Midday Connection with Anita & Melinda
The pressure’s off. It’s not about you! And on this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us to talk about the unlikely characters that God chose to push forward his message. We’ve already talked about Abraham and Sarah. Next we’ll look at Jacob, a man who is convinced it’s all about him. We’ll see our desperate need for God’s love to infuse our lives through the story of Jacob on Midday Connection. 
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita and Melinda
Jennifer Degler joins us for part two of “Creating a Life You Love.” We’ll focus on what’s draining your life energy and how to identify and eliminate annoying energy drainers in 8 areas. Jennifer will also help us make a top 10 list of energy drainers to do something about. Are you procrastinating dealing with the drainers? There’s help and hope on this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Jennifer Degler
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll find out if you’re someone who jumps out of bed as soon as the alarm sounds, or if you need some time. We’ll also look at the life of a single mom and some of the challenges they face. We’ll also talk about saying yes ‘in the moment’ to something that obligates us for the future.
Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Lynnette Goebel
Ever struggled with identity issues? On this Midday Connection we’ll focus on a discussion of biblical characters who weren’t always happy with who they were, or with those around them. We’ll look at Abraham and Sarah, Naomi and Ruth, and the journey of discovery that Hannah took.
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Sometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, or pushing something on people they might not really want. Rick Richardson joins us to say, “What if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey.” Telling stories as opposed to downloading content? It’s reimagining evangelism on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Rick Richardson
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s Valentine’s Day and what better way to spend it than with Margaret Feinberg focusing on a story in Genesis about when love goes right and when love goes wrong. We’ll look at the relationship of Abraham and Sarah and we’ll focus on Isaac and Rebekah to see what went wrong. It’s the drama, romance, and love portrayed in Genesis on Midday Connection.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
What does love in the midst of relationships look like? It doesn’t matter if it’s marriage, or siblings, or co-workers, the concepts are the same, and on this Midday Connection, Ray Kane joins us to talk about the miracle of love that happens when we allow God’s power to be renewed and strengthened in us so we can help others dance to the tune of His love.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and we’re going to talk about what 3 words describe your life right now. We’ll also look at the life of a double amputee and how she’s become a world class runner. And we’ll take a look at the illusive BFF. Is it worth pursuing, or an illusion cooked up in the movies?
Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Wendy Conger
As military men and women are deployed multiple times, the families left behind desparately need encouragement and strength to maintain the home front. On this Midday Connection, Jocelyn Green, wife of a military man, joins us to talk about the unique lifestyle of military families and how we can encourage and support them while their loved one is away.
Featured Guest: Jocelyn Green
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What does it look like to change the world? Surely it means being the head of some amazing organization, or a well known celebrity. On this Midday Connection Janet Davis joins us to talk about the Woman at the Well. An unlikely candidate for changing the world, but that’s exactly what happened. Want to be a world changer? Join us for Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Janet Davis
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Faith isn’t easy. Faith asks us to respond to divine direction rather than just the observable data. On this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us as we continue our study of Genesis and look at God’s pursuit of us, his promise to us, and his provision for us. It’s all about the story of Abraham as we dig deeper into Genesis on Midday Connection.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
What three words would you use to describe your life right now? On this Open Forum Midday Connection, we invite you to call, email, text or comment on Facebook to let us know!
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and we welcome Crystal Vauters as one of the group. We’ll talk about purity for singles in a world full of anything but encouraging a godly life. We’ll take a look at your feedback of previous Millrose programs, talk about the things we avoid because we just don’t want to face the possible outcome, and we’ll end with music.
Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Crystal Vauters
If your husband doesn’t share your faith, you may feel like you are walking a tightrope of spiritual survival. On this Midday Connection Lynn Donovan and Dineen Miller join us to talk about guarding the flame of your belief in Christ while struggling to share it with the person you love most in the world.
Featured Guests: Lynn Donovan, Dineen Miller
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Becoming a grandparent brings a unique set of blessings and joys. It also comes with many questions. Jerry and Judy Schreur join us to talk about how we engage with and encourage our grandchildren without overstepping our bounds. How do we deal with distance and divorce? Join us to find out on Midday Connection.
Featured Guests: Jerry and Judy Schreur
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Choice. Loving God is always about choice. On this Midday Connection we continue our study of Genesis with Margaret Feinberg. We’ll focus on how we decide to love God, and what the lesser loves are that we sometimes choose in place of Him. He always pursues us, but what does it look like for us to pursue Him?
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
There is a picture of God formed in our hearts and minds. This picture formed over the years through a variety of influences, significantly shapes the way we live our lives. On this Midday Connection, Trevor Hudson joins us to talk about Discovering Our Spiritual Identity. Hudson says “God invites us to enter a re-drawing process in which we’ll gain a clearer view of who God truly is."
Featured Guest: Trevor Hudson
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about what it looks like to sacrifice in relationship with others. We’ll look at some embarrassing moments when we were teens, and discuss whether the evangelical church is embracing the arts, creativity, and imagination. We’ll end with a selection of music, all on this Millrose Club Midday Connection.
Millrose Club: Millrose Club
As the recent Penn State scandal unfolded, many men have been brought face to face with past childhood abuse that they’ve tried to bury. On this Midday Connection Moody Bible Institute Professor, Dr. Andrew Schmutzer joins us to talk about childhood sexual abuse and the avenues for healing that people can take.
Featured Guest: Andrew Schmutzer
Host: Melinda Schmidt
If you want to know how to support, love, and encourage your husband, you won’t want to miss this Midday Connection. Pam Farrel joins us to talk about 52 Ways to Wow Your Husband. She’ll give creative ideas that will help add spark back into your marriage. With Pam’s help you can deepen your spiritual, emotional and physical bond with your spouse.
Featured Guest: Pam Farrel
Host: Melinda Schmidt
The greatest story is the story of God’s love. None of us would dispute that. On this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us to talk about pursuing God’s love as we dive into the book of Genesis for a 6 week study. Margaret says that pursuing God’s love not only means receiving it, but recognizing that loving God and loving others is nothing less than our life purpose.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
Mom, do you need inspiration, encouragement, or affirmation? On this Midday Connection we hope to give you a shot of all three as Angela Thomas joins us to talk about what mothers can do to make a lifelong difference in the lives of their children. Whether you have one baby or six children, you’ll hear practical information and loads of encouragement.
Featured Guest: Angela Thomas
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, a place where women can discuss topics of interest, both heavy and light, and see what it looks like to interact and relate to other women in a small group setting. It’s a place of safety and friendship and an opportunity to see deeper discussions modeled.
Millrose Club: Millrose Club
Having problems with your kids? What if you are the problem and you just can’t see it? On this Midday Connection, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us again to give us a unique approach to how we love our kids. They’ll talk about how you as a parent can make specific changes in your child, based on how you love them.
