Donna Pisani went to church because she thought the youth pastor was really hot. She married him, and they pastored in Washington, DC for 30 years. Jennie goes one-on-one with Donna about the lie that told her she had no voice, what Jesus did for Mary in the second garden, and the phone reminders that rewired her brain for truth. Plus, a big announcement for the Fresh Life women and Donna’s book Entrusted to Lead.

 

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Donna Pisani: @donnapisani

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

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00:00:00 – Nobody’s built for Montana winters

00:13:48 – Two brain cells short of smart, then a doctorate

00:20:58 – Mary, the gardener, and the first sermon ever preached

00:33:24 – You can’t stop a lie, you have to replace it

00:40:03 – “Where are you?” isn’t geography, it’s a father’s longing

00:45:45 – Jennie’s big announcement: Fresh Life ladies are reading this book

Most people hit Leviticus and bail, so Skip Heitzig built a flight plan that gets them all the way to Revelation. Levi and Jennie sit down with their spiritual father to talk Soaring Above It All, a 365-day devotional with no dates on the pages (miss a day, so what?), plus the sermon-as-a-ladder lesson and why young Levi looked like a future pulpit or prison case. Bonus: Chip Lusko and his razor-blade tape editing, and a round of Lies or Truth with Skip's bibliography.

 

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Skip Heitzig: @skipheitzig

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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The Bible from 30,000 Feet: https://bit.ly/4iGX2iT

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Godfather Skip and a gratitude list longer than his bibliography

00:02:43 – Why 30,000 Feet exists: nobody hangs around 11 years

00:07:05 – Soaring Above It All: 365 days, zero dates, no guilt

00:17:00 – Pulpit or prison? Skip's first read on young Levi

00:34:33 – Chip Lusko cut sermon tapes with a razor blade

00:42:58 – Lies or Truth: Did Skip write a book about Cadillacs?

Your kid sobs one minute and asks to go play the next, and nothing is wrong with them. Counselor Sissy Goff explains why children grieve in doses, like holding their breath underwater, and why even a six-month-old feels the loss. Levi and Jennie share the ice rink moment when two-year-old Daisy spotted a girl with Lenya's hair, plus Levi's one complaint about Sissy's new book: it wasn't written 15 years ago. Bonus: slalom water skiing at 32 mph.

 

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Sissy Goff: @sissygoff

Raising Boys and Girls: @raisingboysandgirls

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Wedding dance floors, Hopetown, and Sissy's one-ski slalom flex

00:11:12 – Levi's only complaint: this book wasn't written 15 years ago

00:20:19 – Grief vs. mourning, and what a six-month-old knows

00:24:45 – Daisy at the ice rink: "Where's my sister?"

00:30:01 – Post-traumatic growth: blessed are those who mourn

00:34:07 – Grieving in doses: the swimming lungs analogy

At 17, Luke Lezon marched into his mom's furniture boutique and announced he didn't believe any of it. She didn't even flinch. Luke joins Levi and Jennie for the story of a 10,000-person Bible study at Texas A&M, a wife he met on Twitter, and how a church split put a 28-year-old young adults pastor in the pulpit every Sunday. Plus Levi looks up what "Gig 'em" actually means, and it is way more violent than anyone expected.

 

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Luke Lezon: @lukelezon

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Staff summits and a sauna on top of a cliff

00:07:52 – "Mom, I don't believe any of this." She didn't flinch.

00:14:47 – Gig 'em origin: yes, it involves killing a frog

00:22:11 – Met on Twitter, told her "I'm gonna marry you"

00:40:23 – 1,200 people become 400, and a 28-year-old starts preaching

00:47:14 – Cut robes, not throats: David's cave and a future T-shirt

When John Eldredge met Stasi in drama class, his opening line was "Don't mark me absent." Forty-three years later, Stasi joins Jennie to talk about the monastery bells that pause her ministry's day twice daily, the loss of Brent Curtis just as Wild at Heart was taking shape, and trying on the sentence "I fail, but I am not a failure." Plus a look at her brand new book, The Ladder of Love, out now.

