{"podcast":{"title":"Impact!","slug":"impact-6721597","podcast_index_feed_id":6721597,"rss_url":"https://www.heartfulimpact.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://heartfulimpact.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17569975/ImpactLogo03_ijtd8m.jpg","author":"Ellen Bintz & Clive Johnson","episode_count":100,"summary":"Impact! is a podcast that creates change WITH our listeners, using the power of prayer and intention to bring about positive change in our world. Each week, we explore one aspect of what it means to pray, offer healing, or send intention out into the world, and by so doing, to actually have an impact. We welcome anyone who wants to play their part in creating peace, harmony and healing in the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T08:18:01.542646+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-6721597"},"episode":{"title":"How to Pray for the Gulf: Responding to an Ever-changing Quagmire","slug":"how-to-pray-for-the-gulf-responding-to-an-ever-changing-quagmire","published_at":"2026-04-16T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-6721597/how-to-pray-for-the-gulf-responding-to-an-ever-changing-quagmire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-6721597","url":"https://www.heartfulimpact.com/e/holding-light-in-a-time-of-war-loving%e2%80%91kindness-for-the-gulf/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zncrzkxbn8exxahk/HowtoPrayforTheGulfP01-r6kufh-Optimized.mp3","summary":"With such a fast-changing situation in the Gulf, and the rhetoric coming from the White House changing at breathtaking speed, how can we hold specific prayers and intentions for what is unfolding there and its implications–beyond our immediate responses to the issues of the moment? This is our focus for this edition of Impact! We quickly turn to suggesting specific intentions that are more ongoing rather than generalised as broad requests, such as desiring for lasting peace and a resolution to the deep divisions between Iranian and US/Israeli demands. The episode outlines immediate and mid‑ to long‑term concerns—displacement, economic ripple effects, and humanitarian needs—and offers short guided intentions listeners can use to pray for mercy, wisdom, protection, and fair post‑conflict governance whatever particular headlines are shifting our attention day-to-day. Intention and prayers start at 16 minutes 5 seconds. Suggested Intention Focus for this week This week, as we reflect on how we can pray for what is a constantly changing situation in the Gulf, we suggest offering pure lovingkindness as our main intention: We will that all beings who are prosecuting war in the Gulf, or who are directly impacted by such actions, will be bathed in pure, compassionate light. Please join us in holding this. Specific intentions we suggest holding are follows: We ask for an outflowing of mercy for all who are suffering because of the conflict in the Gulf, for them to know and have reassurance of divine promise, whatever their physical suffering and loss. We will that those living under threat of attack have courage and wisdom to know how best to protect themselves and their loved ones. We pray for wisdom for leaders, diplomats and military decision‑makers, including international a…","meta_description":"With such a fast-changing situation in the Gulf, and the rhetoric coming from the White House changing at breathtaking speed, how can we hold specific pra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1334,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/impact-6721597/episodes/how-to-pray-for-the-gulf-responding-to-an-ever-changing-quagmire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/impact-6721597/how-to-pray-for-the-gulf-responding-to-an-ever-changing-quagmire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}