Anita Lustrea

I’m delighted to have Joyce Rupp back on the podcast. She is a prolific author and an amazing person. Her life’s work might just be her book and the outworking of it into a series of workshops and retreats all by the name of Boundless Compassion. We talk on the podcast...

It’s always good to have my husband Mike Murphy join me on the podcast. Our focus is looking back at Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday as we look at that time frame through the eyes of the marginalized as well as though our own eyes. You might want...

Carolyn Custis James is an important voice for women especially in the evangelical church. I highly recommend all her books. A number of years ago she wrote a book titled Malestrom, a play on the word maelstrom. In this book she was talking about men and how they are also harmed...

Christine Sine is the founder and facilitator for Godspace, an online community. Some of you might not know that Christine trained as a physician in Australia, practiced in New Zealand, and developed and directed the healthcare ministry for Mercy Ships. Our conversation on this week’s podcast centered on her...

When you hear the phrase The Slow Way, I don’t know about you, but my heart and my pulse slows down. It’s the name of Micha Boyett‘s weekly newsletter and podcast. On this week’s episode of Faith Conversations I invited Micha to talk about one of her recent newsletters that she...

Don’t we all want To Be Made Well? That is the beautiful title of Amy Julia Becker‘s latest book. The subtitle is An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope. We certainly have hurting bodies and souls but as we look at the global picture we also have hurting relationships and communities. As we...

My husband, Mike Murphy, is back on the podcast with me this week. We explore his latest set of Rumblings, a weekly column he writes and posts on social media that focuses on spiritual life and growth and politics. For those unfamiliar with Mike, he is a former pastor and...

The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a bit guilty, like you should always be doing One. More. Thing. My guest, Kelly Kapic, says You’re Only Human!  We talk about what it means to see our human limitations as a...

I don’t think that anyone would argue that we are being formed by our devices. We complain how today’s digital technologies encroach on our boundaries but we sit back and allow it. And we don’t have to look very far to see that those technologies are designed to do just...

Long-time friend and author Michelle Van Loon is back on the podcast with her fascinating book Translating Your Past: Finding Meaning in Family Ancestry, Genetic Clues, and Generational Trauma. Don’t we all want to learn more about where we come from? Thanks to technology it’s more possible than ever, but there is...