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Heath Adamson
Ep 152 – Grace in the Valley: Awakening to God’s Presence When He Feels Far Away
Daneen Akers
Ep 152 – Dear Mama God
–
looking at the feminine references and metaphors about God in Scripture
Brian Allain
Ep 126 –
how to become a published author
Ep 303 – How to Heal Our Divides
Dan Allender
Ep 26 – Healing the Wounded Heart
Jenny Rae Armstrong
Ep 54 – Don’t Hide Your Light Under a Laundry Basket
Sho Baraka
Ep 279 – He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World
Ruth Haley Barton
Ep 158 – Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away With God
Diana Butler Bass
Ep 132 – Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
(with guest co-host John Lustrea)
Ep 273 – Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
Belinda Bauman
Ep 177 – Brave Souls: Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy
Nancy Beach
Ep 329 – Next Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the Church
(with Samantha Beach Kiley)
Amy Julia Becker
Ep 148 – Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege
Ep 313 – To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope
Holly Beers
Ep 204 – A Week in the Life of a Greco-Roman Woman
Rob Bell
Ep 84 – What Is The Bible?
(with guest co-host John Lustrea)
Tracey Bianchi
Ep 47 – True You –
overcoming self-doubt and finding your voice
Beth Booram
Ep 1 – Starting Something New
Beth & David Booram
Ep 203 – When Faith Becomes Sight: Opening Your Eyes to God’s Presence All Around You
Dale Hanson Bourke
Ep 70 – Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers
Jared Patrick Boyd
Ep 291 – Imaginative Prayer
Micha Boyett
Ep 314 – Found: A Story of Questions, Grace and Everyday Prayer
Gregory Boyle, SJ
Ep 335 – Forgive Everyone Everything
(with Fabian Debora)
Mark Breta
Ep 319 – Millrose Club
(with Melinda Schmidt and Lori Neff)
Ep 331 – Conversation Group
(with Melinda Schmidt and Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 332 – Conversation Group (2)
(with Melinda Schmidt and Michelle Van Loon)
Jonathan Brooks
Ep 164 – Church Forsaken
Sharon Garlough Brown
Ep 6 – Two Steps Forward
Ep 206 –
her latest books
Shades of Light
(a novel about a social worker) and
Remember Me: A Novella About Finding Our Way to the Cross
Mark Buchanan
Ep 16 – On Justice and Reconciliation
Ep 229 –
his latest book,
God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul;
race conversations and racial reconciliation
Cindy Bunch
Ep 236 – Be Kind to Yourself: Releasing Frustrations and Embracing Joy
John Burke
Ep 21 – An Unexpected Look at Heaven
Douglas Bursch
Ep 277 – Posting Peace: Why Social Media Divides Us and What We Can Do About It
Jill Buteyn
Ep 17 – How to Walk Through Suffering
Jared Byas
Ep 242 – Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus
Adele & Doug Calhoun
Ep 167 – Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram
Suanne Camfield
Ep 73 – The Sound of a Million Dreams
Shawn Casselberry
Ep 137 – Soul Force: Seven Pivots toward Courage, Community, and Change
(with Reesheda Graham-Washington)
Steven Curtis Chapman
Ep 71 – Between Heaven & the Real World
Michael Cieslak
Ep 46 –
Anita and Michael discuss church and culture
Gregory Coles
Ep 108 – Single, Gay, Christian
–
a personal journey of faith and sexual identity
Dr. Alison Cook
Ep 211 – Boundaries for Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies
(with Kimberly Miller)
Ep 260 –
more from her book
Boundaries for Your Soul,
love of self and love of God, spiritual bypassing
Ep 333 – The Best of You: Break Free from Painful Patterns, Mend Your Past & Discover Your True Self in God
Wendy Cox
Ep 207 –
forming and operating a conversation group
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Marsha Crockett
Ep 357 – Sacred Conversation: Exploring the Seven Gifts of Spiritual Direction
Ian Morgan Cron
