{"podcast":{"title":"Become New with John Ortberg","slug":"become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","podcast_index_feed_id":3584281,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2118006.rss","website_url":"https://becomenew.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vf7qw16bn8ahjt88h40xo04r9dgq?.jpg","author":"Become New","episode_count":1221,"summary":"Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T14:23:56.357163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281"},"episode":{"title":"69. The Glory and Burden of Potential","slug":"69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential","published_at":"2026-08-27T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19702411-69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19702411-69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential.mp3","summary":"What if you haven't lived up to your potential? In this reflection on Psalm 8, John Ortberg explores one of the great wonders of God's creation: human potential. You can count the seeds in an apple. But you cannot count the apples in a seed. Human beings possess an extraordinary capacity to grow, create, love, serve and become. Psalm 8 looks at the vastness of the heavens and then marvels that God is mindful of us. But there's another side to potential. It can become a burden. I should be fur...","meta_description":"What if you haven't lived up to your potential? In this reflection on Psalm 8, John Ortberg explores one of the great wonders of God's creation: human pot…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":794,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/episodes/69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/69-the-glory-and-burden-of-potential.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}