When you host a program for women, and you open up the phone lines, email box, and Facebook page, you often resonate with their heart-breaking stories. That's been the case as women have tuned in to Moody Radio's Midday Connection, a radio show co-hosted by author Anita Lustrea, and shared their struggles and victories. When issues are raised such as loneliness, friendship, mothering, domestic abuse, sexual addiction, and body image, women pour out their hearts. Lustrea has heard heart-breaking stories through the years, and those stories have intersected with her own story of heartbreak. God lovingly weaves these stories into a tapestry to be used for His glory. Lustrea's story means nothing without the impact of all of the other stories she has heard. Sometimes the church tries to sweep the hard stories under the carpet. Somehow we've gotten the impression that the hard things of life shouldn't be shared. But when you allow your stories to become known, start to interact with the stories of others, and then allow God to work in and through your life, something miraculous starts to happen. In What Women Tell Me, Anita Lustrea tells her story along with the difficult stories of other women. For a long time, she listened to those who said 'you can only hurt others by sharing your wounds.' When she realized that was a lie, she saw for the first time that through her wounds, she could be an agent of healing in the body of Christ.
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Anita Lustrea is executive producer and host of Moody Radio's Midday Connection. Garnering NRB's 2008 Program of the Year Award, Midday Connection is geared toward women who want to talk about the important issues of life. Anita is also a much sought-after conference and retreat speaker and lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Mike, and son, John.
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Anita Lustrea is executive producer and host of Moody Radio's award winning Midday Connection. Garnering NRB's 2008 Program of the Year Award, Midday Connection deals with issues most radio programs won't. The raw and the real are the focus of Midday Connection. Whether your marriage is falling apart, you have a prodigal child breaking your heart, or you are caring for elderly parents while you're still caring for children at home, Midday Connection offers avenues for spiritual transformation in the midst of difficult personal issues. Anita is also an author and a much sought-after conference and retreat speaker. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Mike, and son John, where you can often find her at the local Starbucks having a Venti Awake Tea and a piece of Pumpkin bread.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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What a wonderful book! Through the stories that Anita tells about her own life, Anita invites all of us to experience the freedom she's discovered that comes from being honest about the struggles of our lives. This book is grace-filled and totally freeing. If you're struggling with secret shame of any stripe, this book will set you on the path to freedom from it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Anita Lustrea, from Moody Radio, has put together a short book(200 pages), but quite insightful telling of the common problems all woman face in today's world. The intro sums it up with the title: finding freedom from the secrets we keep. She relates her own 'secrets' or experiences as well as those of others that deal with the most hurtful of issues. Her book is Christian based.
She begins with lonliness. Even in fellowship/church- how the pasted on smiles, and "I'm fine" and the meaningless "How are you's" are so common place to all of us. Even with multiple functions and servanthood, despair and emptiness can run rampant even among Believers. Hard to trust, afraid of being hurt, high expectations on ourselves, the Church can become a microcosm of what we face in the secular world.
Chapter 2 discusses friendships- making and keeping, and what that entails. I've seen more people, including me, struggle with the in's and out's of being a friend. Whew, and a lot of hurt feelings regarding she/he did or didn't do or say, etc. Again, I hate to say it, but while Christians can be incredibly tough in the world, facing amazing trials and tribulations, internally within the confines of the Church and personal relationships, we can be incredibly sensitive and hurt easily.
Furthermore, Ms. Lustrea covers topics ranging from children, husband, single parenting, domestic violence, divorce, and I believe one of the most horrific blights on our society, for Believers and non-Believers alike, porn and sexual addiction.
Since the day our government, more or less, gave the OK on allowing free and copious, easy access to porn, millions of(mostly, but not always) men, have been dragged down into this unrelenting bondage which is so often brushed aside by the user as 'not hurting anyone', at least in the initial stages, but, in reality, causing immense, destructive harm to self and to all those, especially the family, around them. The author talks briefly about the vicious cycle, like addictions in general, that sex addicts get into, and offers heartfelt input and direction.
