{"podcast":{"title":"It's Better When You're Here!","slug":"it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685","podcast_index_feed_id":6407685,"rss_url":"https://rss.mono.fm/YfcMb5A3FwO9BKnXpAUxbxCLztv2/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ","website_url":"https://podcasts.mono.fm/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ","image_url":"https://images.mono.fm/YfcMb5A3FwO9BKnXpAUxbxCLztv2/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ/a/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ.png?updated=1784721918960","author":"Michael LeBlanc","episode_count":161,"summary":"Listen to the weekly teachings of Shepherd's Community United Methodist Church in Lakeland, Florida. Led by Reverend Michael LeBlanc, Shepherd's Community is a church designed for you and your family to connect, grow & serve! To learn more, visit https://www.shepherdsumc.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:21:16.130289+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685"},"episode":{"title":"Palm Sunday 2026","slug":"palm-sunday-2026","published_at":"2026-04-01T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685/palm-sunday-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685","url":"https://podcasts.mono.fm/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ#Palm-Sunday-2026","audio_url":"https://cdn.mono.fm/YfcMb5A3FwO9BKnXpAUxbxCLztv2/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ/m/K2D8TN9wcKXztau6Ogl2.mp3","summary":"As we come to the end of our Lenten journey—a season where we’ve taken a hard, honest look at the faith of our youth, where we’ve dared to deconstruct and begin reconstructing—I want to invite us one step further down this road. We’ve spoken openly about deconstruction, trusting that together we are capable of rebuilding a faith that is durable, inclusive, and vibrant. A faith that can hold both our questions and our convictions. But today, I want us to consider the next logical step in this journey: proclamation. Because friends, a faith we keep to ourselves is not a faith we truly live. The gospel was never meant to be hidden—it is meant to be embodied, spoken, and shared. So may our lives be so loud with the good news that even without words, the world can hear it. Passage: Luke 19:35-40 CEB","meta_description":"As we come to the end of our Lenten journey—a season where we’ve taken a hard, honest look at the faith of our youth, where we’ve dared to deconstruct and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685/episodes/palm-sunday-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685/palm-sunday-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}