Featured Guests: Milan and Kay Yerkovich
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Do you see time spent at work as a hindrance to your faith? Are you too busy and anxious at work to be conscious of God’s presence? On this Midday Connection Paul Stevens joins us to talk about Taking Your Soul to Work. What does that look like, and how can we overcome the nine deadly sins of the workplace?
Featured Guest: Paul Stevens
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What does it look like to do small things with great love? Margot Starbuck joins us to talk about adventures in loving our neighbor. She says, “Small things happen when I learn the name of my daughter’s school bus driver and when I listen to the dreams of a woman who lives in a group home on my block." It’s all about having impact on our world through small acts of love on this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Margot Starbuck
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Midday Connection. We’ll talk with Wheaton College professor, Dr. Johann Buis about musical genre of spirituals. We’ll focus on their historical background and on their significance to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., himself. We’ll enjoy the music of spirituals sung as well.
Featured Guest: Johann Buis
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about what happens when you attend a gathering where you don’t know anyone. We’ll hear more from Nancy Kane about her trip to Egypt, talk about how the church handles singles and married-with-no-children couples, and we’ll wrap up our time with music.
Millrose Club: Anita Lustrea, Lori Neff, Nancy Kane, Judy Sandiford
It’s the Book Club discussion on Midday Connection and we’ll be delving into Willa Cather’s My Antonia. We’ll look at immigrant life on the American prairie in the 19th century as we discuss this classic piece of literature. We’ll also unveil our next book club selection when you join Dr. Rosalie de Rosset on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Rosalie de Rosset
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What happens when you realize you have a prodigal child? On this Midday Connection Christopher Yuan joins us to talk about his prodigal journey and its impact on his faith and his family. As he dove into homosexuality and then walked out of that lifestyle, God has opened up some amazing doors and done significant healing in his life.
Featured Guests: Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
Host: Melinda Schmidt
How many of us dream of having older, wiser mentors in life? Gordon MacDonald is that, and on this Midday Connection, he joins us again to share from years of ministry experience and biblical training. It’s an hour of wisdom and encouragement from Gordon MacDonald on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Gordon MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
What happens when you find out your life isn’t working for you? On this Midday Connection Dr. Jennifer Degler joins us to talk about measuring our life satisfaction in 8 different areas so we can see where we’re out of balance. We’ll talk about the ‘wholehearted yes’, the ‘shoulds’ of life and how to say no with confidence and grace.
Featured Guest: Jennifer Degler
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we are going to talk about poetry. Do you like it and do you ‘get’ it? We’ll talk with Nancy about her recent trip to Egypt and hear how God moved her, we’ll take a look at New Year’s goals and if we set them. And we’ll end with some music to get us thinking.
Millrose Club: Millrose Club
It’s Open Forum on Midday Connection and we want to find out how you want to grow in 2012. It’s a New Year full of possibilities. In what ways do you desire to grow in this New Year? We’ll talk about what we’d like to see happen, and how we hope to keep on track for it to happen.
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Remember packing your bags and heading to summer camp where you made crafts with popsicle sticks and heard the gospel standing around the campfire? On this Midday Connection Rob Ribbe & Gregg Hunter join us to talk about what Christian Camping looks like today, and how camps are reaching out and changing the lives of millenials.
Featured Guests: Rob Ribbe, Gregg Hunter
Host: Melinda Schmidt
If you are walking through the dark valley of depression or know someone who is, you won’t want to miss this Midday Connection as Leslie Vernick joins us to talk about defeating depression. One woman in eight will experience depression in her lifetime, so you are not alone. Leslie says there is real hope for permanent, life-changing wholeness.
Featured Guest: Leslie Vernick
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s the wrap up of our series on the Beatitudes with Nancy Kane on Midday Connection. We’ll focus on Matthew 5:10, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” We’ll look at the spiritual discipline of sacrifice as it relates to this beatitude and the character of commitment to Christ that is developed through this beatitude.
Featured Guest: Nancy Kane
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What does ministry to the mentally ill look like? And how are our churches handling that portion of our population? On this Midday Connection, freelance writer and Vice President of Christianity Today, Amy Simpson, joins us to talk about her own experience interfacing with a family member with mental illness as well as talking about how the Church responds.
Featured Guest: Amy Simpson
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
All of us have to deal with drama from time to time, but some of us seem to attract it on a regular basis. On this Midday Connection, marriage and family therapist, Ray Kane joins us to talk about how to drama proof your life. Lived through one too many dramatic situations in your household or office? Learn how you can guard against it on this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What can we learn from the Church Fathers? Moody Bible Institute Professor Bryan Litfin says, “A lot,” and on this Midday Connection he joins us to talk about not only what we can learn from these admirable men and women, but why it is important for us to take a look at the lives of these saints.
Featured Guest: Bryan Litfin
Host: Anita Lustrea
Dr. Rosalie de Rosset joins us, as does Dr. Lyle Dorsett, author of our current selection, A Passion for Souls: The Life of D.L. Moody. It’s the 125th anniversary of the Moody Bible Institute and we felt it appropriate to highlight the amazing life of this man who was 100% sold out for God.
Featured Guests: Rosalie de Rosset, Lyle Dorsett
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
On this edition of Midday Connection's Millrose Club, we'll hear some of our favorite Christmas music and what we love about the music. We’ll also talk about favorite Christmas traditions and favorite Christmas memories and add a recipe or two to the mix.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
The real Mary…who is she? On this Midday Connection we talk with University Professor and author, Scot McKnight about the mother of Jesus. We’ll peel back the layers of controversy, find out why Protestants have largely silenced Mary, and open up the biblical picture of Mary that will help you embrace her as the mother of Jesus.
Featured Guest: Scot McKnight
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s Christmas time and that means music. And on this Midday Connection, we’ve taken the best of your Christmas song requests and put them all together in one program along with your comments about Christmas trees from our listener line. You’ll want to join us and sing along with all the carols.
Featured Guest: Roy Patterson, Steve Wick, Angie Thomas, Joe Forrider, Nate Klinger
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Family dynamics during the holidays can easily get us sidetracked if we aren’t prepared. Author and speaker Laura Petherbridge joins us to talk about how to navigate the holidays when you’re part of a step family and how to diffuse difficult family members who would derail fun family festivities. It’s all about family dynamics during the holidays on this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Laura Petherbridge
Host: Melinda Schmidt
The music of Christmas is special. With the focus of the coming of the Christ Child, we’ll enjoy a whole program of Christmas music from a variety of artists who have stopped by the Midday Connection studios in the past. We’ll hear from Michael Card, Sara Groves, and others as they help, with their music, point us to the newborn King.