Obviously, all these topics can be quite complex, beyond any book, and outside intervention, ASAP!, is needed, but I like the way she approaches them: with awareness, enpowerment, godly encouragement and hope.
May I say, there's always hope and power for us beyond anything we could ever imagine. God help you and bless you!
She begins with lonliness. Even in fellowship/church- how the pasted on smiles, and "I'm fine" and the meaningless "How are you's" are so common place to all of us. Even with multiple functions and servanthood, despair and emptiness can run rampant even among Believers. Hard to trust, afraid of being hurt, high expectations on ourselves, the Church can become a microcosm of what we face in the secular world.
Chapter 2 discusses friendships- making and keeping, and what that entails. I've seen more people, including me, struggle with the in's and out's of being a friend. Whew, and a lot of hurt feelings regarding she/he did or didn't do or say, etc. Again, I hate to say it, but while Christians can be incredibly tough in the world, facing amazing trials and tribulations, internally within the confines of the Church and personal relationships, we can be incredibly sensitive and hurt easily.
Furthermore, Ms. Lustrea covers topics ranging from children, husband, single parenting, domestic violence, divorce, and I believe one of the most horrific blights on our society, for Believers and non-Believers alike, porn and sexual addiction.
Since the day our government, more or less, gave the OK on allowing free and copious, easy access to porn, millions of(mostly, but not always) men, have been dragged down into this unrelenting bondage which is so often brushed aside by the user as 'not hurting anyone', at least in the initial stages, but, in reality, causing immense, destructive harm to self and to all those, especially the family, around them. The author talks briefly about the vicious cycle, like addictions in general, that sex addicts get into, and offers heartfelt input and direction.
Obviously, all these topics can be quite complex, beyond any book, and outside intervention, ASAP!, is needed, but I like the way she approaches them: with awareness, enpowerment, godly encouragement and hope.
May I say, there's always hope and power for us beyond anything we could ever imagine. God help you and bless you!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Shayne Moore
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I loved this book. What a relief to read the story a woman of faith in a position of leadership and influence being so open and real. There is a lot of healing in this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Look into relationships
This book is good for younger, newer Christian women who are searching for answers to their marriage and other relationships.
Published 1 month ago by F. M. Couch
3.0 out of 5 stars
What Women Tell Me
This book was a good read if you follow the day to day programing of Midday Connection. It gave insight into the host and her journey. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Claudia Erickson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, not captivating, read
For me, it's been an interesting, not captivating read. She does storytelling fine, and she has something to say, and a variety of things to say. Read more
Published 23 months ago by L. Perry
4.0 out of 5 stars
I liked everything about this book but the title
A preacher's daughter raised in a conservative evangelical Christian environment, a Christian college graduate, a veteran of multiple "mission trips" and working full-time for a... Read more
Published on April 2, 2011 by Writer Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars
Insights from someone who has been there
I was completely captured by this book, Anita Lustrea's first chapter is called "It's Lonely At Church", I thought it was a poignant but very revealing chapter. Read more
Published on February 26, 2011 by Stephanie Manley
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Much-Needed Message for Women in the Church
Reading Anita's book was so liberating and life-giving to me. I found myself nodding so many times through the book, saying, "I can relate! Read more
Published on January 24, 2011 by H. Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Open Secrets
In What Women Tell Me: Finding Freedom from the Secrets We Keep, author Anita Lustrea models what we all need: a good listener, who is also vulnerable in articulating her own... Read more
Published on December 17, 2010 by Karen Halvorsen Schreck
5.0 out of 5 stars
What Women Tell Me
Anita's book gives a refreshing look into the heart of a woman who has been given the ability to see beyond personal sorrow and embrace the transforming grace of God that has... Read more
Published on December 6, 2010 by Brenda
4.0 out of 5 stars
What Women Tell Me
I loved the honesty in this book as Anita shares her personal story, as well as stories from other women, as she addresses a variety of issues. Read more
Published on November 16, 2010 by Joann Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honest, vulnerable, affirming
This book is about risk, particularly the risk of raising your hand and saying, "I'm hurting." Read this book and trust that your story matters and that God is present with you,... Read more
Published on November 12, 2010 by Jennifer Grant
