October 27 – Passing Hope Along

The Daily Ripples Podcast · Oct 27, 2026 · 16m · transcript

Pastor Mike opens on page 89, where life takes on new meaning as you watch people recover, watch loneliness vanish, and see a fellowship grow up around you. That is hope passed from one person to the next, and it matches what he found thirteen years ago, when he was a stay-at-home drinker who told himself the only person he hurt was himself. He now sees the harm done by omission, by withholding his presence and his hope. Corey brings a charcoal that stays lit in a pile and fades alone, and reads staying in the middle of the herd as being accountable to the men who sponsor him and the men he…