http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PeteScazzero06-12-17.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PeteScazzero06-12-17.mp3 Pete Scazzero has been talking and writing about living an emotionally healthy spiritual life for years. I often quote this line from Pete’s book Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: “You can’t be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.” Too many Christians don’t believe this statement or live it out. Pete is an engaging…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sharon-Swing06-05-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sharon-Swing06-05-17.mp3 Sharon Swing is all about story—our story and God’s story, and how the two connect. I wanted to talk with Sharon on Faith Conversations to introduce people to Listen to My Life, an amazing visual tool. It contains a series of Maps for recognizing and responding to God in our stories. What could it…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trevor-hudson-4-10-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/trevor-hudson-4-10-17.mp3 Trevor Hudson is first and foremost a pastor. After you hear him talk, you’ll wish he was your pastor. The next best thing is letting him shepherd you through his books. He is the author of a book that my husband Mike and I recommend often. We’ve taken small…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/carol-howard-merritt-05-01-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/carol-howard-merritt-05-01-2017.mp3 Carol Howard Merritt has done a great service to those hurt by the Church. Her book, Healing Spiritual Wounds, is helping many recover from a hurtful experience and reconnect with a loving God. Carol is an award-winning author, speaker, and minister whose other books include Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation and Reframing…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rob-Bell05-15-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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 me…

http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/melinda-john05-08-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt05-01-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Leslie-Verner-04-24-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/melinda-schmidt-04-17-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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/3954060/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/James-Martin3-16-1.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/3954060/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…