 

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Stasi: @stasieldredge

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Monastery bells, the Pause app, and nightly ping pong

00:07:31 – Our story starts shady: drama class, matches, and a scallywag

00:16:50 – Wild at Heart's birth, and the loss of Brent Curtis

00:23:00 – "I fail, but I am not a failure"

00:28:44 – Beauty, Arwen, and the most beautiful woman Stasi ever met

00:40:28 – The Ladder of Love: clay to bride, rung by rung

Some kids get stuck doing the dishes. The Espinosa brothers, Angelo, Michael, and Eric, got music lessons as their chore, so when big brother Angelo pitched starting a band, the answer was a hard no. (Spoiler: they're Strings & Heart now, and they're on a rocket ship.) The Tucson trio tells Levi and Jennie how Jesus made their faith their own, why their first "youth camp" gig was in someone's backyard, and how Angelo moonlighted as their totally legit booking agent, Jonathan. Plus: their new single, How It Feels To Live.

 

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Strings & Heart: @stringsandheart

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Rattlesnake kills, grizzly fears, and Nico's breakfast burritos

00:07:28 – Angelo meets Jesus, then pitches a band nobody wanted

00:11:53 – "I love you, my son": Michael and Eric's encounters

00:19:55 – Meet Jonathan, their totally legit booking agent

00:22:24 – Psalm 150 and the story behind Strings & Heart

00:26:18 – What's next: Australia, Europe, and How It Feels To Live

Ever feel like the first year of marriage is supposed to be miserable? Bryce Crawford — six months in and still figuring out how normal couples argue over finances — says that's a lie. He talks with Levi and Jennie about wrestling shame from his past, finishing his Liberty University Bible degree from a tour bus (Lightning McQueen Crocs and all), and why he's taking his ministry back to outdoor college campuses this fall. Also: the story behind his Jesus-branded energy drink, Praise, and a very strong opinion on the Star Wars sequels.

 

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Bryce: @brycecrawford

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Welcome back Bryce Crawford — six months married and glowing

00:00:44 – Why he refused to give marriage advice until he was actually married

00:03:07 – Wrestling with shame from his past and finding his identity in grace

00:09:12 – Graduating Liberty University online — in Lightning McQueen Crocs

00:16:24 – Inside the VIP tour experience and meeting Gen Z fans

00:22:23 – 3,000 kids sponsored through Compassion International on tour

00:24:43 – The heart behind his energy drink, Praise, and the pushback he's gotten

00:36:26 – How worried is Bryce about AI?

00:41:13 – Taking the outreach back outdoors to college campuses this fall

00:44:17 – What's next: campus tour dates and the Best Crawford Podcast

Worship leader and songwriter Brooke Ligertwood is back on the couch — a third-time guest whose new album Eat sets Scripture word-for-word to music. She and Levi swap stories about the time they turned a Montana set into the moon, talk through the marriage-saving phrase "is that a final draft?", and unpack her philosophy of "iceberg life" — why the healthiest faith is 90% invisible. It ends, naturally, with wedding-night chaos and a burnt bridal gown.

 

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Brooke: @brookeligertwood

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Steamy intro

00:03:14 – Recreating the moon in Montana (and the "Last Supper" crossover)

00:06:20 – Inside Eat — an album of verbatim, sung Scripture

00:12:11 – Letting God write the record instead of forcing it

00:14:50 – The prophetic voice: when not to dilute what God gave you

00:17:04 – Sister Act, Choir Room, and her favorite song "Watchmen"

00:21:37 – Marriage hack: "Is that a final draft?"

