{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 257: Big Ideas | The Beatitudes","description":" Is there a richer text for Christians than the Beatitudes? Yet we don\u2019t all think or teach about them the same way. Many Latter-day Saints talk and teach about them as a list of saint-like attributes to which we should aspire, traits that will bring us closer to God and eventual exaltation. But Nadia Bolz-Weber suggests, \u201cWhat if the Beatitudes aren\u2019t about a list of conditions we should try to meet to be blessed? What if they are not virtues we should aspire to?  What if Jesus saying \u2018blessed are the meek\u2019 is not instructive but performative\u2014that the pronouncement of blessing is actually what confers the blessing itself?\u2019\u201d  In Episode 257, Cynthia and Susan \u2018dance with the scriptures\u2019 in an attempt to discover new ways of seeing and engaging with these familiar verses. ","author_name":"At Last She Said It","author_url":"http:\/\/www.atlastshesaidit.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40671675\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/200272975"}