6:45 – Rejecting polite religious rituals 10:08 – Unexplained shrinking of tumors 13:30 – Mindset and the biology of wellness 16:53 – Jon’s father: a rapid and aggressive decline 20:15 – Dark humor at the deathbed 23:38 – Dismantling the myth of peaceful passing 27:00 – The isolation of public everyday grief 31:15 – Redefining the true anatomy of miracles In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Reverend Ness Williams-Henke and Reverend Jon Humphries lay down their guards to have a raw, unfiltered conversation about cancer, death, and the limits of human control. Sharing two radically opposing stories about their own fathers' battles with disease, they explore the dizzying space between a miraculous, decades-long survival and a swift, agonized passing. The hosts pull no punches as they wrestle with their own internal theological friction, debating whether we should pray with aggressive supernatural expectancy or with grounded, clear-eyed reality. Moving past sanitised church platitudes, this discussion provides a gritty, deeply empathetic look at how to find genuine grace, operational peace, and deep human connection right in the middle of active loss. #FilthyHope #FaithNoFilter #ChristianPodcast #GritWithGrace #GriefAndLoss #CancerSucks #CancerJourney #FaithUnfiltered #Miracles #DeathAndDying #TerminalDiagnosis #TheologyOfSuffering

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  Are miracles real?: faith, suffering & why some prayers go answered

  Aug 3, 202629 min

  What happens when you pray your heart out, but the miracle never comes? 0:00 – Intro: Faith. No filter. 0:39 – Ness’s heart block miracle 2:09 – Sitting with the team who don't get healed 6:00 – Challenging rigid religious systems 9:00 – The guilt of selective healing 15:00 – The exhaustion of unanswered prayers 17:22 – “God is not Oprah” 21:00 – The mystery of divine timing 24:00 – Validating anger toward God 26:41 – Finding hope in permanent loss In this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries sit on opposite sides of the same question: Are miracles real? In this raw, unfiltered conversation, our hosts dive into the spectrum of miracles and the painful realities of faith. Balancing Ness's shocking cardiac recovery with Jon’s lived experience of losing his father to cancer, they dissect why the church's traditional vocabulary around divine healing often leaves grieving people out in the cold. Instead of hiding behind generic platitudes, the hosts track the messy journey through physical agony, survivor's guilt, and the mystery of a God who sometimes provides logistics while leaving the disease untouched. Ultimately, this conversation reframes the ultimate miracle: not as a magical exit from human suffering, but as the stubborn ability to find joy, connection, and grace right in the middle of our harshest realities. #FilthyHope #FaithNoFilter #ChristianPodcast #GritAndGrace #Miracles #UnansweredPrayer #GriefAndLoss #FaithAndDoubt #DivineHealing #UnitingChurch

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  Questioning God: neurodivergent, queer & keeping faith

  Jul 27, 202632 min

  Content Warning: this episode references suicidal ideation and psychiatric hospitalisation. If you need support, reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14.What happens when your church says your neurodivergence “makes people uncomfortable”? 0:00 – Intro: Faith. No Filter.1:39 – Doubting the “miracle stuff”3:22 – The discomfort of church culture6:30 – Embracing religious doubts and questions9:47 – The bible's core message10:57 – Kicked out of church for being "too much"15:04 – Jesus answers questions with more questions19:42 – Rejecting absolute certainty in faith23:01 – Finding your community26:03 – Everything she swore she'd never become28:13 – Discovering hard-won Joy in dark placesIn this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries welcome back Rachel for a radically transparent discussion on the intersection of autism, asexuality, and faith deconstruction. Rachel shares her journey of walking out on exclusionary church groups, recovering from a severe mental health crisis, and rediscovering her musical voice within a safe, authentic environment. The conversation strips away corporate religious jargon to explore what it means to live out grace when traditional ideas of instant miracles fall short.Together, they challenge the idea that faith requires absolute certainty, highlighting instead how asking hard questions opens the door to genuine personal growth. From humorous reflections on the absolute simplest summary of scripture to the raw reality of leaning on lifelines during survival moments, this episode offers a grounded blueprint for sitting with the messy elements of life while actively manufacturing joy.#FilthyHope #FaithDeconstruction #FaithNoFilter #QueerChristian #NeurodiversityInChurch #MentalHealthSurvival #RadicalGrace #ModernMiracles #AutismAndFaith #ADHDAndFaith

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  The chaplain's daughter: from psychiatric ward to finding your purpose

  Jul 20, 202637 min

  ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses depression, panic attacks, hospitalisation and a disclosed low point involving suicidal thoughts. If any of this affects you, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14. What does faith look like from a psych ward bed?0:00 – Trigger warning0:30 – Intro: Faith. No filter.1:26 – Meet Rachel. 25-year-old musician raised in the church4:18 – Diagnosed with ADHD at age 1117:27 – A senior school rejection breaks her spirit22:13 – A panic attack derails the stage she once loved24:37 – Hospitalised in a psych ward26:44 – Coming to terms with being asexual and queer31:26 – Finding her way back to music and worshipIn this episode of Filthy Hope, hosts Rev Ness Williams-Henke and Rev Jon Humphries sit down with Rachel Humphries (Jon's own daughter) for the first of a two-part conversation. Raised as a Chaplain’s kid inside the school he worked in, Rachel grew up believing music was her calling, until a private-school culture that prized "excellence" over commitment told her otherwise. What followed were years of depression and PTSD, a panic attack that took her off a stage she'd never feared, and a night she told her mum she wasn't "good”, words that landed her in a psych ward.Together they wrestle with the harder questions: how do you hold onto faith when the place that raised you also broke you? What does healing look like when you're queer, asexual and self-sacrificing to a fault? Rachel doesn't offer easy answers: she calls herself "a terrible Christian" in the same breath she talks about leading worship every week. But she's back on stage, fronting a band, and figuring out grace one gig, one Sunday, and one honest conversation at a time.#FilthyHope #ChristianPodcast #GritWithGrace #FaithNoFilter #ChaplainsKid #PsychWard #MentalHealthAndFaith #AsexualAndChristian #QueerAndChristian #WorshipLeader

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