http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-42-Michelle-Melinda.mp3 http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-42-Michelle-Melinda.mp3 When good friends join you around the table, good conversation usually happens. That was the case when Melinda Schmidt, Michelle Van Loon, and I sat around my kitchen table to talk. We talked about our past as well as our present and a significant amount of laughter found…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-41-Lisa-Sharon-Harper7-11-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-41-Lisa-Sharon-Harper7-11-16.mp3 Remember that feeling of excitement when meeting someone you’ve admired at a distance for a while? That was my experience this week as I had the chance to talk with Lisa Sharon Harper on Faith Conversations. She is as dynamic as everyone says, so it’s not surprising that The Huffington…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-40-Dave-Trout-7-4-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Episode-40-Dave-Trout-7-4-16.mp3 Long time friend Dave Trout joins me for Episode 40 of Faith Conversations. Dave and I go way back and we talk about it on the podcast. The beginnings of my career, maybe even half of it, was all music all the time — first as a solo artist,…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-39-Alan-Chambers.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-39-Alan-Chambers.mp3 On this week’s podcast I have the privilege of talking to the former President of Exodus International, Alan Chambers. I picked up a copy of his book, My Exodus, and couldn’t put it down. Three years ago during Alan’s keynote speech at the annual Exodus conference he announced that Exodus was closing…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-38-Jan-Silvious.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Episode-38-Jan-Silvious.mp3 Jan Silvious changed my life nearly 18 years ago. She spoke truth into my heart as she’s done with so many before me along with many who’ve entered Jan’s sphere after me. Her opus work is her book Fool-Proofing Your Life, which focuses on those who think they are always right, who…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/episode37-Kathy-Escobar.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/episode37-Kathy-Escobar.mp3 Kathy Escobar has been a lifeline for many walking a confusing kind of faith journey. She calls it a Faith Shift. After navigating her own faith shift, she decided to take a look at the different stages of a faith shift based on her own as well as other’s journey’s.…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/36alison-hodgson6-6-2016.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/36alison-hodgson6-6-2016.mp3 Who knew that a little pug named Oliver could have such impact on a family. Alison Hodgson had no idea until she picked up her daughter Eden’s diary. Well, it wasn’t called a diary because 7-year-old Eden couldn’t spell that. It was called The Pug List. As you listen…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/episode-35-The-Gray-Havens.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/episode-35-The-Gray-Havens.mp3 On this week’s podcast, Dave and Licia Radford, also known as The Gray Havens, join me. You’ll notice a cameo appearance by their 11-month-old son Simon. He is adorable and really wanted to talk on the podcast, too, so you’ll hear his delightful chatter coming in and out of…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34-Deborah-Loyd-05-23-16.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/34-Deborah-Loyd-05-23-16.mp3 It seems like most people in my circles these days are in transition. Often it has to do with vocation. Sometimes we use words like career, job, calling, and vocation interchangeably, but there are distinct differences. This week on the podcast our focus is vocation with teacher, pastor, church planter, and author…

http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/33stevesiler5-2016.mp3http://media.blubrry.com/anitalustrea/anitalustrea.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/33stevesiler5-2016.mp3 I met Steve Siler, founder of Music for the Soul, years ago when he released the first issue-oriented project titled More Beautiful, about all aspects of the breast cancer journey. I knew he was a special guy back then. He was a Dove Award-winning songwriter, well-connected in the field…