Ep 53 – The Road Back to You
(with Suzanne Stabile) – discussing the Enneagram personality profile
Kaitlin Curtice
Ep 129 – Glory Happening
Ep 234 – Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God
Ep 365 – Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
Janet Davis
Ep 23 – Tiny Giant Choices
Ep 283 – Sacred Healing –
how do we deal with a season—or lifetime—of pain and loss
Emily DeArdo
Ep 210 –
resources for Lent, including her book,
Living Memento Mori: My Journey through the Stations of the Cross
Fabian Debora
Ep 335 – Forgive Everyone Everything
(with Gregory Boyle, SJ)
Dr. Jennifer Degler
Ep 7 – Keys to Resolving Conflict
Lisa Colón DeLay
Ep 306 – The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness Through Spiritual Practice
Mary Demuth
Ep 104 – Not Marked
–
hope and healing after sexual abuse
Michelle DeRusha
Ep 159 – True You: Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created
Ep 202 –
topics from her blog, including ‘am I a gym person’ and ‘what does it mean to move at the pace of what is real’; book suggestions
Ep 227 –
what life looks like with a high school graduate during Coronavirus, what books we’ve each been reading, and creativity and the creative life
Ep 246 –
the effects of the pandemic on us; the devastating loss of a pet; good reading that can help sustain us during hard times
Ep 288 –
the spiritual practice of retreat and silence; good books we’re reading
Bette Dickinson
Ep 340 – Making Room in Advent: 25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder
(
also in this episode: Joanna Harader – author of
Expecting Emmanuel: Eight Women Who Prepared the Way
)
Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Ep 270 – Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Gabrielle Earnshaw
Ep 193 – Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety
–
Henri Nouwen
Becky Eldredge
Ep 239 – The Inner Chapel: Embracing the Promises of God
Audrey Elledge
Ep 341 – Liturgies for Hope: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, the Lows, and Everything in Between
(with Elizabeth Moore)
Esther Emery
Ep 63 – What Falls from the Sky
–
disconnecting from the internet for a year
Peter Enns
Ep 30 – The Sin of Certainty
Ep 169 – How the Bible Actually Works
Scott Erickson
Ep 195 – May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord’s Prayer
(with Justin McRoberts)
Kathy Escobar
Ep 37 – Faith Shifting
Ep 226 – Practicing: Changing Yourself to Change the World
Ruth Everhart
Ep 48 – Ruined
–
experiencing trauma or loss
Ep 218 – The #MeToo Reckoning
Chris Fabry
Ep 43 – The Promise of Jesse Woods
Ep 114 – Under A Cloudless Sky
Alan Fadling
Ep 224 – An Unhurried Life: Following Jesus’ Rhythms of Work and Rest
Gem Fadling
Ep 192 – What Does Your Soul Love?
Ep 334 – Hold That Thought
Jessica Leep Fick
Ep 13 – Beautiful Feet
Leslie Leyland Fields
Ep 72 – Crossing the Waters
Yolanda Fields
Ep 325 –
Breakthrough Urban Ministries (Chicago) – struggles that marginalized people and those experiencing homelessness face
Dr. Kelly Flanagan
Ep 289 – Loveable: Embracing What Is Truest About You, So You Can Truly Embrace Your Life
and
True Companions: A Book for Everyone About the Relationships That See Us Through
Alice Fryling
Ep 296 – Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older
Makoto Fujimura
Ep 58 – Silence and Beauty
Marilyn Gardner
Ep 24 – Refugees, Fear, and Politics
Brenda Garrison
Ep 50 – Love No Matter What
Holley Gerth
Ep 267 – The Powerful Purpose of Introverts: Why the World Needs You to Be You
Sandra Glahn
Ep 119 – Vindicating the Vixens
Karen Gonzalez
Ep 180 – The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong
Reesheda Graham-Washington
Ep 137 – Soul Force: Seven Pivots toward Courage, Community, and Change
(with Shawn Casselberry)
Jennifer Grant
Ep 90 – When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?
