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The Daily Ripples Podcast
The Daily Ripples Podcast is a short, daily reflection bridging faith and recovery. Each episode pairs the day’s recovery reading with biblical insight and honest conversation, exploring how small, faithful steps create lasting change. Rooted in the Twelve Steps and grounded in Scripture, this podcast offers practical encouragement, spiritual clarity, and hope—one day at a time.
Episodes
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May 15 - Peace Through Knowing God
Resentment doesn't just make you angry. For an alcoholic, it cuts you off from the only thing keeping you sober. This is Corey alone with the Big Book, working…
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May 14 - Free to Be Myself
Corey and Bill discuss the difference between humiliation and true humility, sharing how the 12 steps and faith in God turned past shame into a steady identity…
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May 13 - Choosing the Hard Right Path
Nobody actually wants to take the hard right path. That's the whole point. This episode is about why you do it anyway — and what's on the other side. Avoidance…
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May 12 - Released from Yesterday
The past doesn't change. But it doesn't have to stay in charge. This episode is about the mechanics of how it loses its grip — and why "just let it go" has…
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May 11 - Finding Where I Belong
You can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone. This episode is about what actually closes that gap — and it's not proximity. Belonging grows…
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May 10 - Becoming Who I Am Meant to Be
Nobody can keep all their masks straight forever. In this episode, Mike and Corey dig into what it actually means to see yourself clearly — and why that's…
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May 9 - Walking Through Fear
Fear doesn't shrink when you avoid it. This episode is about what happens when you stop coasting and actually paddle — and why you probably can't do it without…
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May 8 - A Place of Peace
Pride keeps the soul restless. In this episode, Paris and Corey work through what it actually takes to put it down — and why the fifth step is where rest…
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May 7 - Handle With Care
Truth is not a blunt instrument. This episode is about the difference between honesty that heals and honesty that harms — and how recovery teaches you to hold…
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May 6 - Nothing Hidden
What you hold back continues to hold you. In this episode, Corey and Paris dig into one of the harder truths in recovery: that honesty isn't just a virtue —…
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May 5 – Seeing Clearly
Happy Cinco de Mayo — and for Corey and Paris, a holiday that used to look very different. Today Corey is back with his friend Paris — his sponsee, and someone…
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May 4 – The Best Policy
May the 4th be with you. And also with you. With that out of the way — today Pastor Mike closes out a great four-day run with Steffani and Memphis by digging…
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May 3 – Speaking It Out Loud
Writing it down is a start. Saying it out loud to another person is where the real work happens. Today Pastor Mike, Steffani, and Memphis dig into what it…
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May 2 – Redeemed Past
It's no longer just your story. It's God's tool. Today Pastor Mike, Steffani, and Memphis dig into what it means to let your past become someone else's hope —…
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May 1 – Bringing Darkness to Light
We're only as sick as our secrets. Today Pastor Mike welcomes two new voices — Steffani and Memphis — who'll be joining him through May 4th while Corey is out…
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April 30 – The Paradox of Giving
The only way to keep it is to give it away. That's not a bumper sticker, it's the engine that makes the whole thing run. Today Mike and Corey close out April…
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April 29 – Freedom and Discipline
Freedom without limits isn't freedom — it's just chaos with better branding. Today Mike and Corey dig into what real freedom actually looks like, and it turns…
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April 28 – Humility and Responsibility
Two quiet virtues. No drama, no fanfare — just the steady work of staying teachable and showing up. Today Corey and Mike dig into why that prayer at the end of…
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April 27 - Joyful Discoveries
Growth isn't a destination — it's a lifelong unfolding. In this episode, Pastor Mike and Corey dig into what it really means to stay teachable, and why "just…
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April 26 – Beyond the Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness isn't the goal. Contentment is. And those are very different things. Today Corey opens with one of his most raw and honest moments yet — from a…
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April 25 – A New Way of Living
This is not a self-help program. It's a spiritual one. And that distinction matters more than most people realize. Today Corey and Mike dig into what it…
