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Miriam De Silva

Miriam De Silva

Sri Lankan-born Australian former journalist who became a primary school teacher and mother of four; guest on The After Dinner Mint podcast.

Sep 1, 2026

The After Dinner Mint

The After Dinner Mint

When You Exchange Religion for Jesus: An Interview with Miriam da Silva

Sep 1 · 38m

BecHOST
10:34
like to kind of continue that thread of like stories like how how did you become a christian
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
10:40
Oh, I used to be going to a kind of ritualistic church.
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
10:48
I mean, I'm not going to put, you know, throw them under the bus or anything because it is all part of my faith journey.
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
10:57
And for years and years and years, I would go every day to Mass.
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
11:03
And...
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
11:07
I would read the Bible, I would pray, but it was very ritualistic.
Miriam De Silva
Miriam De SilvaGUEST
11:14
And I would do a lot of good works and stuff like that, but I never really had a relationship with God.

10 MINS LATER

BecHOST
21:46
Could you tell us about, like, a hard season that you've walked through and kind of how you experienced God's faithfulness to you in that season?

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