Ep 93 –
Writing (for children)
(with Caryn Rivadeneira)
Dominique DuBois Gilliard
Ep 165 – Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice That Restores
Marlena Graves
Ep 107 – A Beautiful Disaster: finding hope in the midst of brokenness
The Gray Havens
Ep 35 –
The Gray Havens discuss their latest album,
Ghost of a King
Sara Groves
Ep 109 –
her latest album,
Abide With Me
Ep 197 –
her Christmas album,
Joy of Every Longing Heart
David P. Gushee
Ep 287 – After Evangelicalism
Albert Haase, OFM
Ep 191 – Becoming an Ordinary Mystic
(with guest co-host Mike Murphy)
Darrell Hall
Ep 320 – Speaking Across Generations
Adam Hamilton
Ep 123 – Unafraid: Living with Courage and Hope in Uncertain Times
Joanna Harader
Ep 340 – Expecting Emmanuel: Eight Women Who Prepared the Way
(
also in this episode: Bette Dickinson – author of
Making Room in Advent: 25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder
)
Lisa Sharon Harper
Ep 41 – The Very Good Gospel: how everything wrong can be made right
Ep 307 – Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World and How to Repair It All
Jennifer Berry Hawes
Ep 181 – Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
Phileena Heuertz
Ep 136 – Pilgrimage of a Soul
Ep 157 – Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation
Michael Hidalgo
Ep 5 – Changing Faith
Barb Hill
Ep 347 – Seasons of Waiting
Daniel Hill
Ep 96 – White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White
Ep 146 –
Daniel’s social media posts on race and justice
Ep 231 – White Lies: Nine Ways to Expose and Resist the Racial Systems That Divide Us
Alison Hodgson
Ep 36 – The Pug List
Lia Huber
Ep 111 – Nourished – a memoir of food, faith & enduring love
Trevor Hudson
Ep 86 – Beyond Loneliness: The Gift of God’s Friendship
Ep 328 – Seeking God: Finding Another Kind of Life With St. Ignatius and Dallas Willard
Carolyn Custis James
Ep 62 – Malestrom
Ep 316 – Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood (2022)
Rachel Pieh Jones
Ep 275 – Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus
Kelly Kapic
Ep 311 – You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News
Kathy Khang
Ep 156 – Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up
Samantha Beach Kiley
Ep 329 – Next Sunday: An Honest Dialogue About the Future of the Church
(with Nancy Beach)
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Ep 150 – Healing Our Broken Humanity
Dan Kimball
Ep 254 – How (Not) to Read the Bible
Sherrill Knezel
Ep 344 – Heart Speak: A Visual Interpretation of Let Your Life Speak
Aundi Kolber
Ep 205 – Try Softer –
moving out of anxiety, stress, and survival mode into a life of connection and joy
Ep 358 – Strong Like Water
Alexandra Kuykendall
Ep 168 – Loving My Actual Neighbor
Molly LaCroix
Ep 304 – Restoring Relationship: Transforming Fear into Love Through Connection
Josh Larsen
Ep 91 – Movies Are Prayers
Nancy LeSourd
Ep 106 –
the novel series
Christy,
author Catherine Marshall, and the 1960s civil rights era
Terence Lester
Ep 280 – When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together
Amy-Jill Levine
Ep 356 – The Difficult Words of Jesus
(re-release of
Ep 293
)
Erin Loechner
Ep 76 – Chasing Slow
Anita Lustrea
Ep 200 –
Anita celebrates her 200th episode and her son John interviews her!
John Lustrea
Ep 14 – Panel: Villains and Contrarian Viewpoints
Ep 15 – Panel: Scripture and Faith Shifting
Ep 19 – On Loving Music and Being a Deep Feeler
Ep 20 – On God Transcending Time
Ep 57 – Sports in Society/Unexpected Circumstances
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 83 –
Books we’re reading
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 84 – Rob Bell: What Is The Bible?
(co-hosting with Anita)
Ep 98 –
Catching up with John, and learning about Florilegium
Ep 102 –
Responding to what’s in the news: NFL protests, Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria, Las Vegas shooting
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 121 –
Discussing the movie
The Way
and the spiritual practice of Lectio Divina
Ep 127 –
Discussing the movie
Queen of Katwe
and the spiritual practice of Havruta
Ep 131 –
Answering listener emails and how to disagree agreeably
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 135 –
Movie Conversation:
Moana
Ep 142 –
What is God compelling us to respond to in the world around us as we see injustice unfold?
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 200 –
Anita celebrates her 200th episode and her son John interviews her!
