{"podcast":{"title":"River East Church Podcast","slug":"river-east-church-podcast-7021910","podcast_index_feed_id":7021910,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/river-east-church-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rivereastchurch.ca/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/river-east-church-podcast/20240912_070909_2e428a72a5c5d5a672cd2b9d043ec382.png","author":"River East Church","episode_count":77,"summary":"River East is an Anabaptist church located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This podcast is primarily for getting our sermons out into the world, but also to provide occasional updates and info to the REC community. To get a better sense for who we are, check out our website at rivereastchurch.ca","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T12:19:20.953530+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-east-church-podcast-7021910"},"episode":{"title":"\"Homily on the Sixth Beatitude,\" by Gregory of Nyssa — Aaron Thiessen","slug":"homily-on-the-sixth-beatitude-by-gregory-of-nyssa-aaron-thiessen","published_at":"2026-07-24T15:21:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-east-church-podcast-7021910/homily-on-the-sixth-beatitude-by-gregory-of-nyssa-aaron-thiessen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-east-church-podcast-7021910","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/river-east-church-podcast/3019639","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/287839/3019639/river-east-church-podcast/2026_07_24_15_16_45_cc158396-5c98-42f7-81cc-936b9423151f.mp3","summary":"On June 28, Aaron kicked off our fifth year of offering 'recycled' sermons over the summer months. Going way back to the year 378, Aaron threw us into the deep end with a sermon by Saint Gregory of Nyssa on the sixth beatituded, \"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.\" In the sermon, Gregory offers a sweeping vision of what it means to be human, made in God's image—a vision that may have changed the trajectory of Christian history had more people been aware of Gregory in the Western world.","meta_description":"On June 28, Aaron kicked off our fifth year of offering 'recycled' sermons over the summer months. Going way back to the year 378, Aaron threw us into the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1183,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/river-east-church-podcast-7021910/episodes/homily-on-the-sixth-beatitude-by-gregory-of-nyssa-aaron-thiessen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/river-east-church-podcast-7021910/homily-on-the-sixth-beatitude-by-gregory-of-nyssa-aaron-thiessen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}