{"podcast":{"title":"Trench Talk","slug":"trench-talk-4428","podcast_index_feed_id":4428,"rss_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk?format=rss","website_url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/1578581476514-80VFYNJOQGFAGQICAO2C/podcast-cover.png?format=1500w","author":"Sean Corser","episode_count":300,"summary":"Practical Shepherding is a Gospel-driven resource center for pastors and church leaders to equip them in the practical matters of pastoral ministry. In this podcast, pastor Brian Croft sits down with other pastors to discuss the gritty details of pastoral ministry. Our goal is to examine the life and work of a pastor and give helpful guidance for our brothers laboring with us. This is a podcast by pastors for pastors. We are in the trenches of ministry with you, and we want to equip you to continue in this task.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:17:41.544948+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 303: Good fears for faithful pastors","slug":"ep-303-good-fears-for-faithful-pastors","published_at":"2025-10-07T08:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-303-good-fears-for-faithful-pastors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428","url":"https://practicalshepherding.com/trenchtalk/303","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d93a9a2d9f11575968dc322/t/68e02f154dcb85768f201d49/1759522623992/303_Good+fears+for+faithful+pastors-esv2-90p-bg-10p.mp3","summary":"Contact us. We’d love to serve you Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Resources (06:14) Setting up the topic (10:29) Fear of hurting church members (15:52) Losing pastoral passion and affection (18:57) Preventing church division (24:04) Practical advice for managing pastoral fears","meta_description":"Contact us. We’d love to serve you Give financially to support the work of helping pastors thrive Write a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Resources (0…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1713,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trench-talk-4428/episodes/ep-303-good-fears-for-faithful-pastors/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trench-talk-4428/ep-303-good-fears-for-faithful-pastors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}