Ep 209 –
Movie Conversation:
The Dark Knight
Ep 221 –
Movie Conversation:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Ep 232 –
discussion on what’s happening in the world today
Ep 233 –
Movie Conversation:
Just Mercy
Ep 237 –
Mike’s Rumblings, recommendations for a book, a blog, and a podcast
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 238 –
Mike’s Rumblings, ritual and intention in life, protesting during the national anthem, decisions about the next school year
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 338 –
fallout of the Civil War and issues we still face today
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Lynda MacGibbon
Ep 274 – My Vertical Neighborhood: How Strangers Became a Community
Barbara Mahany
Ep 271 – Motherprayer: Lessons in Love
Gillian Marchenko
Ep 31 – Living Fully with Depression
Karen Wright Marsh
Ep 105 – Vintage Saints and Sinners
Father James Martin
Ep 79 – Seven Last Words
Ep 223 –
shelter-in-place; his Faith Sharings on Facebook Live; and his upcoming book
Learning to Pray
Krispin Mayfield
Ep 320 – Attached to God
Mary McCampbell
Ep 321 – Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy
Dr. Stephen McConnell
Ep 144 –
Meeting one of Anita’s pastors and author of
Safe at Home: Finding What You Never Lost
Kate McCord
Ep 10 – Why God Calls Us to Dangerous Places
Marilyn McEntyre
Ep 118 – Make A List –
how list-writing can lead to personal discovery and spiritual growth
Ep 175 – When Poets Pray
Mike McHargue
Ep 77 – Finding God in the Waves
Rich McKinley
Ep 155 –
faith, culture, and the Church; “What does it mean to be the people of God now?”
Brian McLaren
Ep 56 – The Great Spiritual Migration
Ep 262 – Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It
Ep 324 – Do I Stay Christian? A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
Sarah McLean
Ep 3 – Pink Is the New Black
Justin McRoberts
Ep 195 – May It Be So: Forty Days with the Lord’s Prayer
(with Scott Erickson)
Cara Meredith
Ep 166 – The Color of Life: A Journey Toward Love and Racial Justice
Carol Howard Merritt
Ep 85 – Healing Spiritual Wounds
Susan Mettes
Ep 352 – The Loneliness Epidemic
Elisa Morgan
Ep 11 – Seeing Yourself As God Sees You
Kimberly Miller
Ep 211 – Boundaries for Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies
(with Alison Cook)
Elizabeth Moore
Ep 341 – Liturgies for Hope: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, the Lows, and Everything in Between
(with Audrey Elledge)
Eric Motley
Ep 110 – Madison Park: A Place of Hope
Mike Murphy
Ep 14 – Panel: Villains and Contrarian Viewpoints
Ep 15 – Panel: Scripture and Faith Shifting
Ep 19 – On Loving Music and Being a Deep Feeler
Ep 20 – On God Transcending Time
Ep 27 – Presidential Candidate Grid [2016]
Ep 32 – Mike Murphy’s Rumblings
Ep 44 – This Difficult Election Season
Ep 57 – Sports in Society/Unexpected Circumstances
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 61 – Big Transitions
Ep 67 –
Moving forward when our lives get stuck
Ep 68 –
Moving forward: stages of grief and refocusing after loss
Ep 74 –
Lent, important self-reflective questions, and lying
Ep 78 –
a fun journal and Friday Rumblings
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 99 –
Hurricane Irma and the aftermath
Ep 102 –
Responding to what’s in the news: NFL protests, Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria, Las Vegas shooting
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 103 –
Friendship; ongoing controversial topics in the news
Ep 113 –
the New Year; a quick look back; ways to live in the new year
Ep 120 –
Breakthrough Urban Ministries conference; life purpose; Mike’s Rumblings
Ep 133 –
answering listener emails, talking about prayer, and discussing suicide
Ep 142 –
What is God compelling us to respond to in the world around us as we see injustice unfold?
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 161 –
Martin Luther King Jr., the late poet Mary Oliver, Mike’s Friday Rumblings
Ep 179 –
life, death, transition; Mike’s Friday Rumblings
Ep 185 –
the Christian mind; Michelle’s article,
Your Peak Life Now
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 191 – Becoming an Ordinary Mystic
(co-hosting with Anita)
Ep 198 –
life and spiritual growth; journaling; Mike’s Friday Rumblings
Ep 217 –
teaser for upcoming episode; encouragement during this time of shelter-in-place
Ep 219 –
Coronavirus and sheltering in place; Mike’s Friday Rumblings
Ep 225 –
Mike’s Rumblings; books we’re reading
Ep 228 –
Mike’s Rumblings; resources to help navigate recent national events
Ep 237 –
Mike’s Rumblings, recommendations for a book, a blog, and a podcast
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 238 –
Mike’s Rumblings, ritual and intention in life, protesting during the national anthem, decisions about the next school year
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 250 –
2020 presidential election
Ep 264 –
Lent and our individual Lenten practices
Ep 281 –
Redlining, CRT (Critical Race Theory), and other topics
Ep 284 –
what we’re reading; Mike’s Rumblings on growth and transformation
Ep 292 –
Mike’s Rumblings, a Meister Eckhart poem, discussion on
White Awake
by Daniel Hill
Ep 312 –
Mike’s Rumblings
Ep 336 –
Hurricane Ian; breath prayers
Ep 355 –
hearing Amy-Jill Levine speak*; national day of hate; Mike’s Rumblings
[*see
Ep 356
]
Ep 360 –
Holy Week; prayer in the Senate; Rachel Held Evans; questions to ponder with a friend or spiritual director; Mike’s Rumblings
Lori Neff
Ep 8 – It’s All About Prayer
Ep 92 –
Anita and Lori discuss radio, publishing, poetry, looking forward
Ep 101 –
Anita, Melinda, Lori catch up on stuff!