Featured Guests: Michael Card, Sara Groves, Steve Green, Aaron Shust, Andrew Peterson, Fernando Ortega, Melody Olson
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and Sara Groves joins us to add to our conversation. We’ll talk about an area of our lives we just can’t seem to organize. We’ll look at the ‘stuff’ we’ve accumulated and how to simplify our lives. And we’ll talk about if what we’re doing today resembles at all what we dreamed about doing when we were a child. We’ll end with Sara’s pick of music.
The Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Sara Groves
Christian artist Matthew West has been gaining an audience for a number of years, but has never put out a Christmas album. On this Midday Connection he’ll be in the studio playing songs from his recent release The Heart of Christmas. What does the heart of Christmas look like to Matthew West?
Featured Guest: Matthew West
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What do you want for Christmas? Seems like a simple enough question, but Jane Rubietta has a deeper meaning in mind when she joins us on Midday Connection. We’ll look at some of the lies we believe about Christmas and how underneath are desires that we do need to get in touch with, ultimately met in Christ himself.
Featured Guest: Jane Rubietta, Dawn Pulgine
Host: Anita Lustrea
The music of Fernando Ortega speaks deeply to the soul, and on this Midday Connection he joins us to highlight his new album Come Down O Love Divine. Fernando has built a bridge from liturgical to contemporary and his music spans generations because of it. We’ll hear some of his stellar new offerings that reflect his more recent shift to that of worship leader at his church.
Featured Guest: Fernando Ortega
Host: Anita Lustrea
Stressed by that difficult person in your life? Going to see them over the Christmas holidays? On is Midday Connection Allison Bottke joins us to talk about what we can and must do if we are going to decrease our stress levels and possibly help our difficult person too.
Featured Guest: Allison Bottke
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about healthy habits that we just can’t seem to keep doing. We’ll take a look at our children and our hopes, fears, and dreams for their future. We’ll look back at our wedding receptions or ceremonies and see if we would change anything, and we’ll end our time with music.
The Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Yolanda Fields
Talking about Jesus is off limits for a lot of families and friends, or at least that’s how it appears sometimes. Why does sharing the good news with strangers often feel less frightening than telling those you love most? On this Midday Connection Randy Newman joins us to talk about how to better engage others in the gospel conversation.
Featured Guest: Randy Newman
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s all about Christmas music on Midday Connection when Kim Hill joins us in the studio. She brings her guitar and her amazing vocals and we’ll enjoy hearing cuts from her brand new Christmas album, Christmas Back to You. We’ll hear stories of Christmas traditions and enjoy a special take on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" that you won’t want to miss.
Featured Guest: Kim Hill
Host: Anita Lustrea
As the recent Penn State scandal unfolded, many men have been brought face to face with past childhood abuse that they’ve tried to bury. On this Midday Connection Moody Bible Institute Professor, Dr. Andrew Schmutzer joins us to talk about childhood sexual abuse and the avenues for healing that people can take.
Featured Guest: Andrew Schmutzer
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Music has the power to minister to our souls in amazing ways, it can also challenge us, and on this Midday Connection, Sara Groves joins us to talk about and perform songs from her latest release, Invisible Empires, and to challenge our thinking as Christ followers. If you enjoy the music and ministry of Sara Groves, you won’t want to miss this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Sara Groves
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll start things off talking about SAD, not being sad, but Seasonal Affective Disorder and how the lack of sun affects some people. We’ll look at Advent and the invitation God issues to us through it. We’ll also talk about childhood memories of Santa and what we think about that. Music will round things out on the this Millrose Club Midday Connection.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
It’s easy to view Christmas through our western eyes, but what can we see if we take the time to view Jesus through Middle Eastern eyes? On this Midday Connection, Kenneth Bailey joins us to talk about the biblical times in which Jesus was born, and how much historical context can help our understanding as we look at the true meaning of Christmas.
Featured Guest: Dr. Kenneth Bailey
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Christmas is a time for treasured memories, and on this Midday Connection, Gloria Gaither joins us to share a bevy of them with us. She’ll take us on a sleigh ride of sights and sounds, aromas, feelings, and flavors to delight the senses. We’ll focus on the historic moment in time when God’s Son, the Glory of heaven, came to earth to be “God with us”.
Featured Guest: Gloria Gaither
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Life brings lots of invitations. Whether good or bad, they pound away at the coastlines of the soul with a transforming force, and on this Midday Connection Adele Calhoun joins us to talk about the invitations God sends. Sometimes they seem counter intuitive. Why would we say yes to rest when we are already so far behind? We’ll talk about the healing power of invitations and how they shape us.
Featured Guest: Adele Calhoun
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s our annual Christmas music and book giveaway program, and on Midday Connection you’ll learn about some of the great new music and books of the season. You’ll also have an opportunity to enter and win a copy of everything we talk about on the program. You’ll hear great music and short conversations with some of our authors and artists represented on the program. It’s our annual giveaway program on Midday Connection.
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about vocation. Are there jobs we look down on and why? We’ll take a look at Black Friday and Christmas spending and what that should look like for the Christ follower. And, are you a hugger? What do you do when someone hugs you and you don’t want to be hugged? All that and music too on Millrose Club Midday Connection.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
It’s Thanksgiving on Midday Connection, and also time for another conversation with Gail and Gordon MacDonald. We’ll take a look at why we need to say thanks, and why being grateful is so important. Are we modeling this well for others in our lives? It’s all about saying ‘thanks’ as Gordon and Gail MacDonald join us on Midday Connection.
Featured Guests: Gordon and Gail MacDonald
Host: Anita and Melinda
Matt Redman’s music has been giving life to worship songs for over 15 years. And on this Midday Connection we’ll hear cuts from his latest album 10,000 Reasons. With a move from Atlanta, Georgia back to his native England, we’ll hear his perspective on life and faith in the United States as well as the U.K. God is at work in his church and Matt Redman is a part of that.
Featured Guest: Matt Redman
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not—especially not if it is the culture's romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity.
Featured Guests: Dwight and Margaret Peterson
Host: Melinda Schmidt
The Beatitudes are not for the faint of heart, and on this Midday Connection, Nancy Kane joins us to talk about Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God.” Nancy will talk about what it looks like to bring down the walls of division between God and others as she talks about a life marked by truth and grace.
Featured Guest: Nancy Kane
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on the Midday Connection and we’ve asked a guy to join us as we talk about how to get men out from behind their desks and into an adventure. We focus on Thanksgiving traditions and some other questions of interest. It’s the Millrose Club where you can agree or disagree, but we’ll get you thinking.
Featured Guest: Tim Svoboda
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
With another movie in the Twilight Saga about to hit theaters, we’ll tackle the topic on Midday Connection. Beth Felker Jones, author of Touched By a Vampire joins us to talk about the hidden themes and messages in this series of books and movies. Is there something to be learned in the Twilight Saga about God’s plan for love?
