http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/leslie-leyland-fields-02-20-17.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/leslie-leyland-fields-02-20-17.mp3 Leslie Leyland Fields is not only an award-winning author of ten books, but also a commercial fisherwoman for four decades working with her husband and six children in a salmon fishing operation on their won island off the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. So when someone like Leslie writes…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/steven-curtis-chapman-02-13-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/steven-curtis-chapman-02-13-17.mp3 Steven Curtis Chapman is synonymous with Christian music. His career has spanned 30 years and is still going. He has mentored countless young, up-and-coming artists including those under his own roof. His sons Will Franklin and Caleb have now made their own mark as Colony House. Will’s wife, Jillian Edwards,…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dale-Hanson-Bourke2-6-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Dale-Hanson-Bourke2-6-17.mp3 Dale Hanson Bourke wrote Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers (The Skeptic’s Guide), which makes her the perfect person to help me understand immigration and refugees. On the podcast, Dale talks about how people immigrate to the United States and how refugees come to live in this country. She also spends time on the process…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Tara-Owens01-30-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Tara-Owens01-30-17.mp3 Tara Owens is senior editor for Conversations Journal. She also provides spiritual direction through Anam Cara Ministries and is a part-time instructor for the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program at Benet Hill Monastery. She, along with her husband and daughter, make their home in Colorado Springs. Tara focuses on a much neglected…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mike-murphy1-23-17-1.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mike-murphy1-23-17-1.mp3 My husband, Mike Murphy, joins me again as we continue our series on how to move forward when we are stuck. We look at some of the stages of grief and talk about how to refocus our lives after loss. We also open up the Faith Conversations mailbag and…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mike-Murphy-01-16-17.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mike-Murphy-01-16-17.mp3 My husband, Mike Murphy, joins me on the podcast to talk about how to move forward with our lives when we get stuck. Ever happened to you? My guess is, if you have breath in your lungs, it has happened to you. And when it happens to us, it affects those around…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Renee-Swope01-09-2017.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Renee-Swope01-09-2017.mp3 Everyone longs for meaningful relationships! Community is modeled first by the Trinity–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–but even with that ultimate model we struggle to develop deep friendships. Sometimes our issue is to admit our need for deeper relationships. Renee Swope is part of the (in)courage community, and they’ve put together…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tish-Warren01-02-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tish-Warren01-02-16.mp3 Tish Warren captured my imagination with the concept of life viewed through the lens of liturgy in her book Liturgy of the Ordinary. Annie Dillard’s words, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” are a touchstone for the book, a quote from which everything emanates.…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Leslie-Vernick12-26-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Leslie-Vernick12-26-16.mp3 Leslie Vernick is a wise voice. She is a relational coach with a focus on helping women in difficult relationships. Her latest book, The Emotionally Destructive Marriage, is essential for anyone in a difficult and possibly abusive marriage. On the podcast we talk about how each of us just made a…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/esther-emery12-19-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/esther-emery12-19-16.mp3 Esther Emery is effervescent and fascinating. Not only is she a beautiful writer, but her subject matter hit me where it hurts. She disconnected from the internet for a whole year. In her book, What Falls From the Sky, she recounts what precipitated her disconnection and how the quiet space that…