00:30:18 – Iceberg life — why your inner world should outweigh your outer show

00:36:00 – Why you can't actually be discipled by social media

00:48:02 – Wedding night bloopers and a burnt wedding dress

Sadie and Christian Huff are back for their third visit — and three years, three kids, and one viral leech-in-a-box clip later, they're catching Levi and Jennie up on everything. They open up about filming Duck Dynasty: The Revival through Sadie's pregnancy with Kit (which wrapped the same week they said goodbye to Phil Robertson), what Sadie learned writing her most personal book yet, and the honest, sometimes hilarious dynamics of doing life and ministry as a family in the public eye.

 

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Sadie: @legitsadierob

Christian: @christian_huff

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – The leech-in-a-box clip, eight years later

00:02:03 – Nervous laughter, Louie Giglio's advice & finding the "one sentence" heart of a message

00:07:52 – Christian's first sermon and Sadie's first Passion talk

00:10:37 – Two kids to three: the "beautiful chaos" transition

00:12:51 – Filming Duck Dynasty: The Revival while pregnant with Kit

00:15:33 – Losing Phil Robertson the week the show launched

00:29:07 – Marriage, masking emotions & growing up on camera

00:30:24 – Sadie's new book: "It's Not Personal, But the Knot is Slashed Out"

00:44:41 – Date nights, pickleball tournaments & the Passion Club debate

00:56:40 – Unashamed, hosting the K-LOVE Awards & the Sisterhood Conference

Fifth-time guest Lisa Harper is back — fresh off a whirlwind trip through England, Wales, the Netherlands, and Scotland, and still nursing the jet lag. Between hug-ministry theology, Levi's 75-day merino wool shorts experiment (Lisa remains skeptical), and a surprise moment praying with a stranger in a London store, the conversation turns to Lisa's new book on the Song of Songs — unpacking how the Bible's most intimate book taught her that God delights in her, brokenness and all.

 

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Lisa: @lisadharper

Levi: @levilusko

Jennie: @jennielusko

Fresh Life Church: @freshlife

 

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Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Lisa's fifth visit and the great HITL guest rankings

00:01:37 – Confessions of a hug-ministry professional

00:08:28 – Levi's 75-day merino wool shorts experiment

00:11:19 – Praying with a stranger in a London store

00:14:09 – King Arthur's Seat and an accidental royal garden party

00:19:46 – Introducing her new book, Song of Songs: The Love We Long For

00:24:53 – Why the bride's voice matters more than we think

00:36:47 – Favorite vignettes and the Song of Songs sequel jokes

00:46:17 – Closing thoughts on intimacy, bruises, and redemption

David Thomas — co-founder of Daystar Counseling and co-author of the new book Capable — joins Levi and Jennie to unpack why chasing our kids' happiness might actually be setting them up to fail. From three kids under age two to a grandmother who asked one piercing question his whole life, David breaks down the "three C's" (coping, competence, challenges) and why loving our kids sometimes means letting them struggle. Plus: the running story that changed how he parents. Connect with us on social! David: @raisingboysandgirls Levi: @levilusko Jennie: @jennielusko Fresh Life Church: @freshlife [Links] Check out David & Sissy's book, Capable: https://bit.ly/4htx7uA Check out the I Am Capable workbook: https://bit.ly/4wTQLEZ Raising Boys and Girls podcast & tour info: https://bit.ly/3TRpd4r Get the 5 Gallon Bucket: https://bit.ly/sdl4sHY Get the Lusketeer Sticker: https://bit.ly/sdl4sHY Subscribe for more exclusive content: https://levilusko.com/hitl-subscribe Time Stamps: 00:00:00 – Welcome David Thomas (no, not the Wendy's guy) 00:04:23 – How a running family got made, mile by mile 00:07:08 – The accidental path from advertising major to child counselor 00:12:57 – Grandma's question: "Did you make yourself useful today?" 00:16:54 – Why chasing happiness sets kids up for a hard adulthood 00:25:37 – Inside the new book: Capable 00:31:30 – Pampering vs. preparing: the parenting swing to avoid 00:37:11 – The three C's: coping, competence, challenges 00:46:23 – "Moving outward": the coping strategy his daughter taught him 00:52:52 – Capable Connections: what sons need from mom, daughters need from dad