Featured Guest: Beth Felker Jones
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What happens when you realize you have a prodigal child? On this Midday Connection Christopher Yuan joins us to talk about his prodigal journey and its impact on his faith and his family. As he dove into homosexuality and then walked out of that lifestyle, God has opened up some amazing doors and done significant healing in his life.
Featured Guests: Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
Host: Anita Lustrea
Sometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, or pushing something on people they might not really want. Rick Richardson joins us to say, “What if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey.” Telling stories as opposed to downloading content? It’s reimagining evangelism on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Rick Richardson
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Have you ever felt emotionally fragile? Like you could burst into tears at any moment? Did that leave you feeling vulnerable and weak? Janet Davis joins us to talk about the strength in fragility. The fact that when we feel fragile, we usually are anything but. There is great strength in the journey of emotion and grief.
Featured Guest: Janet Davis
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and we’re going to look at how the various ‘Disney Princesses’ impacted our upbringing. We’ll also talk about how we respond when we find ourselves tempted emotionally or physically by someone who is not our spouse. We’ll take a look at a favorite item in our home and why, and we’ll wrap up the program with music.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
How does God use the storms of life to conform us to his image? On this Midday Connection Ray Kane continues this theme to remind us that adversity moves the cloak of the false self to reveal the truth of who we really are. The bottom line is that God is bigger than any storm we may encounter.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Anita Lustrea
As women, we often struggle to find our purpose. Is it to be a wife? To be a mom? Both or something else altogether? To be honest, it can change with the seasons of our lives. Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about finding your purpose. She’ll use the backdrop of John chapter 9 and the story of the man born blind to help cast vision for what God might have for us.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
How do you help the friend who comes to you and tells you her marriage is falling apart, or her daughter is struggling with an eating disorder? On this Midday Connection Bev Hislop joins us to talk about real women, real issues, and what we need to know to truly help. It’s not enough to just see the trauma women face, we need to be able to help.
Featured Guest: Bev Hislop
Host: Anita Lustrea
Have you ever thought about the invisible threads that bind us to those we love? On this Midday Connection, we’ll talk with Jennifer Grant about the obstacles, surprises, and moments of grace that she experienced working through the adoption process to bring home her daughter from Guatemala, and how it forever changed her life.
Featured Guest: Jennifer Grant
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we tackle the question, “What is femininity?” We’ll also talk about the kinds of masks we wear, and are masks ever appropriate. We’ll find out what foreign countries would be fun to visit, and we’ll wrap things up with music.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
Today’s parents of adult children face a new and confusing world. Recent research shows that the majority of college seniors plan to return home after graduation, so what’s a parent to do? On this Midday Connection, Gary Chapman joins us to talk about How to Really Love Your Adult Child. What does that look like, and how can that relationship be a healthy one?
Featured Guest: Gary Chapman
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Many of us struggle with living for the approval of everyone but the One who is most important, and on this Midday Connection, Becky Harling joins us to talk about recovering from a performance driven life to living as a grace-motivated follower of Jesus.
Featured Guest: Becky Harling
Host: Anita Lustrea
So many women are living with husbands who have failed to meet their expectations. Bitterness and resentment are chipping away at their marriages. On this Midday Connection Nancy Sebastian Meyer joins us to talk about the One who can not only change our marriage, but change us as well! If you feel alone in your marriage you’ll want to join us for this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Nancy Sebastian Meyer
Host: Anita Lustrea
The Sermon on the Mount is probably one of the most well known Gospel passages, and on this Midday Connection, we continue our series on these verses from Matthew with Nancy Kane, professor at the Moody Bible Institute. We’ll focus on “Blessed are the pure in heart” as Nancy leads us and gives her insights into this specific verse.
Featured Guest: Nancy Kane
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about first jobs and how they impacted us. We’ll look at our thought life and how to take every thought captive to Christ, and we’ll talk about what we’ve been reading. As usual, we’ll cap off the Millrose Club with music.
The Millrose Club: Melinda Schmidt, Anita Lustrea, Lori Neff, Judy Sandiford
Having problems with your kids? What if you are the problem and you just can’t see it? On this Midday Connection, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us to give us a unique approach to how we love our kids. They’ll talk about how you as a parent can make specific changes in your child based on how you love them.
Featured Guest: Milan and Kay Yerkovich
Host: Melinda Schmidt
With America the melting pot that it is, the need for ministry among various ethnic groups is evident. Sam George joins us to talk about some of the specific marriage and family issues that strike at the core of the second generation Indian Americans, where the traditional Indian worldview does not hold ground anymore. It’s all about ministry to the Americanized Asian Indians on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Sam George
Host: Melinda Schmidt
We’ve been digging in to the Gospel of John with Margaret Feinberg, and on this Midday Connection we conclude our study as we gather together a studio audience of women for this final installment of Pursuing God’s Beauty. As we focus on the hope and healing of the resurrection we’ll see God’s invitation to believe Jesus is who he said he was, the very Son of God.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and on this Midday Connection we’ll talk about the impact of the words, “You have breast cancer”! We’ll hear from Vivian Mabuni and Trina Pockett, both cancer survivors, and we hope to hear from the many in our audience who are survivors, or who are currently in the fight.
Featured Guests: Vivian Mabuni, Trina Pockett
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll spend some time talking about the 3 recent Nobel Peace Prize winners. We also talk about what it looks like to renegotiate our relationships, even our relationship with God. Melinda brings us some music that gets us thinking.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
We all have a story to tell as we encounter the storms of life. How does God show us his presence and teach us through our, sometimes, stormy life stories? On this Midday Connection, Ray Kane joins us again to talk about what we can learn from the storms and trials in our lives.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What does it look like to cultivate spiritually deep people? On this Midday Connection, Gordon MacDonald joins us to talk about what our churches do well, like getting people to walk through our doors, and even getting them to say yes to faith in Christ. But MacDonald contends that what we don’t know how to do is grow spiritually deep people.
Featured Guest: Gordon MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
As we’ve looked at the gospel of John over the past several weeks, on this Midday Connection with Margaret Feinberg as our guide, we dive into the story of the disciple who made a mistake that could have defined his faith journey, but instead refined him. It’s a focus on the disciple Peter in John 18 and 21.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
What happens when you realize you have a prodigal child? On this Midday Connection Christopher Yuan joins us to talk about his prodigal journey and its impact on his faith and his family. As he dove into homosexuality and then walked out of that lifestyle, God has opened up some amazing doors and done significant healing in his life.
