{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"When God Got Real","title":"Kindness During A Season Of Loss: Mona West","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2d70e0ef\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2168,"description":"Poet Naomi Shihab Nye writes that before you can know kindness, you must first lose things. Mona knows this firsthand. A sudden job loss, a year of searching, and the death of her father hollowed her out — and opened her to a kindness that redirected the final chapter of her ministry career. In this episode, she and host Sarah reflect on suffering, surrender, Scripture as a living voice, and why small acts of kindness might be the most concrete way human beings bear the image of God.\nMona West is a published biblical scholar with a passion for spiritual formation. She has spent her 30-year career working in educational and religious settings creating spaces for marginalized people who have experienced scriptural abuse to develop reading strategies that allow them to trust scripture with their spiritual formation. She is currently a Senior Instructor at The Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bkJMjL7FkqzPWTG9ETSNgrvVDRWN0-DsbojzzJREJNE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNGRi/YzE3YmY5NDAxZTY3/OThlM2ZiMGEwNjE1/MmU2Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}