{"podcast":{"title":"Become Good Soil","slug":"become-good-soil-770573","podcast_index_feed_id":770573,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.subsplash.com/bbmv77c/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://becomegoodsoil.com/","image_url":"https://images.subsplash.com/base64/L2ltYWdlLmpwZz9pZD04ZjU5ZGE1Mi03ZTA5LTQ3Y2UtOTgxZS01MjFjYWJlNGNiNGUmdz0zMDAwJmg9MzAwMCZhbGxvd191cHNjYWxlPXRydWU.jpg","author":"Morgan Snyder (tech@becomegoodsoil.com)","episode_count":222,"summary":"For men, and the women they champion, who are recovering the path and process to become wholehearted mature apprentices of God and His Kingdom. 9326c130-f4a0-11ef-a275-5bd47b0c8b59","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T22:22:21.334466+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-good-soil-770573"},"episode":{"title":"195: Cultivating a Habitat for Flourishing – A Deeper Cut Series (Part 7)","slug":"195-cultivating-a-habitat-for-flourishing-a-deeper-cut-series-part-7","published_at":"2025-09-09T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-good-soil-770573/195-cultivating-a-habitat-for-flourishing-a-deeper-cut-series-part-7","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-good-soil-770573","url":"https://t.subsplash.com/r/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uc3Vic3BsYXNoLmNvbS9hdWRpb3MvOThHQks5L2VkODA5ZWY0LTJiZTItNGRjMC1iM2Q1LTZjYjIzMGJhODZhMi9hdWRpby5tcDM.mp3?k=98GBK9&s=3&sapid=qnhbxpr","audio_url":"https://t.subsplash.com/r/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uc3Vic3BsYXNoLmNvbS9hdWRpb3MvOThHQks5L2VkODA5ZWY0LTJiZTItNGRjMC1iM2Q1LTZjYjIzMGJhODZhMi9hdWRpby5tcDM.mp3?k=98GBK9&s=3&sapid=qnhbxpr","summary":"“If we believe that God made the world, then the world is important as a revelation of God, as a sacred text. If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, then we must believe that he is the Son of God made flesh, made a human being—and therefore that the life of the human body in this world is important.” — Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community by Wendell Berry Take a moment to breathe. Slow your pace. Another breath. Perhaps another. Allow your soul to catch up with your life—even in this very moment. Another breath. Enjoy this brilliant poem by Wendell Berry, The Peace of Wild Things. Read it as slowly as you are able: “When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” The first sacred text given to all of humanity is God’s creation itself. In many ways, the created world was intended to be a sacred container for the Kingdom of God—a primary expression of His presence and love. What if, just as the Creator crafted this redemptive backdrop for the story of mankind, you were invited to partner with Him in creating your life as a continually expanding spiritual refuge? A place where you are known, loved, perfectly safe, and deeply nourished—affording you an ever-increasing capacity to engage the battles God invites you to fight on behalf of your own heart and those entrusted to your care? Just as every creature is designed to flourish wi…","meta_description":"“If we believe that God made the world, then the world is important as a revelation of God, as a sacred text. If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2550,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/become-good-soil-770573/episodes/195-cultivating-a-habitat-for-flourishing-a-deeper-cut-series-part-7/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-good-soil-770573/195-cultivating-a-habitat-for-flourishing-a-deeper-cut-series-part-7.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}