Featured Guests: Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about our favorite TV show when we were kids, and how things have changed. We’ll look at our concept of “Home” and does it change? Do you mind praying outloud? What if someone calls on you spur of the moment, do you panic, and of course we’ll end with music.
The Millrose Club: Anita and Melinda, Lori Neff, Caryn Rivadeniera
Marcia Ramsland has been a favorite of Midday Connection listeners, and on this program she brings a friend along. Jill Swanson joins us to talk about how to get the most out of your fall wardrobe without spending a fortune. We’ll take a look at inner beauty as well as some externals that could be helpful.
Featured Guests: Marcia Ramsland, Jill Swanson
Host: Melinda Schmidt
For a toy, Barbi has had a lot of impact on the lives of women. On this Midday Connection, Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about women and body image. How are we to reflect on the fact that we are God’s masterpieces, and that we are fearfully and wonderfully made? We’ll talk about the impact of today’s culture as well as how to honor God with a balanced life.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
God desires that our relationship with him isn’t lived out of a sense of duty as much as out of a sense of devotion. And on this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us again as we continue our study of the Gospel of John and dig into John chapters 10 - 12. We’ll touch on the raising of Lazarus from the dead and camp out on Mary’s extravagant gift to Jesus.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
What does it look like to enter into a mentoring relationship? Is that the same or different from discipling? On this Midday Connection Lori Neff and Judy Sandiford, both seasoned mentors, join us to talk about the need for mentors and what it looks like to ‘do life’ with a mentee.
Featured Guests: Lori Neff, Judy Sandiford
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll talk about people who have given something up, maybe gluten, maybe smoking, we’ll also look at some of the most dangerous countries for women to live. We’ll talk about embracing our roots and why that can be meaningful and as usual, we’ll end with some music.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
Our scheduled guest, Tim Kimmel, is unable to be with us on this Midday Connection. So, let's talk about change - how do you cope with change? When was the last big change you needed to adjust to? How did it go? We'll have an Open Forum on this Midday Connection.
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s open forum on Midday Connection, and we want to hear from you! The question on the table that we want you to answer is “What’s on Your Mind!” It could be something funny, serious, sad, prayerful, or grumbley, but “what’s on your mind?” We’ll open our phone lines our email box, and of course facebook is always there for your feedback.
Hosts: Anita Lustrea, Melinda Schmidt
We all have blurred vision in certain areas of life, even blind spots, and on this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us as we continue our study of John’s gospel. We’ll focus on Jesus, the one who opens our eyes to see clearly and recognize the beautiful work he is doing in our lives.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
"This is NOT how my life was supposed to be!" Those are the words of Caryn Rivadeniera, who joins us on Midday Connection to talk about finding a way to praise God in the middle of disappointing circumstances. Have you been there? What would happen if we chose to “Grumble Hallelujah”?
Featured Guest: Caryn Rivadeniera
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and we’re going to take a look at fall and what our favorite things are from that season. We’ll also focus on a tradition or food from our heritage that is meaningful to us, how God is calling us to respond to the difficult economic climate in our world, and as usual, we’ll end with music.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
Instead of regarding work as a diversion from the spiritual life, R. Paul Stevens is convinced that it is an arena and an incentive for spiritual growth. However, it's not without its challenges. We'll talk about it on today's Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: R. Paul Stevens
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Do you know what losing yourself in the name of helping another is called? Co-dependency. And on this Midday Connection, Jennifer Degler joins us again to unpack the meaning of co-dependency and help us see if we are enmeshed in a relationship that could be our undoing. In the end the only person we can change is our self.
Featured Guest: Dr. Jennifer Degler
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s week two of our Gospel of John Bible Study and on this Midday Connection, Margaret Feinberg joins us to talk about what it looks like when “God sees through us.” How many times has God seen through our facades, our attempt to make good first impressions? We look at Jesus the light and how he shines his light in the darkness as we dive deeper into the Gospel of John.
Featured Guests: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
Jesus Sermon on the Mount was just as radical a message in his day as it is now. On this Midday Connection we continue our series with Moody Bible Institute professor Nancy Kane as we tackle “Blessed are the Merciful”. What does it look like to extend mercy and to have mercy extended?
Featured Guest: Nancy Kane
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection, and we’ll start things off looking at who we were when we were first married, and who we are now? Then we’ll turn to scripture and talk about the characteristics of a Christ follower who has been set free. We’ll also look on the lighter side at something in our lives that is time consuming that we wish we didn’t have to do.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
What does it look like to allow our imaginations to be recaptured by the Holy Spirit? Singer, songwriter and author, Michael Card joins us on this Midday Connection to talk about having an informed imagination. We’ll use the back drop of the book of Luke to look at how to engage scripture in this way. Imagination is the vital link between heart and mind, and we’ll see how it helps us engage with scripture.
Featured Guest: Michael Card
Host: Anita Lustrea
What happens when people in our world go through a divorce? Do we love them, support them, or do we walk the way of the Pharisee and condemn them? On this Midday Connection, Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about the heartbreak of divorce and how Christ followers need to respond, as well as the issue of remarriage.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
God designed us to be drawn toward beauty that we might know more about God’s character, attributes, and work in our world. On this Midday Connection Margaret Feinberg joins us as we embark on a six week Bible Study of the Gospel of John. We’ll view the beauty of God as it radiates in the person of Jesus Christ as we explore the invisible attributes of God being made visible.
Featured Guest: Margaret Feinberg, Yolanda Fields, Randi Lundgren
Host: Anita Lustrea
Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary says that many preconceptions exist about the role of women in the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds at the time of Jesus. On this Midday Connection Dr. Lynn Cohick joins us to give us a glimpse into the life and culture of first-century women.
Featured Guest: Lynn Cohick
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
Gordon and Gail MacDonald have a wealth of life experience between them, and they join us once a month on Midday Connection to share it. Gordon has been a pastor for 40 plus years, and now the Chancellor of Denver Seminary. Gail has mentored countless young women, and both Gordon and Gail are authors and speakers. We’ll enjoy their wisdom about money on this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Gordon and Gail MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys. On this Midday Connection Christopher joins us for a 4 part series discussing the heartbreak, confusion, and prayer that was a part of his life before he surrendered to Christ. He’ll cast a compelling vision for holy sexuality.
Featured Guests: Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
Host: Melinda Schmidt
To survive means that you have developed a plan, a way out or an escape from your circumstances. On this Midday Connection, Christian Counselor Ray Kane joins us to talk about what it looks like to develop an eternal perspective that will help you survive the storms of life. It’s living reflectively vs. reactively through life’s storms on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What does ministry to the mentally ill look like? And how are our churches handling that portion of our population? On this Midday Connection, freelance writer and Vice President of Christianity Today, Amy Simpson, joins us to talk about her own experience interfacing with a family member with mental illness as well as talking about how the Church responds.
