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This is an audio version of Mike Murphy‘s Friday rumblings. This is a regular post on Facebook that I’ve turned into a podcast. I decided Mike’s words needed a wider audience. You may agree or disagree with what he says, but there is certainly much food for thought contained here.

  Phileena Heuertz joins me this week on Faith Conversations. She is founding partner of Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism. She is a spiritual director, yoga instructor, speaker, and retreat guide. We talk about what a pilgrimage of the soul looks like. As we look at Phileena’s book Pilgrimage of...

This week on the podcast, John Lustrea and I discuss and use some spiritual practices as part of the discussion of a movie. The movie choice might seem unlikely, but we chose—actually John chose—the movie Moana. And he suggested we look at the movie through the lens of Exploration. A fruitful and...

I am delighted to have Lori Neff back on Faith Conversations this week. We are rolling out a book club. Both Lori and I have had numerous people email and ask if we would consider starting the book club up again. Dr. Rosalie de Rosset, our previous book club leader,...

  So much is happening in our world that I felt I needed the grounding presence of Rev. Mike Murphy on the podcast. We read some emails and respond, we talk about prayer, and we take time to talk about the recent suicides that have captured the attention of journalists...

This week on the podcast I have John Lustrea as a co-host instead of a guest. Diana Butler Bass has written a thoughtful book titled, Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks. If you’ve not heard of Diana before, she is the award-winning author of 10 books on American religion. She holds...

Joining me on the podcast this week is long-time friend and former colleague, Melinda Schmidt, and as moderator to our discussion, my son John Lustrea. Melinda is currently working for Wheaton Grad School, and has an active blog called The Reinvention Experiment that you might want to bookmark and check...

Long-time friend and former co-host of Midday Connection, Melinda Schmidt, joins me on the podcast. We riff off of the last stanza of Mary Oliver’s amazing poem, “When Death Comes,” off and on during the conversation, as well as Melinda’s latest blog post found here.   We also talked about Aaron...

Kaitlin Curtice is a voice to pay attention to and a writer to watch. She is a Native American Christian author, speaker, and worship leader. You may have read her writing in Sojourners. She also writes at www.kaitlincurtice.com on the intersection of culture and spirituality.   We talk about reading, writing, and...

  Michelle Van Loon returns to Faith Conversations to talk about what happens when a church leader’s sin has been revealed. The #MeToo movement dominated headlines for months. Now the #ChurchToo hashtag has taken a turn in the spotlight—and it’s heartbreaking. Check out the blog post that Michelle wrote on...

John Lustrea is back with me on the podcast to discuss a movie that both he and I watched. We had such an overwhelmingly positive response to the last movie we discussed, The Way, that we decided to do it again. This time we tackle Queen of Katwe. If you’ve not watched...

Brian Allain is an entrepreneur. He’s an IT guy who made the leap to the literary world—first by becoming the Founding Director of the Frederick Buechner Center and then as Producer of Writing for Your Life. Allain grew Mr. Buechner’s online presence from zero to over 2 million Facebook fans...

Gregory Alan Thornbury, Chancellor of The King’s College and Vice President of New York Academy of Art, joins me on the podcast to talk about Larry Norman, “father of Christian Rock.”   In the recently released biography on Larry Norman, titled Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?, Thornbury...

Good friend, Michelle Van Loon, joins me on the podcast sitting across from me at my kitchen table. Nice having her on my home turf and not via Skype!   It was a bit of a Millrose program as we went from topic to topic. Michelle and her friend Amanda...