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Ep 249: Brooke Ligertwood: What If Your Life Isn't Supposed to Be a Highlight Reel? | Hey! It's The Luskos
09/09/2026 | 50 mins.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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Listen to EAT: https://bit.ly/4ck2S5Q
Watch Brooke and Levi in From the Rock: https://bit.ly/4x49Ymu
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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
[Links]
Check out Sadie's new book It's Not Personal: https://bit.ly/4gEBxwy
Listen to the Huffs on Woah That's Good!: https://bit.ly/4iEAy1Y
Listen to Christian's teaching from Fresh Life Church: https://bit.ly/3T673f9
Listen to LO Worship: https://bit.ly/4wVCLd3
Check out LO Sister Conference: https://bit.ly/4gN3DG9
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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
[Links]
Get Lisa's book, Song of Songs: The Love We Long For: https://bit.ly/4xQn2MY
Visit Lisa's website: https://bit.ly/3UAIS8W
Get the 5 Gallon Bucket: https://bit.ly/sdl4sHY
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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.
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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
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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 - Phil Wickham catches up with Levi and Jennie fresh off his Song of the Saints tour — the one where God stopped him in his tracks the night before opening night with one question: are you really letting me be Lord of your life? Phil opens up about that surrender, the inflatable rocks that gave him a stage-prop identity crisis, and the audiobook producer who wasn't a believer until eight hours in the studio together. Plus: his new book Everyday Hallelujah, cottage cheese hacks, and a fall tour with Chandler Moore!
Connect with us on social!
Phil: @philwickham
Levi: @levilusko
Jennie: @jennielusko
Fresh Life Church: @freshlife
[Links]
Get Phil's new book, Everyday Hallelujah: https://bit.ly/4vF9CC3
Get the 5 Gallon Bucket: https://bit.ly/sdl4sHY
Get the Lusketeer Sticker: https://bit.ly/sdl4sHY
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Time Stamps:
00:00:02 – Catching up: the long-overdue reunion and a bearskin rug offer
00:00:48 – The Lusko family's 21-day road trip and the great Chuck E. Cheese letdown
00:06:23 – The question that stopped Phil in his tracks: "Are you letting me be Lord of your life?"
00:08:53 – Why this was his favorite tour ever — plus 16 fall dates announced with Chandler Moore
00:13:16 – Inflatable rocks, Joshua Tree, and a "my stomach drops" stage design story
00:19:22 – World Vision, Jamie McKay, and falling more in love with God's people
00:25:05 – Announcing Everyday Hallelujah — and the "flowers on Sunday" analogy for a stale faith
00:44:44 – Cottage cheese hacks, protein gummies, and the great diet debate
00:54:33 – The audiobook producer who wasn't a believer — until he was
00:58:09 – Fall tour lineup, songwriting with Chandler in Encinitas, and Henry's Father's Day drawing
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Sit down with pastors and authors Levi and Jennie Lusko for an unfiltered look at the madness of the Lusko’s life, marriage, ministry, faith, grief, and growth that goes on behind the scenes. (It may or may not include: product reviews, coffee recommendations, Disney hacks and all the things that make life wonderful)
Hosted by Pastors of Fresh Life Church, and authors of best selling book Through The Eyes of a Lion, I Declare War, Swipe Right and The Fight to Flourish.
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