Featured Guest: Amy Simpson
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s the Millrose Club on Midday Connection and we’ll take a look at what happens when you send a family member to the grocery store in your place. We’ll also look at the issue of contentment and how we view where we live vs. where we’d like to live. We’ll look at how to create your own Millrose club and hear some music.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
Do tattoos, metal music, multiple piercings, and weird hair mean your kids are hell-bound? Tim Kimmel says, “Not necessarily.” And on this Midday Connection he joins us to talk about how parents can tell the difference between a prodigal and a teenager who is just stumbling toward adulthood.
Featured Guest: Tim Kimmel
Host: Melinda Schmidt
On this special edition of Midday Connection, we'll look back at September 11, 2001. It's been ten years since the tragic events and we want to hear from you. How did the events on 9/11 affect you? We'll also pray for our country today.
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s Open Forum on Midday Connection, and we want to hear from you. It’s back to school time, whether you’re in public school, home schooled, or in private school. We want to know; “What is your biggest challenge when it comes to getting back into the school routine?” We’ll have some fun finding talking about favorite school supplies too!
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
These are difficult days in our world. Nearly 2 billion people are desperately poor, natural disasters are gouging entire nations, and economic uncertainty reigns across the globe. On this Midday Connection Max Lucado joins us to talk about how you and I have the opportunity to make a big difference. What if we really infiltrated the world with God’s love and light?
Featured Guest: Max Lucado
Host: Melinda Schmidt
The Millrose Club is back on Midday Connection. We know many of you have been waiting for this and we’ll dive into relevant topics like the youth riots in London. We’ll look at what our summers consisted of, celebrities with causes, and we’ll hear some music as well.
The Millrose Club: The Millrose Club
It’s the book club on Midday Connection where we’ll discuss our ‘summer read’, Dracula with Moody Professor Dr. Rosalie de Rosset. We’ll dig into why this in an important book, what we can learn about sin, and as usual, we’ll also unveil our next book club selection.
Featured Guest: Dr. Rosalie deRosset
Hosts: Anita Lustrea, Lori Neff
Today is the conclusion of our short series with Mark Buchanan on Midday Connection. We’ll move from looking at the seasons of our souls to talking about spiritual practices that can help us maintain the spiritual rhythms of our lives. Practices like worship, prayer, and friendship as avenues to have Jesus walk with us every season of our souls.
Featured Guest: Mark Buchanan
Host: Anita Lustrea
Having problems with your kids? What if you are the problem and you just can’t see it? On this Midday Connection, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us to give us a unique approach to how we love our kids. They’ll talk about how you as a parent can make specific changes in your child based on how you love them.
Featured Guest: Milan and Kay Yerkovich
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What does simplicity look like as a way of life? On this Midday Connection we conclude our series with Mindy Caliguire as we talk about rigorous honesty and ruthless trust. What does it look like to embrace this path? The only way we can is when we take hold of the very source of life that is available to us.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What makes a relationship sustainable over the long haul? On this Midday Connection we’ll enjoy part two of a conversation with Gordon and Gail MacDonald. They celebrate 50 years of marriage this month and definitely have some wisdom to impart about the principles they’ve followed that helped them build a strong and healthy marriage.
Featured Guests: Gordon and Gail MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
Featured Guest: Mark Buchanan
Host: Anita Lustrea
I don’t think anyone would disagree that raising young children can be challenging. Imagine raising young children alone as a single parent! On this Midday Connection, Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about the life of the single parent and how Christ followers can step up and be the hands and feet of Christ to those who might be struggling emotionally, physically and financially as a single parent.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Richard Foster says, “Simplicity means a return to the posture of dependence.” That means how we actually live, not just what we’ve written down on a personal mission statement. On this Midday Connection, Mindy Caliguire keeps us on track as we go deeper into the concept of simplicity as it relates to our souls.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Do you know what losing yourself in the name of helping another is called? Co-dependency. And on this Midday Connection, Jennifer Degler joins us again to unpack the meaning of co-dependency and help us see if we are enmeshed in a relationship that could be our undoing. In the end the only person we can change is our self.
Featured Guest: Jennifer Degler
Host: Melinda Schmidt
What does it look like to be with Jesus every season of your soul? On this Midday Connection we’ll focus in on the season of Summer and find out how that physical season has spiritual ramifications. Mark Buchanan will help us replace our spirituality of busyness with a spirituality of abiding.
Featured Guest: Mark Buchanan
Host: Anita Lustrea
Sometimes talking about Jesus with your friends can feel like trying to close a deal on a sales call, or pushing something on people they might not really want. Rick Richardson joins us to say, “What if you thought of it more like inviting them on a spiritual journey.” Telling stories as opposed to downloading content? It’s reimagining evangelism on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Rick Richardson
Host: Melinda Schmidt
When we embark on a journey toward simplicity, we usually make things more complicated than we need to. Mindy Caliguire joins us to continue our study with a focus on simplicity. Mindy says it’s not about complexity, but it does mean we have to dig a little deeper and express what’s truly going on inside.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What can we learn from the Church Fathers? Moody Bible Institute Professor Bryan Litfin says, “A lot,” and on this Midday Connection he joins us to talk about not only what we can learn from these admirable men and women, but why it is important for us to take a look at the lives of these saints.
Featured Guest: Bryan Litfin
Host: Anita Lustrea
Featured Guest: Mark Buchanan
Host: Anita Lustrea
We recently wrapped up a series with Jan Silvious on her book Fool-Proofing Your Life. We recieved so many comments and questions from listeners that we knew we needed to have her back to answer your questions!
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Host: Anita Lustrea
Our closets, our garages, our lives are….cluttered. Stuff is everywhere, and in the midst of the stuff we can even lose sight of who we are. On this Midday Connection we continue our Bible study with Mindy Caliguire as we take a look at simplicity, and how pursuing single mindedness can help us find the space we need to be with God.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Host: Anita and Melinda
It’s a summer edition of the Millrose Club! Midday Connection went on the road to West Michigan and taped a Millrose Club program with a studio audience along with guest voices helping with our discussion. You’ll hear about autism, spiritual abuse, and reaching out to your neighborhood, all on this special edition of the Millrose Club on Midday Connection.
Featured Guests: Jessica, Mary, Carole
The Millrose Club: Anita Lustrea, Nancy Kane, Lori Neff
What are the spiritual rhythms of your life? What do the seasons of your soul look like? On this Midday Connection we begin a short series with Mark Buchanan focusing on the idea of seasons and how they can help us better understand our spiritual lives. How is Jesus present in each season of our soul?
Featured Guest: Mark Buchanan
Host: Anita Lustrea
This has been a year of unusual weather happenings, from the Tsunami to multiple devastating tornados. On this Midday Connection we’re going to check in with our friends from the south who were affected to see how the recovery and rebuilding is going. How should Christ followers respond when disaster strikes?
