August 4 – Faith That Takes Root

The Daily Ripples Podcast · Aug 4, 2026 · 16m · transcript

Pastor Mike and Corey get into the daily mechanics of a faith that actually grows, and Corey — self-admittedly predictable — takes it straight to how he starts his morning. He walks through the on-awakening instructions from the Big Book, the value of reviewing the day behind and the day ahead, and why "each morning" means each morning, not whenever he happens to think about it. The conversation drifts, by their own cheerful admission, deep into prayer: the difference between rattling off a prayer lying in bed and getting down on his knees, and the moment it clicked for him that asking God…