https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/michellevanloon08-13-18.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/michellevanloon08-13-18.mp3   Michelle Van Loon is one of my favorite conversation partners. This week on Faith Conversations she responds to a listener email, talks about The Perennial Gen Workshop coming up September 15, and talks about her brand new book, Born to Wander. What happens when we are uprooted or displaced?…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/margotirado08-06-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/margotirado08-06-18.mp3 Do you ever feel guilty when you rock the boat? Are you ever afraid to fail? How about having a high tolerance for crap? Check out this week’s podcast with Margo Tirado, a psychotherapist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She has spent approximately 40,000 hours observing the…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lori-book-club1-07-30-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lori-book-club1-07-30-18.mp3 It’s the first Book Club podcast. Thanks to Lori Neff, we are periodically going to read and discuss a book on Faith Conversations. Our first selection is by Billy Coffey, titled When Mockingbirds Sing. Anna Joujan is the listener that won a copy of the book and agreed to discuss it…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/reeshedaShawnSoulForce07-23-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/reeshedaShawnSoulForce07-23-18.mp3 What does it look like to empower people to transform their lives and communities? That’s the focus of this week’s conversation with Reesheda Graham-Washington and Shawn Casselberry. Both are nationally known nonprofit leaders who spend their lives helping people pivot toward courage, community, and change. This is a podcast…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Phileena-Heuertz07-16-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Phileena-Heuertz07-16-18.mp3   Phileena Heuertz joins me this week on Faith Conversations. She is founding partner of Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism. She is a spiritual director, yoga instructor, speaker, and retreat guide. We talk about what a pilgrimage of the soul looks like. As we look at Phileena’s book Pilgrimage…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/john-mom06-25-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/john-mom06-25-18.mp3 This week on the podcast, John Lustrea and I discuss and use some spiritual practices as part of the discussion of a movie. The movie choice might seem unlikely, but we chose—actually John chose—the movie Moana. And he suggested we look at the movie through the lens of Exploration. A fruitful…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lori-Anita06-18-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Lori-Anita06-18-18.mp3 I am delighted to have Lori Neff back on Faith Conversations this week. We are rolling out a book club. Both Lori and I have had numerous people email and ask if we would consider starting the book club up again. Dr. Rosalie de Rosset, our previous book club…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mikemurphy06-11-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mikemurphy06-11-18.mp3   So much is happening in our world that I felt I needed the grounding presence of Rev. Mike Murphy on the podcast. We read some emails and respond, we talk about prayer, and we take time to talk about the recent suicides that have captured the attention of…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dianabutlerbass06-04-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dianabutlerbass06-04-18.mp3 This week on the podcast I have John Lustrea as a co-host instead of a guest. Diana Butler Bass has written a thoughtful book titled, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. If you’ve not heard of Diana before, she is the award-winning author of 10 books on American religion. She…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/melindajohn05-28-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/melindajohn05-28-18.mp3 Joining me on the podcast this week is long-time friend and former colleague, Melinda Schmidt, and as moderator to our discussion, my son John Lustrea. Melinda is currently working for Wheaton Grad School, and has an active blog called The Reinvention Experiment that you might want to bookmark and…