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 117 –
Lori’s blog and the books she’s reading
Ep 134 –
Book Club; other books we’re reading and podcasts we’re listening to
Ep 319 – Millrose Club
(with Melinda Schmidt and Mark Breta)
Carrie Newcomer
Ep 188 –
music from her album,
The Point of Arrival
;
collaborating with
Parker Palmer
Ep 295 –
music from her album and poetry from her new companion book,
Until Now
Aaron Niequist
Ep 145 – The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us From Drowning
Shauna Niequist
Ep 49 – Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living
Nancy Ortberg
Ep 2 – Seeing in the Dark
Tara Owens
Ep 69 – Embracing the Body
Tsh Oxenreider
Ep 308 – Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter
Lenten devotionals – also featuring J. Dana Trent –
Gifts of the Spiritual Wilderness
Christine Valters Paintner
Ep 89 – The Soul of a Pilgrim
Ep 285 – Sacred Time: Embracing An Intentional Way of Life
Ep 362 – Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty
Parker Palmer
Ep 143 – On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity & Getting Old
Katherine Willis Pershey
Ep 52 – Very Married
Andrew Peterson
Ep 12 – The Burning Edge of Dawn
Ep 201 –
his book
Adorning the Dark
and the 20th anniversary of the music project
Behold the Lamb of God
Karen Swallow Prior
Ep 151 – On Reading Well – Finding the Good Life Through Great Books
Ep 220 –
a conversation on literature, including
Heart of Darkness
and
Sense and Sensibility, both of which Karen serves as general editor
Ep 268 –
how to read classic literature well, including discussion on
Frankenstein
and
Jane Eyre
Christie Purifoy
Ep 171 – Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace
K.J. Ramsey
Ep 327 – The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love
Ep 350 – The Book of Common Courage: Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments
Janell Rardon
Ep 265 – Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You
Caryn Rivadeneira
Ep 93 –
Writing (for children)
(with Jennifer Grant)
Natasha Robinson
Ep 22 – Mentoring…for Life!
Ep 149 – A Sojourner’s Truth: Choosing Freedom and Courage in a Divided World
Joyce Rupp
Ep 301 – Return to the Root: Reflections on the Inner Life
Ep 318 – Boundless Compassion: Creating a Way of Life
Ep 353 – Jesus, Companion in My Suffering
Dimas Salaberrios
Ep 9 – The True Story of Dimas Salaberrios
Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil
Ep 240 – Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now
Joni S. Sancken
Ep 348 – All Our Griefs to Bear: Responding With Resilience After Collective Trauma
Mark Scandrette
Ep 59 – Belonging and Becoming
Ep 305 – The Ninefold Path of Jesus: Hidden Wisdom of the Beatitudes
Peter Scazzero
Ep 88 – Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Ep 276 – Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
Leah Schade
Ep 210 –
resources for Lent, including her devotional,
For the Beauty of the Earth
Kelly Schmidt
Ep 241 –
the story of Eve; discussion on books
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Melinda Schmidt
Ep 42 – The Art of Conversation
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 45 – Life Transitions and Grief
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 80 –
Catching up with Anita
Ep 82 –
Quotes from Brene Brown; Baby Boomers leaving junk with their children
Ep 83 –
Books we’re reading
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 94 –
Catching up with Anita & Melinda (and her new blog)
Ep 97 –
More chats with Anita & Melinda
Ep 101 –
Anita, Melinda, Lori catch up on stuff!
