{"podcast":{"title":"iWork4Him PowerThought","slug":"iwork4him-powerthought-1182664","podcast_index_feed_id":1182664,"rss_url":"https://iwork4himpowerpod.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://iwork4himpowerpod.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/f/2/5/9f25508b7a5e66ecd959afa2a1bf1c87/PowerThought_podcast_image_2020.jpg","author":"iWork4Him Ministries, Inc","episode_count":1670,"summary":"Prepping for work each day, chug your coffee and take a short swig of workplace inspiration with the iWork4Him PowerThoughts. Hosts Jim & Martha Brangenberg give you a 1-minute daily challenge to live out your faith at work. Each episode is designed to kick off your day with an idea you can put into practice as soon as you get to work. The iWork4Him PowerThoughts are focused on helping you to recognize that your workplace IS your mission field. Catch new episodes every Weekday.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T20:19:57.787078+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/iwork4him-powerthought-1182664"},"episode":{"title":"Salespeople That Minister","slug":"salespeople-that-minister","published_at":"2026-08-20T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/iwork4him-powerthought-1182664/salespeople-that-minister","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/iwork4him-powerthought-1182664","url":"https://iwork4himpowerpod.libsyn.com/salespeople-that-minister","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/iwork4himpowerpod/iWork4Him_PowerThought_08-20-26.mp3?dest-id=1463522","summary":"I've been in sales before . For 10 years, I worked in Christian retail . I actually worked at a Christian bookstore inside of a church . Every day I had to manage employees, manage stock, keep track of sales, and please the people that owned the store . I loved selling people things they needed . I sold lots of Bibles . I sold lots of books . I sold lots of gifts . I sold a lot of music . I saw the joy of matching the right product with the right customer . I knew I wasn't just a salesperson . I knew I wasn't just a bookstore manager . I knew that I was in full-time ministry in a Christian bookstore . I knew that what I did every day was making a difference . Imagine a world where all the salespeople quit to go into full-time ministry . That's not a world I want to live in.","meta_description":"I've been in sales before . For 10 years, I worked in Christian retail . I actually worked at a Christian bookstore inside of a church . Every day I had t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":61,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/iwork4him-powerthought-1182664/episodes/salespeople-that-minister/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/iwork4him-powerthought-1182664/salespeople-that-minister.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}