{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Ministry Wives and Women Podcast with Andrea Griffith","title":"Spiritual Disciplines as an Invitation, Not a Checklist","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a1a5415c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1651,"description":"What if spiritual disciplines aren't a checklist of demands, but an invitation to a party?\nIn this conversation, Megan Thompson returns to talk with Andrea about resilience through the disciplines—and how her thinking has been transformed from \"list of things I owe God\" to \"the God who invites me into relationship.\" Drawing from Psalm 40, John 6, and hard seasons of church planting and a daughter's health crisis, Megan shares how Scripture memory, journaling, worship music, community, and lament have carried her when she didn't have the energy to open her Bible herself.\nAlong the way, we land on this: the disciplines don't come out of who we are or what we're doing—they come out of who Jesus is and what he has already done. He is holding us fast. You are not alone. Come to the party.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/EiuIGCrfzj8QD0h6cORO3MbZWMmgKYuXVCNPjBE6A9U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMGU3/OGQyMDBkNWExYmY5/MzE2NDc4N2RjNDBi/YTEyZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}