(with Lori Neff)
Ep 130 –
Anita and Melinda talk about poetry, other podcasts, and Melinda’s blog
Ep 131 –
Answering listener emails and how to disagree agreeably
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 153 –
Catching up with Melinda: life, grief, and maybe writing a book together
Ep 162 –
ancestry and heritage
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 163 –
ancestry and heritage (continued); using our gifts and teaching others to open them up to spiritual practices
Ep 178 –
vacation; how we grow and moving beyond what helped us grow
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 187 –
spiritual growth and development at all stages; books we’re reading
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 241 –
the story of Eve; discussion on books
(with Kelly Schmidt)
Ep 244 –
What does trusting ourselves look like and how do we trust both God and ourselves?
Ep 248 –
Transitions; resources for seasons of transition
Ep 249 –
Discussing the topics—and books—
Why Are We Yelling
and
Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict
Ep 252 –
wrapping up 2020 with our year end observations
Ep 253 –
we discuss waiting
Ep 255 –
we talk about perseverance
Ep 263 –
we talk about big, huge things that happen in our lives
Ep 269 –
being curious and not fearful
Ep 272 –
beauty of creation and its exploration
Ep 278 –
what if we developed a world view with love at the center
Ep 319 – Millrose Club
(with Lori Neff and Mark Breta)
Ep 322 –
discussion and reflecting on Jesus turning water into wine
Ep 326 –
discussion of poems from Luci Shaw’s book,
The Generosity: Poems
Ep 330 –
the question of Scripture’s relevancy—a journey to discover the rawness of Scripture and also the hope that is ours in Scripture
Ep 331 – Conversation Group
(with Michelle Van Loon and Mark Breta)
Ep 332 – Conversation Group (2)
(with Michelle Van Loon and Mark Breta)
Ep 338 –
fallout of the Civil War and issues we still face today
(with John Lustrea)
Ep 346 – how to engage with current events without being buried by the emotion of it; curiosity; our ‘favorite things’
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 351 –
creativity in our everyday lives
Ep 354 – Conversation Group
(with Michelle Van Loon)
Ep 359 –
positive affirmations
Ep 363 –
we look at the seasons of the soul
AJ Sherrill
Ep 247 – The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation: How Knowing Ourselves Can Make Us More Like Jesus
Ep 297 – Being with God: The Absurdity, Necessity, and Neurology of Contemplative Prayer
Diana Shiflett
Ep 160 – Spiritual Practices in Community
Steve Siler
Ep 33 – Music for the Soul
Christine Sine
Ep 315 – The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices for Delighting in God
Jan Silvious
Ep 38 – Courage for the Unknown Season: Navigating the Inevitable Changes of Life
Beth Slevcove
Ep 28 – Broken Hallelujahs
C. Christopher Smith
Ep 176 – How the Body of Christ Talks
Shawn Smucker
Ep 154 – Once We Were Strangers: What Friendship With a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Loving My Neighbor
Ep 183 – Light from Distant Stars
Katherine Sonderegger
Ep 210 –
resources for Lent, including her book with Margaret Adams Parker,
Praying the Stations of the Cross: Finding Hope in a Weary Land
Felicia Wu Song
Ep 310 – Restless Devices: Recovering Personhood, Presence, and Place in the Digital Age
Ann Spangler
Ep 4 – Wicked Women of the Bible
Suzanne Stabile
Ep 53 – The Road Back to You
(with Ian Morgan Cron) – discussing the Enneagram personality profile
Ep 141 – The Path Between Us: An Enneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships
Elaine Storkey
Ep 122 – Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women
Erin Straza
Ep 75 – Comfort Detox
Jon M. Sweeney
Ep 286 – Thomas Merton: An Introduction to His Life, Teachings, and Practices
Ep 299 – Feed the Wolf: Befriending Our Fears in the Way of Saint Francis
Sharon Swing
Ep 87 – Listen to My Life
–
life maps for recognizing and responding to God in your journey
Renee Swope
Ep 66 – Craving Connection
–
our need for deeper relationships
Jeffrey Tacklind
Ep 184 – The Winding Path of Transformation
Leeana Tankersley
Ep 190 – Always We Begin Again: Stepping into the Next, New Moment
Ep 290 – Hope Anyway: Welcoming Possibility in Ourselves, God, and Each Other
Marla Taviano
Ep 112 – What Makes You FART? –
a highly scientific formula for discovering the life you were meant to live
Barbara Brown Taylor
Ep 170 – Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
W. David O. Taylor
Ep 216 – Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life
Michael Tenbusch
Ep 60 – The Jonathan Effect
–
the battle against poverty
Casper ter Kuile
Ep 235 – The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices
Gregory Alan Thornbury
Ep 125 –
Larry Norman and the book,
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?
