https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/melindaschmidt05-07-18.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/melindaschmidt05-07-18.mp3 Long-time friend and former co-host of Midday Connection, Melinda Schmidt, joins me on the podcast. We riff off of the last stanza of Mary Oliver’s amazing poem, “When Death Comes,” off and on during the conversation, as well as Melinda’s latest blog post found here.   We also talked…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kaitlincurtice04-30-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/kaitlincurtice04-30-18.mp3 Kaitlin Curtice is a voice to pay attention to and a writer to watch. She is a Native American Christian author, speaker, and worship leader. You may have read her writing in Sojourners. She also writes at www.kaitlincurtice.com on the intersection of culture and spirituality.   We talk about reading, writing,…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/michellevanloon04-23-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/michellevanloon04-23-18.mp3   Michelle Van Loon returns to Faith Conversations to talk about what happens when a church leader’s sin has been revealed. The #MeToo movement dominated headlines for months. Now the #ChurchToo hashtag has taken a turn in the spotlight—and it’s heartbreaking. Check out the blog post that Michelle wrote…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/johnlustrea04-16-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/johnlustrea04-16-18.mp3 John Lustrea is back with me on the podcast to discuss a movie that both he and I watched. We had such an overwhelmingly positive response to the last movie we discussed, The Way, that we decided to do it again. This time we tackle Queen of Katwe. If you’ve not…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BrianAllain04-09-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BrianAllain04-09-18.mp3 Brian Allain is an entrepreneur. He’s an IT guy who made the leap to the literary world—first by becoming the Founding Director of the Frederick Buechner Center and then as Producer of Writing for Your Life.  During his time at the Buechner Center, Brian led the launch of Mr.…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GregoryThornbury04-02-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GregoryThornbury04-02-18.mp3 Gregory Alan Thornbury, Chancellor of The King’s College and Vice President of New York Academy of Art, joins me on the podcast to talk about Larry Norman, “father of Christian Rock.”   In the recently released biography on Larry Norman, titled Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?,…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MichelleVanLoon03-26-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MichelleVanLoon03-26-18.mp3 Good friend, Michelle Van Loon, joins me on the podcast sitting across from me at my kitchen table. Nice having her on my home turf and not via Skype!   It was a bit of a Millrose program as we went from topic to topic. Michelle and her friend…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AdamHamilton03-19-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AdamHamilton03-19-18.mp3 Adam Hamilton is senior pastor of the 20,000 member Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City. He is a prolific author with 25 books to his credit. Making Sense of the Bible is a favorite of mine.   On the podcast we talk about his latest, which is Unafraid: Living with Courage…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ElaineStorkey03-12-18-1.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ElaineStorkey03-12-18-1.mp3 Elaine Storkey is known for her work as a scholar, author, speaker, and journalist. She has been a tireless advocate for the marginalized. Most recently she was the President of Tearfund. On the podcast, Elaine and I talk about the global pandemic of violence against women. She recently penned…

https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/johnlustrea2-02-05-18.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/johnlustrea2-02-05-18.mp3 John Lustrea joins me this week on Faith Conversations to discuss a movie. The focus of the podcast is The Way, a movie starring Martin Sheen, which takes viewers on a 500-mile trek across Spain called the Camino de Santiago. John leads us through a spiritual practice as we discuss…