http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rob-Bell05-15-17.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rob-Bell05-15-17.mp3 Rob Bell, yes, The Rob Bell joined me on this week’s podcast. I’ve been appreciating his podcast, The RobCast, for well over a year now. When I saw the topic of his latest book, I knew I had to talk to him. My son John, who has joined…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/melinda-john05-08-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/melinda-john05-08-17.mp3 Melinda Schmidt joins me again and so does my son John Lustrea. John recently defended his thesis at University of South Carolina and received his Masters in Public History. He is getting married at the end of June and paid us a visit for one last time as a…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt05-01-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt05-01-17.mp3 Melinda joins me again this week as we take a look at a couple of quotes from Brene Brown‘s book The Gifts of Imperfection, and we also spend time on an article about Boomer parents trying to foist our junk onto our children when we downsize. We talk about joining the conversation at…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Leslie-Verner-04-24-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Leslie-Verner-04-24-2017.mp3 Leslie Verner is a writer. She blogs regularly about faith, family, social justice, and cross-cultural issues. We connected when I saw on Twitter that she had tagged my podcast, along with several others, as one that covers race conversations. I was honored to be mentioned on Leslie’s list. So I…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt-04-17-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt-04-17-2017.mp3 Melinda Schmidt, my long time dear friend and co-host when I was in radio, made a trip to Sarasota! Lots of sightseeing and good food and fun happened! It was a treat to sit down with her and have microphones in front of us again! She turned the tables…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/James-Martin3-16-1.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/James-Martin3-16-1.mp3 This is Holy Week and I thought the perfect guest would be Father James Martin talking about his book Seven Last Words. This is the week we spend looking at the days Jesus spent between the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and His death on the cross. On this podcast we will…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/VanLoon-Murphy-4-3-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/VanLoon-Murphy-4-3-17.mp3 Michelle Van Loon is a marvelous writer and speaker. She is always thoughtful and it was wonderful to have her join Mike and me in our Florida Room for a conversation. Michelle’s latest book is Moments and Days and it is worth the read. I talked with her on…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mike-mchargue03-27-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mike-mchargue03-27-17.mp3 Mike McHargue is a fascinating figure. He was born and raised Southern Baptist, but along the way stuff happened. Questions came. Doubts crept—well, actually—raced in. Marriage and children came and church involvement expanded to the role of Deacon. How do you live as a Southern Baptist Deacon and an…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/erinloechner03-20-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/erinloechner03-20-17.mp3 Erin Loechner is a former HGTV.com personality and before the age of 30 had built a fan base of one million women worldwide through her blog Design for Mankind. She’d also earned the title “The Nicest Girl Online.” She had it all with more knocking on her door. What…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/erinstraza-3-13-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/erinstraza-3-13-17.mp3 Erin Straza is managing editor of Christ and Pop Culture Digital Magazine, host of Persuasion podcast, and author of Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom From Habits That Bind You. You might guess that she is a thoughtful woman with great outlets for her creativity and thought at her disposal. You’d be right. As we focused…