{"podcast":{"title":"Kingdom Writers: A Podcast for Christian Writers of All Genres","slug":"kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136","podcast_index_feed_id":414136,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/kingdom-writers-podcast","website_url":"https://www.trainingauthors.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TtlI2u0fbU5bhfvrqlbiW05mr9elVnuYdOTD_uk6xYk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMWJi/YmYxM2E2NzViZjhh/NGVlNmI0NDY4ZTMx/ZmEzOS5qcGc.jpg","author":"CJ and Shelley Hitz: Writing Mentor, Author Coach, Christian Writers","episode_count":476,"summary":"Welcome to Kingdom Writers where CJ and Shelley Hitz help you take a step of faith to finally finish your book. This podcast is filled with spiritual encouragement as well as prayers to help you overcome the resistance you face as a writer. Your story matters! We believe that you have a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven to impact lives for eternity. And because of this, we will pour out our lives encouraging writers like you to not only tell your stories but to take the courageous step of self-publishing your stories in books that will outlive you and leave behind a powerful legacy. This podcast is sponsored by our membership Christian Book Academy where we help you give birth to your books. We invite you to join our community of Kingdom Writers!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T14:22:50.457032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136"},"episode":{"title":"Rooted","slug":"rooted","published_at":"2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136/rooted","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/0a1a1459","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/0a1a1459/1a15be50.mp3","summary":"Before we jump in: CJ and I are live on YouTube every Tuesday morning at 11am Eastern teaching the Kingdom Writers Workshop, where we're learning to partner with God in our writing instead of doing it on our own. Every session comes with a free worksheet, and the replays are yours for life. Grab yours at https://trainingauthors.com/kingdomwriters Rooted \"This is what the Lord says: \"Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land. \"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.\" ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Why plants & trees need water. Practice: Cultivate silence - creating quiet spaces for prayer, listening, stillness, meditation on God's Word is vital for deepening our roots, perhaps even more in our day and age than at any other time in history, due to the amount of sheer noise. Gratitude - a deeply rooted life overflows with thanksgiving. \"Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.\" ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ As Kingdom Writers, these practices are nonnegotiable if the words we write are to be fruitful and life-giving. As our roots go down deep into the Living Water of Jesus, we will overflow with words that impact and refresh others. Resou…","meta_description":"Before we jump in: CJ and I are live on YouTube every Tuesday morning at 11am Eastern teaching the Kingdom Writers Workshop, where we're learning to partn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1474,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136/episodes/rooted/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kingdom-writers-a-podcast-for-christian-writers-of-all-genres-414136/rooted.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}