http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-48Ruth-Everhart8-29-16.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-48Ruth-Everhart8-29-16.mp3 I first encountered Ruth Everhart‘s writing while reading a friend’s blog post. I knew I had to read her book Ruined. I also knew I could hardly bear to read her book Ruined. When Ruth was a senior at a small midwestern college, two armed intruders held her and her 4 roommates captive and…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-47-Tracey-Bianchi8-22-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-47-Tracey-Bianchi8-22-16.mp3 Tracey Bianchi is, first and foremost, a friend. She also happens to be one of the pastors at the church I attend. Since my husband is one of the pastors, too, to take the pressure off of him, I consider Tracey to be my pastor, and she is a great…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-46-Michael-Cieslak-8-15-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-46-Michael-Cieslak-8-15-16.mp3 I met Michael Cieslak for the first time via email. He happened upon the Faith Conversations podcast and took a moment to email his appreciation. We share the fuller story on the podcast. A number of weeks later he emailed an article and suggested I might try to book,…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-45-Melinda-Michelle8-8-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Episode-45-Melinda-Michelle8-8-16.mp3 Melinda Schmidt and Michelle Van Loon join me again on the podcast. This time we talk about life transitions and their accompanying grief.     We’ll talk about how people respond to others in transition and how to best walk alongside someone in that season of life. Each of us are…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-44-Mike-Murphy8-1-2016.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-44-Mike-Murphy8-1-2016.mp3 It’s always a fun time to have my husband, Mike Murphy, on the podcast. He is a good thinker and has helped me learn how to think deeper and broader about a variety of issues. He is a pastor, and so Christian faith colors everything he says and does.…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-43-Chris-Fabry7-25-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-43-Chris-Fabry7-25-16.mp3 Chris Fabry and I go back 33 years. I was the first babysitter for his and Andrea’s first child while they took a parenting break to play tennis. An inexperienced babysitter, I was just glad Erin stayed asleep the entire tennis match! Our friendship goes beyond the parent/babysitter relationship, however.…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-42-Michelle-Melinda.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-42-Michelle-Melinda.mp3 When good friends join you around the table, good conversation usually happens. That was the case when Melinda Schmidt, Michelle Van Loon, and I sat around my kitchen table to talk. We talked about our past as well as our present and a significant amount of laughter found its…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-41-Lisa-Sharon-Harper7-11-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-41-Lisa-Sharon-Harper7-11-16.mp3 Remember that feeling of excitement when meeting someone you’ve admired at a distance for a while? That was my experience this week as I had the chance to talk with Lisa Sharon Harper on Faith Conversations. She is as dynamic as everyone says, so it’s not surprising that The Huffington…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-40-Dave-Trout-7-4-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-40-Dave-Trout-7-4-16.mp3 Long time friend Dave Trout joins me for Episode 40 of Faith Conversations. Dave and I go way back and we talk about it on the podcast. The beginnings of my career, maybe even half of it, was all music all the time — first as a solo artist,…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-39-Alan-Chambers.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-39-Alan-Chambers.mp3 On this week’s podcast I have the privilege of talking to the former President of Exodus International, Alan Chambers. I picked up a copy of his book, My Exodus, and couldn’t put it down. Three years ago during Alan’s keynote speech at the annual Exodus conference he announced that Exodus was closing…