{"podcast":{"title":"Faith Matters","slug":"faith-matters-329292","podcast_index_feed_id":329292,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/719454.rss","website_url":"https://faithmatters.org","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/lwd42a1zmrnfjefpv214abb0jouj?.jpg","author":"Faith Matters Foundation","episode_count":333,"summary":"Faith Matters offers an expansive view of the Restored Gospel, thoughtful exploration of big and sometimes thorny questions, and a platform that encourages deeper engagement with our faith and our world. We focus on the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) tradition, but believe we have much to learn from other traditions and fully embrace those of other beliefs.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292"},"episode":{"title":"Terryl Givens: The God Who Waits","slug":"terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits","published_at":"2026-03-29T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18921816-terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18921816-terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits.mp3","summary":"We live in a world that prizes activity: being productive, staying in control, always doing something. So when life brings seasons of waiting—through illness, loss, or circumstances we didn’t choose—it can feel unsettling, even threatening to our sense of self. But what if those seasons are actually inviting us into a deeper understanding of God? Today, we’re joined by Terryl Givens to explore an extraordinary book called The Stature of Waiting by W.H. Vanstone. Vanstone noticed something hid...","meta_description":"We live in a world that prizes activity: being productive, staying in control, always doing something. So when life brings seasons of waiting—through illn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-matters-329292/episodes/terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/terryl-givens-the-god-who-waits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}