Episode 27: Jon

In this episode I speak with Jon, whose life has been dedicated to living and serving amongst Australia’s most disadvantaged. His work has seen him sharing his home with people seeking asylum, refugees, people in recovery, and ex-prisoners. Born in Malaysia and migrating to Australia in the 1970s, Jon’s life is testament to the power of hospitality. Jon heads up Wayside Chapel and continues Wayside’s mission of creating community with no “us and them”. Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: An article in The Guardian newspaper on the sanctuary movement to protect asylum seekers (2016) - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/13/the-whole-nation-is-on-board-inside-the-sanctuary-movement-to-protect-asylum-seekers Wayside Chapel - https://www.waysidechapel.org.au/ Love Over Hate (a book by Graham Long, Jon’s predecessor at Wayside Chapel) - https://shop.waysidechapel.org.au/products/love-over-hate-graham-long Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre - https://smrc.org.au/ Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH) - https://unoh.org/ ABC Australian Story article on Jon commencing in the role of Wayside CEO (2018) - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-20/changing-of-the-guard-at-wayside-chapel/10132328 This episode's transcript can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C5TfcyxHkMRODKvdi0Bco4aAWMrFYA2IPjHGz0k0j1o/edit?usp=sharing Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.