Guest Links | Anita Lustrea

Guest Name	*Click on episode title for information and audio.* Access the podcast: iTunes • Spotify • Stitcher • Amazon • Podbean
Amy F. Davis Abdallah	Ep 374 – Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help Us Move Through Joy, Pain, and Everything in Between
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) Ep 380 – Liturgies for Wholeness: 60 Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary (with Elizabeth Moore) – coming February 12, 2024
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
Kathleen MacInnis Kichline	Ep 375 – Why These Women? Four Stories You Need to Read Before Your Read the Story of Jesus
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 55 – My Life With the Saints 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
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) Ep 380 – Liturgies for Wholeness: 60 Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary (with Audrey Elledge) – coming February 12, 2024
Elisa Morgan	Ep 11 – Seeing Yourself As God Sees You
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* Ep 377 – what the New Year might hold and what kind of posture we might have toward it
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 Ep 378 – Jesus, Guide of My Life – Lenten devotional
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 Ep 367 – unbelieve: poems on the journey to becoming a heretic and jaded: a poetic reckoning with white evangelical christianity (with Marla Taviano) Ep 368 – what a deeply formed life might look like as well as the importance of knowing self and having emotional health Ep 369 – a deeply formed life and how the Enneagram is a helpful tool for spiritual transformation Ep 370 – being worn out on religion and its institutions; transitions and shifts; emotional, mental, physical health Ep 371 – surprising shifts in this season of our lives and the supporting voices we are finding Ep 372 – adaptations and shifts relating to the surprises of life Ep 373 – how we can feel good about the shifts that come into our lives Ep 376 – honoring our ancestors and recognizing their wisdom Ep 379 – POV 2024!
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 Ep 294 – The Journey Toward Wholeness: Enneagram Wisdom for Stress, Balance, and Transformation
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 Ep 366 – Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness & Light: Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way
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 Ep 367 – unbelieve: poems on the journey to becoming a heretic and jaded: a poetic reckoning with white evangelical christianity (with Melinda Schmidt)
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