{"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":"Pie + Tea","slug":"pie-tea","published_at":"2026-06-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685/pie-tea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-better-when-you-re-here-6407685","url":"https://podcasts.mono.fm/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ#Pie-+-Tea","audio_url":"https://cdn.mono.fm/YfcMb5A3FwO9BKnXpAUxbxCLztv2/MrUfio7vdF5Tyr5PyiyJ/m/iF9Kg8eFyrTZePbfrpYZ.mp3","summary":"It's Father's Day, a day when we celebrate not only our dads but also one of the many ways Scripture speaks about God—as Father. But here at Shepherds, it's also Pie + Tea Sunday. Why Pie + Tea? Well, because one Sunday I wanted to preach about piety, and \"piety\" sounds a little bit like \"pie and tea.\" That's the honest answer. But there's a deeper reason too. At Shepherds, we aspire to be slightly odd, a little different from the norm. We believe faithfulness sometimes looks strange to the world around us. And that's exactly where today's passage takes us. It invites us into a way of life that may seem unusual, even countercultural—a life shaped by God's kingdom rather than the expectations of everyone else. So happy are we who seek to live a little strangely, a little differently, and a little more faithfully. Passage: Matthew 5: 3-11 CEB","meta_description":"It's Father's Day, a day when we celebrate not only our dads but also one of the many ways Scripture speaks about God—as Father. But here at Shepherds, it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1891,"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/pie-tea/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/pie-tea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}