Featured Guests: Rob Moore, Leighton LeBoeuf
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
When Dee Brestin joins us on this Midday Connection we’ll continue talking about the God of All Comfort. What happens when His rescue doesn’t look like the rescue we were praying for? Dee will unpack why God is indeed trustworthy as she takes us to the Psalms to look at God’s heart and history.
Featured Guest: Dee Brestin
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s time to go deeper in our spiritual friendships. If you’ve been a part of our Bible study on soul care with Mindy Caliguire you won’t want to miss this Midday Connection. She will talk about praying for our spiritual friend, praying with our spiritual friend, and the importance of celebrating with that spiritual friend over significant moments in your lives.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
What happens when you’re married to someone for 50 years? Gordon and Gail MacDonald say, “You learn a lot!” On this Midday Connection they’ll lead us through their journey as we look at the big learns for the two of them through the difficult passages of life. We’ll talk about the baggage we carry as well as how healing can take place within the confines of deep trust in marriage.
Featured Guests: Gordon and Gail MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
How do you deal honorably with the impossible people in your life? That question was posed over and over to Jan Silvious and the result was her book Foolproofing Your Life. On this Midday Connection we conclude our series with Jan Silvious talking about letting go when you want to hang on and also looking at some specific tough dilemmas about life with a fool.
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Janet Davis joins us on this Midday Connection to talk about how we can see our bodies rightly.
Featured Guest: Janet Davis
Host: Melinda Schmidt
We’ve been working our way through Dee Brestin’s book The God of All Comfort on Midday Connection and on this program we focus on Psalm 42 and 43 where the Psalmist says “Why are you downcast o my soul, and why so disquieted within me?” This question is asked over and over. When we feel like we’re losing our footing in life, we need to go to the answer to those questions, which is “Put your hope in God.”
Featured Guest: Dee Brestin
Host: Anita Lustrea
What does it look like to forge a soul friendship? On this Midday Connection we continue our on-air Bible study on soul care with Mindy Caliguire as she helps us take a look at mirroring and self-disclosure, as well as how to talk about our areas of struggle with our soul friend and how to give and receive grace.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
When a woman discovers her husband is addicted to pornography it can be devastating. On this Midday Connection, Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about how to confront this sensitive issues that touches at the core of who a woman is, her sexuality.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
In Psalm 42:7 we read, “Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” On this Midday Connection Dee Brestin helps us unpack this verse in light of someone who has experienced great loss.
Featured Guest: Dee Brestin
Host: Anita Lustrea
As our on-air Bible study on soul care continues, Mindy Caliguire helps us take a look at spiritual friendship. On this Midday Connection, we take a look at the barriers that block us from engaging in deeper relationships. We’ll also find out what safe people look like so we know who to connect with as we search for spiritual friends.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Keri Wyatt Kent joins us to provide a fresh encounter with the 100 most important words of the New Testament. She says that when you study words in the Bible, you'll find yourself excited by the wonders of God's amazing Word.
Featured Guest: Keri Wyatt Kent
Host: Anita Lustrea
On this Midday Connection we continue our study of Proverbs with Jan Silvious as she helps us look at Foolproofing your Life. We’ve looked at the characteristics of a fool, but how do we learn to ‘wise up’ in our dealings with fools. Jan will talk about new strategies for old battles and letting go when you want to hang on.
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
We were made for relationships, yet that always seems to be where the breakdown is. On this Midday Connection, relationship expert and licensed professional counselor Leslie Vernick joins us to help us untangle the sticky issues that keep us from moving forward relationally, and hence, spiritually. We want to grow as whole people and Leslie Vernick will help us with that.
Featured Guest: Leslie Vernick
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Dee Brestin says, “The psalms and the great music of the church have the power to drive away evil spirits, those tormenting spirits that are trying to slip under every door and window.” On this Midday Connection we continue our conversation about the God of All Comfort and how he works through beautiful melodious sonnets of both old hymns and contemporary worship choruses.
Featured Guest: Dee Brestin
Host: Anita Lustrea
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Our lawns and gardens usually need some extra help this time of year. On this Midday Connection, horticulturist Melinda Myers joins us to answer all your gardening questions. Feel like your thumb will never be green? A conversation with Melinda can change that forever.
Featured Guest: Melinda Myers
Host: Anita Lustrea
Foolish is as foolish does, that’s what Jan Silvious says, and on this Midday Connection we see that quarrels, confusion, chaos, and strife seem so swirl around a fool like the dirt hovers around Pigpen in the Peanuts cartoon series. We’ll focus in on Proverbs 18 as we see that a fools mouth will be thier undoing.
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Life demands so much of us. From the moment we open our eyes till the moment we go to sleep, we're pulled in multiple directions and besieged with the white noise of a busy, busy world. We find ourselves worried and upset about many things. But only one thing is needed. Glenn Myers joins us to introduce us to the Beguines, a network of faith communities in Medieval Europe, where women organized their world around the one thing needed - a simple life with Christ at the center.
Featured Guest: Glenn Myers
Host: Melinda Schmidt
On our weekly get-together with Dee Brestin we’re learning more about the God of all comfort. On this Midday Connection we’ll focus on how God quiets our soul. All of us have times of feeling alone, misunderstood and betrayed, and we cry out to God. When David felt that way he cried out “how long, O Lord, how long?” These are prayers of lament.
Featured Guest: Dee Brestin
Host: Anita Lustrea
How do we learn to care for our souls? Mindy Caliguire talks about spiritual disciplines that can help us go deeper with Christ and what instituting disciplines into our daily lives can do for our souls.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Host: Anita and Melinda
Do you know what losing yourself in the name of helping another is called? Co-dependency. On this Midday Connection, Dr. Jennifer Degler returns to continue sharing the meaning of co-dependency and to help us see if we are enmeshed in a relationship that could be our undoing. In the end the only person we can change is our self.
Featured Guest: Dr. Jennifer Degler
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Alexander Pope said, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Do you have a fool in your life? On this Midday Connection we continue our study of Foolproofing Your Life with Jan Silvious and take a look at the flavors of foolishness, how a fool thinks, and what marks a fool.
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Host: Anita and Melinda
Based on years of research in the area of attachment and bonding, Milan and Kay Yerkovich join us to help you cultivate a secure, deep connection with your child of any age. Retool your reactions and refocus on how you love. Start today. Watch your kids flourish and thrive as they receive what was missing in your love.
