https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/John-Lustrea8-2017.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/John-Lustrea8-2017.mp3 John Lustrea joins me on the podcast this week. John is the blog editor and website manager at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. We talk about weddings, marriage, and favorite podcasts. And John introduces us to a new spiritual practice which we demonstrate on the podcast.…

https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/melinda-schmidt8-21-17.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/melinda-schmidt8-21-17.mp3 Melinda joins me once again. If you missed it, she has started a blog. I think she is a wonderful writer and definitely has interesting things to say. The blog is called The Reinvention Experiment. Check it out! We delve into a variety of topics and, of course laugh,…

https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Daniel-Hill7-31-2017.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Daniel-Hill7-31-2017.mp3 Daniel Hill is the founding pastor of River City Community Church in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is a vibrant, multi-ethnic church. With his new book White Awake, he takes an honest look at what it means to be white. Daniel has wrestled with issues of race and…

https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/michelle-vanloon08-14-17.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/michelle-vanloon08-14-17.mp3 Michelle Van Loon joined me again on the podcast. This time we talk about The Perennial Gen, a new blog for middle-aged and older adults. We also talk about God’s discipleship program for us which often involves suffering and hardship. We point to a recent blog post of Michelle’s…

https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/melinda-schmidt8-7-17.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/melinda-schmidt8-7-17.mp3 It’s great to have Melinda Schmidt back on the podcast. On this week’s episode I read emails from podcast listeners. We get real. I give out info on how to donate to the podcast. If you missed it, you can either give via PayPal or mail a check. For…

https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Caryn-and-Jennifer8-7-2017.mp3https://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Caryn-and-Jennifer8-7-2017.mp3 Caryn Rivadeneira and Jennifer Grant join me on this week’s Faith Conversations. The main topic is writing. To be more specific, writing for children and middle grades. Both of these amazing authors have ventured into the children’s literature category and I give their works a big thumbs up. Evidently…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Lori-Neff7-24-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Lori-Neff7-24-2017.mp3 Lori Neff joins me on the podcast this week. We worked together for years on Moody Radio. Today Lori is working as a marketing specialist for InterVarsity Press. We cover a lot of ground on the podcast. We talk radio and publishing and poetry and looking forward after a…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Josh-Larsen7-17-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Josh-Larsen7-17-2017.mp3 Josh Larsen is co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting, as well as an editor and film critic at Think Christian, an online faith and culture magazine. He has recently written Movies Are Prayers: How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings. On the podcast we delve into how movies function as expressions to God…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Jennifer-Grant07-03-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Jennifer-Grant07-03-17.mp3 I’m on the road for a month. Currently back in Chicago and recording new podcasts that will release starting next week. Gonna leave this great conversation with Jennifer Grant up for another week on the homepage. Jennifer Grant is a terrific author. She’s written on everything from adoption in…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ChristineVaultersPaintner-06-19-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ChristineVaultersPaintner-06-19-17.mp3 I’ve been a fan of Christine Valters Paintner for a long time. She has authored a number of books, but her book The Soul of a Pilgrim came along at just the right time in my life.  It’s a helpful resource for someone going through a transition or for a person who…