{"podcast":{"title":"The Ferment Podcast - Conversations About Worship And Transformation","slug":"the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184","podcast_index_feed_id":1154184,"rss_url":"https://theferment.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://thefermentpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/5/9/4/5594ba3b2dd53bc416c3140a3186d450/The-Ferment-2025-IconSet.png","author":"Vineyard Worship","episode_count":257,"summary":"Welcome to the Ferment Podcast - Conversations about Worship and Transformation. In this wide ranging podcast our host Adam Russell sits down with thought leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, and other innovators digging into their personal stories of spiritual transformation. Recent guests include John Mark McMillan, Daniel Grothe, World-renowed vocal coach \"Mama Jan\" Smith, James Duke, Carol Wimber-Wong, and many others.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184"},"episode":{"title":"Lent: The Season Of Bright Sadness","slug":"lent-the-season-of-bright-sadness","published_at":"2024-02-12T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184/lent-the-season-of-bright-sadness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184","url":"https://theferment.libsyn.com/lent-the-season-of-bright-sadness","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theferment/FP_Lent_with_Mike_and_Adam_S6E1.mp3?dest-id=814467","summary":"Welcome to The Ferment Podcast! In this episode, Adam and Mike O'Brien continue on with the Church Calendar series by talking about Ash Wednesday and Lent! Mike shares about how the season aligns with Vineyard values and provides a moment of pause that helps to reframe the resurrection story, and Adam shares about the beauty to be found in bringing our informal selves formally before God. They discuss leading a good Ash Wednesday service in a Vineyard context, a practical approach to fasting, and natural ways to incorporate Lenten themes into your Sunday services. Show notes: Advent episode of The Ferment https://bit.ly/42zWDVt Andy Squyres: You Bring The Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwWvsEHfH3o","meta_description":"Welcome to The Ferment Podcast! In this episode, Adam and Mike O'Brien continue on with the Church Calendar series by talking about Ash Wednesday and Lent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1918,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184/episodes/lent-the-season-of-bright-sadness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ferment-podcast-conversations-about-worship-and-transformation-1154184/lent-the-season-of-bright-sadness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}