https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MaryMcCampbell05-16-2022.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MaryMcCampbell05-16-2022.mp3   Have you ever tried to put yourself in someone else’s shoes? Mary McCampbell joins me on the podcast to talk about Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy. McCampbell talks about the collective cultural loss of empathy that is directly related to the inability to imagine the…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KrispinMayfield05-09-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KrispinMayfield05-09-2022.mp3   Do you ever ask, “Why does God feel so far away?” Krispin Mayfield says the key to answering that is in your attachment style. When we understand our attachment style, we gain a new paradigm for fostering a secure and loving relationship with God. Krispin Mayfield is a…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Millrose05-02-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Millrose05-02-2022.mp3 Lori captured this pic during our recording Seven years ago, May 27, me and my team were let go from an amazing career in radio. It’s been a while since we’ve been together. We used to do a specific format on Fridays called Millrose Club. The story of how…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/JoyceRupp04-25-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/JoyceRupp04-25-2022.mp3   I’m delighted to have Joyce Rupp back on the podcast. She is a prolific author and an amazing person. Her life’s work might just be her book and the outworking of it into a series of workshops and retreats all by the name of Boundless Compassion. We talk on the…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MikeMurphy04-18-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MikeMurphy04-18-2022.mp3 It’s always good to have my husband Mike Murphy join me on the podcast. Our focus is looking back at Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday as we look at that time frame through the eyes of the marginalized as well as though our own eyes. You might…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CarolynCustisJames04-11-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CarolynCustisJames04-11-2022.mp3   Carolyn Custis James is an important voice for women especially in the evangelical church. I highly recommend all her books. A number of years ago she wrote a book titled Malestrom, a play on the word maelstrom. In this book she was talking about men and how they are also…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ChristineSine04-04-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ChristineSine04-04-2022.mp3   Christine Sine is the founder and facilitator for Godspace, an online community. Some of you might not know that Christine trained as a physician in Australia, practiced in New Zealand, and developed and directed the healthcare ministry for Mercy Ships. Our conversation on this week’s podcast centered on…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MichaBoyett03-28-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MichaBoyett03-28-2022.mp3   When you hear the phrase The Slow Way, I don’t know about you, but my heart and my pulse slows down. It’s the name of Micha Boyett‘s weekly newsletter and podcast. On this week’s episode of Faith Conversations I invited Micha to talk about one of her recent newsletters that…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AmyJuliaBecker03-21-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AmyJuliaBecker03-21-2022.mp3   Don’t we all want To Be Made Well? That is the beautiful title of Amy Julia Becker‘s latest book. The subtitle is An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope. We certainly have hurting bodies and souls but as we look at the global picture we also have hurting relationships and communities. As…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MikeMurphy03-14-2022.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MikeMurphy03-14-2022.mp3 My husband, Mike Murphy, is back on the podcast with me this week. We explore his latest set of Rumblings, a weekly column he writes and posts on social media that focuses on spiritual life and growth and politics. For those unfamiliar with Mike, he is a former pastor…