{"podcast":{"title":"The Next Right Thing","slug":"the-next-right-thing-444282","podcast_index_feed_id":444282,"rss_url":"https://thenextrightthingpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.emilypfreeman.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/0/f/6/70f65cb22476fc2d/The_Next_Right_Thing.jpg","author":"Emily P. Freeman","episode_count":425,"summary":"For the second-guessers, the chronically hesitant, or anyone who suffers from decision fatigue, best-selling author and host Emily P. Freeman helps create a little space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing in love. Because out of the thousands of decisions you make everyday, chances are a few of them threaten to keep you up at night. If you're in a season of transition, waiting, general fogginess or if you've ever searched \"how to make a decision\" on the internet, listen in.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:20:35.664456+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-right-thing-444282"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Episode: The Formation Writers Guild with James Bryan Smith","slug":"bonus-episode-the-formation-writers-guild-with-james-bryan-smith","published_at":"2026-06-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-right-thing-444282/bonus-episode-the-formation-writers-guild-with-james-bryan-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-right-thing-444282","url":"https://thenextrightthingpodcast.libsyn.com/bonus-episode-how-ideas-become-reality-with-james-bryan-smith","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thenextrightthingpodcast/Writers_Guild_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=553591","summary":"Today I'm joining in conversation with my friend James Bryan Smith to finally share something that's been in the works for over a year now. Jim is the author of The Good and Beautiful book series . A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré , Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. He earned his MDiv at Yale and his DMin at Fuller and is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, where he also serves as the director of the Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation . About a year ago he called me up with an idea for a way to serve writers. That's where our conversation today begins. Even if you aren't a writer, our conversation will, I hope, shed light on how ideas become reality, how sometimes a good idea takes a decade to grow, and the beauty of collaboration, patience, and moving at a human pace. I hope you'll listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Learn more about the Formation Writers Guild The Good and Beautiful Series by James Bryan Smith Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation Renovaré FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Download The Quiet Collection app Join The Soul Minimalist Substack Order a How to Walk into a Room Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button \"Discussion Guide\"","meta_description":"Today I'm joining in conversation with my friend James Bryan Smith to finally share something that's been in the works for over a year now. Jim is the aut…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-next-right-thing-444282/episodes/bonus-episode-the-formation-writers-guild-with-james-bryan-smith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-next-right-thing-444282/bonus-episode-the-formation-writers-guild-with-james-bryan-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}