August 17 – Clearing a Troubled Conscience

The Daily Ripples Podcast · Aug 17, 2026 · 14m · transcript

Corey starts with a question about the word gently — the Ripple says the Holy Spirit gently brings unfinished business to mind, and he's noticed the nudge toward another inventory isn't always gentle. That opens into an honest exchange about the resistance itself: the same instinct that pushes back against looking inward is the one that keeps a person from ever doing the work. Pastor Mike traces it back to his own years coming out of atheism, hearing old phrases fresh and finding some of them still grated on him, and gets candid about his pattern of shoving resentments down until a blowup…