https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LeslieVerner08-26-2019.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LeslieVerner08-26-2019.mp3   Leslie Verner joins me on the podcast this week to talk about what it looks like to be Invited in an age of loneliness. There is a real power in hospitality, but not the way we often think of hospitality. Leslie doesn’t mean having Pinterest-perfect tables or spotless…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CarrieNewcomer08-19-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CarrieNewcomer08-19-2019.mp3   Carrie Newcomer joins me on the podcast this week to talk about her most recent album, The Point of Arrival. We dive into her love for words, when she knew music was her calling, and we hear clips of several songs from her latest project. Carrie and Parker…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MelindaMichelle08-12-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MelindaMichelle08-12-2019.mp3  Two dear friends join me on the podcast this week. My long time former radio co-host, Melinda Schmidt, and new neighbor, author Michelle Van Loon. They are both conversation specialists and it was a delight to record with them. We looked back at a former topic I had received…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RozelleWhite08-05-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RozelleWhite08-05-2019.mp3   Rozella Haydée White joins me on the podcast to talk about how to Love Big. Rozella is such an engaging communicator. She is a public theologian as well as a coach, writer, and speaker. She digs down into love and how revolutionary relationships are the key to healing the…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MichelleMike07-29-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MichelleMike07-29-2019.mp3 This week it was nice to have my guests around my kitchen table. Michelle Van Loon, recent transplant to my neighborhood, and my husband, Mike Murphy, joined me. We batted around a couple of topics and took them deeper. We started out talking about the Christian mind, and for…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JeffreyTacklind07-22-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JeffreyTacklind07-22-2019.mp3   Jeffrey Tacklind joins me on the podcast this week as we look at The Winding Path of Transformation. It’s the title of his new book, and it’s also a truth that we understand when we are on that path. Tacklind describes spiritual transformation as an invitation to paradox. It…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShawnSmucker07-15-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShawnSmucker07-15-2019.mp3   Shawn Smucker joins me again on the podcast. Check out his first time on Faith Conversations. This time around it’s all about fiction and writing. Shawn’s latest book, Light from Distant Stars, recently released and it’s well worth reading. Shawn gives a thumbnail sketch of the storyline and we dive…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KendallVanderslice07-08-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KendallVanderslice07-08-2019.mp3 Kendall Vanderslice is a writer and baker who studies the intersection of food and theology. Win-Win! I loved my conversation with Kendall and I think you will, too. She has authored the book We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God. Kendall visited dinner churches. And, yes,…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JenniferBerryHawes07-01-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JenniferBerryHawes07-01-2019.mp3   Pulitzer Prize winner, Jennifer Berry Hawes, joins me on the podcast to talk about her powerful book, Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness. Many of us remember, and certainly the Charleston, S.C., community remembers, when they heard the news that…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/KarenGonzalez06-24-2019.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/KarenGonzalez06-24-2019.mp3 The podcast gets a refresher this week. I hope you like it! I’m excited to have Karen Gonzalez join me to talk about Immigration. Karen works for World Relief and she has a unique viewpoint because she is an immigrant. She arrived in the United States from Guatemala when…