Featured Guests: Milan and Kay Yerkovich
Host: Melinda Schmidt
If you’ve ever been overwhelmed by grief, or find yourself there now, you’ll want to join us for this Midday Connection. We’ll begin re-broadcasting a weekly series with Dee Brestin talking about the God of All Comfort. When Dee lost her husband Steve, she was in too much pain even to pray. Join us to hear how God started to heal her soul and calm her anxious thoughts.
Featured Guests: Dee Brestin, Sally Hale
Host: Anita Lustrea
When we are engaged in growing our souls, we need to learn how to navigate the gap. In the western world we are obsessed with self help resources, becoming something better than we are. Mindy Caliguire joins us as we continue our series on discovering soul care and talk about how we experience the now and the not yet. Life as a new creation, yet not fully mature.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Our culture believes that bigger is better, but Jill Savage believes that being satisfied with less materially can allow you to give your family more…emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. On this Midday Connection, Hearts at Home founder, Jill Savage joins us to talk about how she and her husband Mark laid out a plan for investing in the things that really mattered.
Featured Guest: Jill Savage
Host: Anita Lustrea
It’s time for another on air Bible Study, and on this Midday Connection Jan Silvious joins us for a series on Fool-proofing Your Life! How do you deal with the impossible people in your world? We’ll look at what scripture has to say, and Jan will help us raise our relational IQ as we head to the book of Proverbs.
Featured Guest: Jan Silvious
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Midday Connection dared to tackle the topic of domestic violence back in 1998 and the phone lines were jammed. Since then, we've talked about it throughout the years. On this Midday Connection we’ll tackle the subject again and offer hope to women who are struggling in their marriages. Anita Lustrea joins us to talk about her own story and what Midday listeners have told her about domestic violence.
Featured Guest: Anita Lustrea
Host: Melinda Schmidt
It’s our monthly visit with Gordon and Gail MacDonald on Midday Connection. We’ve appreciated these two seasoned Christ followers and the wisdom they are willing to share with us each month. Anything from how God wired us to the difficult potholes that come our way in life. The MacDonald’s open up about their own journey and encourage us on ours.
Featured Guests: Gordon and Gail MacDonald
Host: Anita Lustrea
When we are engaged in growing our souls, we need to learn how to navigate the gap. In the western world we are obsessed with self help resources, becoming something better than we are. Mindy Caliguire joins us as we continue our series on discovering soul care and talk about how we experience the now and the not yet. Life as a new creation, yet not fully mature. It’s all about soul care on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Host: Anita and Melinda
It’s the music and message of Laura Story on Midday Connection. Laura is the songwriter of the award winning song “Indescribable”. She is a worship leader and singer who communicates from her heart as she engages with God’s word. She and her husband have experiences their share of struggles in their young 5 year marriage. We’ll hear more of Laura’s journey, hear music from her new album Blessings and be greatly encouraged in the process.
Featured Guest: Laura Story
Host: Anita Lustrea
Your schedule is hurried, you and your family have too many commitments to count and your relationships are suffering, including your relationship with God. Tim Kimmel joins us to talk about what it could look like to bring peace to a hurried home. Through his book Little House on the Freeway he’ll talk about how to put on the brakes and how to get off the freeway altogether. Want some peace from life’s chaos? Join us for this Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Tim Kimmel
Host: Melinda Schmidt
As we’ve walked our way through Janet Davis’s book The Feminine Soul, we’ve had the opportunity to learn from a whole host of female biblical characters. On this Midday Connection we conclude our series with Janet and talk about the impact of these stories on our own feminine spiritual journey. Janet says that as we acknowledge the validity of our own spiritual journey that is uniquely feminine we open ourselves up to revolutionary change. It’s the conclusion of The Feminine Soul on Midday Connection.
Featured Guest: Janet Davis
Host: Melinda Schmidt
We continue our series on the beatitudes with Moody Bible Institute Professor Nancy Kane. This time the focus is beatitude number 4, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” We’ll look into what it means to truly hunger and thirst for righteousness and how we can understand what being filled by righteousness looks like in the life of the believer.
Featured Guest: Nancy Kane
Host: Anita and Melinda
What has your soul been crying for lately? Do you know? On this Midday Connection we’re beginning a Bible Study series with Mindy Caliguire on Discovering Soul Care. How do we assess the health of our souls? Have we been neglecting our souls? We’ll focus on these important questions as well as look at what part God plays, and what part we need to play in soul care.
Featured Guest: Mindy Caliguire
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different, that he was attracted to boys. And on this Midday Connection we dive into his journey as well as his mother Angela’s journey. After years of heartbreak, confusion and prayer, we’ll hear what happened to a family that finally surrendered to God. It’s a story of hope for anyone affected by homosexuality.
Featured Guests: Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan
Host: Melinda Schmidt
We conclude our series with Carolyn Custis James on her book Half the Church as we open our phone lines to your questions about how you might get involved right where you are. We’ll hear from some women who have taken up the challenge and others who plan to do the same. We’d like to hear from you and find out how you’ve been touched by this series as we’ve looked at God’s Global Vision for Women.
Featured Guest: Carolyn Custis James
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
Over 2300 of you responded to our Midday Connection survey about the pain women experience in their lives, and consultant David Schmidt joins us to talk about the survey results and what we can draw from the results. Our programming has already been impacted by what we’ve learned. We’re hoping you will be encouraged and helped as well.
Featured Guests: David Schmidt, Jennifer Grant
Hosts: Anita and Melinda
It’s time for another visit from Counselor Ray Kane, and on this Midday Connection he’ll focus in on the principles of a healthy relationship. Most of us have experienced relationships gone bad and sometimes we can trace the reasons, sometimes we can’t. Ray will give us principles to build those relationships in such a way that hopefully they won’t implode or explode.
Featured Guest: Ray Kane
Host: Melinda Schmidt
Most of us look forward to summer, and if you’re a kid waiting for the end of school, you really look forward to it! Most moms need to have a plan in place for summer, and on this Midday Connection Kathy Peel joins us to talk about Summer survival ideas for moms and their kids. Everything from fun to safety, to spiritual life training to taking time to eat some ice cream.
Featured Guest: Kathy Peel
Host: Melinda Schmidt
We believe that God loves the world, but sometimes struggle to believe that God really loves us! On this Midday Connection, Joanna Weaver, well known for her book Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World tackles a book about their brother Lazarus, and confirms God’s love for us through the study of Lazarus’s story. It’s all about resurrection living right where we are.
Featured Guest: Joanna Weaver
Host: Anita Lustrea
We continue our series on Half the Church with Carolyn Custis James on Midday Connection as we delve into a conversation about the evangelical landscape for women. This is an issue that makes some uncomfortable, and certainly a topic where good people disagree. We’ll talk about the different sides of the debate as it relates to women and their place in the church, and hopefully do it all with grace.
Featured Guest: Carolyn Custis James
Hosts: Anita and Melinda