Margo Tirado
Ep 139 –
Empowering women to appreciate and honor the power of their voices
Ep 361 – Own Your Voice: 8 Emotional Habits That Empower Women to Be Seen, Heard and Fearless
Jemar Tisby
Ep 243 – The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
Ep 266 – How To Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice
J. Dana Trent
Ep 308 – Gifts of the Spiritual Wilderness
Lenten devotionals – also featuring Tsh Oxenreider –
Bitter and Sweet: A Journey into Easter
Dave Trout
Ep 40 – Dave Trout on Music
Jennifer Tucker
Ep 339 – Breath as Prayer
Shea Tuttle
Ep 212 – Exactly As You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers
Casey Tygrett
Ep 100 – Becoming Curious
Nicole Unice
Ep 18 – Being Brave Enough
Michelle Van Loon
Ep 42 – The Art of Conversation
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 45 – Life Transitions and Grief
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 51 – Moments and Days
Ep 78 –
a fun journal and Friday Rumblings
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 95 – The Perennial Gen
Ep 115 –
how to be human; how we interact with people who’ve moved to the margins and out of churches; how loneliness is epidemic in our society
Ep 124 –
various topics including
The Perennial Gen
blog, end of life issues, and creating a legacy
Ep 128 –
Michelle’s blog on when a Christian leader sins
Ep 140 – Born to Wander: recovering the value of our pilgrim identity
Ep 147 –
developing character and teaching our children; Ecclesiastes and living without guilt; what we can learn from international travel
Ep 162 –
ancestry and heritage
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 172 –
connecting with God during Holy Week; nostalgia in worship
Ep 174 –
When was the last time God moved you?
Ep 178 –
vacation; how we grow and moving beyond what helped us grow
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 185 –
the Christian mind; Michelle’s article,
Your Peak Life Now
(with Mike Murphy)
Ep 187 –
spiritual growth and development at all stages; books we’re reading
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 196 –
how we make decisions; drawing water from the well and what that means
Ep 207 –
forming and operating a conversation group
(with Wendy Cox)
Ep 213 –
cultural and Christian conditioning; how to handle conflict; boundaries
Ep 215 –
Coronavirus; spiritual practices
Ep 222 – Becoming Sage: Cultivating Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality in Midlife
Ep 257 –
our favorite books of 2020
Ep 258 –
events in Washington, D.C.; the topic of regret
Ep 309 – Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma
Ep 331 – Conversation Group
(with Melinda Schmidt and Mark Breta)
Ep 332 – Conversation Group (2)
(with Melinda Schmidt and Mark Breta)
Ep 346 – how to engage with current events without being buried by the emotion of it; curiosity; our ‘favorite things’
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Ep 354 – Conversation Group
(with Melinda Schmidt)
Marilyn Vancil
Ep 337 – Beyond the Enneagram
Kendall Vanderslice
Ep 182 – We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God
Ep 349 – By Bread Alone: A Baker’s Reflections on Hunger, Longing and the Goodness of God
Leslie Verner
Ep 81 – 31 Days of #WOKE
Ep 189 – Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness
Leslie Vernick
Ep 64 – The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
Rich Villodas
Ep 245 – The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
Christine Wagoner
Ep 282 – Finding Your Yes: Living a Life That’s Open to God’s Invitations
Ryan Casey Waller
Ep 259 – Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don’t Want to Talk About
Tish Harrison Warren
Ep 65 – Liturgy of the Ordinary
Peggy Weber
Ep 214 – Enough As You Are: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Appreciating the Gift of YOU
Rozella Haydée White
Ep 186 – Love Big: The Power of Revolutionary Relationships to Heal the World
Bonnie Smith Whitehouse
Ep 345 – Seasons of Wonder
Robert J. Wicks
Ep 199 – The Tao of Ordinariness: Humility and Simplicity in a Narcissistic Age
Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Ep 343 – A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask, and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us
Melissa Camara Wilkins
Ep 208 – Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of the Rest
Wes Williams
Ep 14 – Panel: Villains and Contrarian Viewpoints
Ep 15 – Panel: Scripture and Faith Shifting
Vinita Hampton Wright
Ep 194 – Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living
Philip Yancey
Ep 298 – Where the Light Fell: A Memoir
Brian Zahnd
Ep 300 – When Everything’s on Fire: Faith Formed from the Ashes
Addie Zierman
Ep 29 – Faith in the Dark