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April 24 – Learning Healthy Love
We're all born with a God-sized hole in our hearts, and we spend a lot of years trying to fill it with everything but God. Today Mike and Corey dig into one of…
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April 23 – Humility in the Journey
No single method solves every struggle. Not the steps alone. Not church alone. Not therapy alone. Today Mike and Corey dig into something the founder of AA…
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April 22 – Rooted in New Soil
Change doesn't announce itself. It starts with a small realization — something someone says in a meeting, a quiet thought about calling someone you haven't…
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April 21 - Cultivating Faith
They're back. After a week of wonderful guest voices, Pastor Mike and Corey reunite for April 21st — and it feels like picking up right where they left off…
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April 20 - Examining My Motives
Actions tell part of the story. Motives tell the rest. Today Pastor Mike and his wife Cristi are back for day two, and they get into something most of us don't…
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April 19 – United in Imperfection
Two people who met at church, both broken, both in need — and found each other there. Today Pastor Mike brings in his most personal guest yet: his wife Cristi…
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April 18 – Living in Honest Light
Deception rarely starts as a big lie. It starts as a small one — like a kid on a scooter faking a scraped knee to draw attention away from the friend he just…
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April 17 – Choosing Love Over Fear
Fear doesn't always look like fear. It shows up as anger, resentment, control, isolation — and if you've been carrying it long enough, it starts to feel…
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April 16 – Letting Go of Anger
There's a difference between a reaction and a response — and that gap is where freedom lives. On Larry's final day as guest co-host, he and Pastor Mike land on…
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April 15 – Stepping Out of Resentment
Anger is almost never really about what it looks like on the surface. Today Pastor Mike and Larry — two United Methodist pastors working through it like the…
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April 14 – Releasing Resentment
Holding a resentment doesn't hurt the person you're holding it against — it hurts you. And here's the thing nobody tells you: you might be the only one still…
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April 13 – Stepping Out of Self-Pity
Today's a special one — you're getting a double episode. Corey, Zach, and Bill recorded their take on the ripple, and Pastor Mike sat down separately with…
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April 12 - Sober Thinking
When destructive patterns rule your thinking, you don't even realize the choices you're no longer making. Today Corey, Bill, and Zach dig into what it actually…
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April 11 - Dropping the Word
Blame feels powerful. It just doesn't actually do anything. As long as someone else is responsible for your condition, nothing can change — because you're not…
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April 10 – Maturity in Motion
Nobody gets a trophy for doing what they were supposed to do all along. Today Bill and Zach are back with Corey, and they dig into one of the more…
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April 9 – Breaking the Tyrant Within
Whatever masters you, confines you. Pride, resentment, obsession, indulgence — any one of them can quietly take the wheel while we tell ourselves we're free…
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April 8 - Facing Myself Honestly
Desire isn't the problem. It's what happens when desire bends inward — twisted by ego, fear, and control — that things start to go sideways. In today's…
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April 7 - Gratitude That Reaches Back
Nobody gets here alone. Behind every step forward there are people who prayed, sacrificed, and held things together when we couldn't. Today Pastor Mike and…
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April 6 – Healing Takes Time
Growth is not an event. It's a process — and most of what we're working through runs a lot deeper than the surface issue we think we're dealing with. In one of…
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April 5 – Among Not Above
There are really only two moves ego makes: rise above everyone, or disappear beneath them. Today Pastor Mike and Corey unpack why both of those postures — as…
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April 4 – No Longer Chasing the Moon
Pride and insecurity — they look like opposites, but they share the same root. Both are chasing something outside of ourselves to tell us we're okay. Today…
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April 3 – Owning My Part
It's easy to see everyone else's contribution to the problem. It's a lot harder — and a lot more freeing — to look honestly at your own. Today Pastor Mike and…
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April 2 – Rooted, Not Needy
What happens when we look to other people to tell us who we are? We twist ourselves into shapes that don't fit, chasing approval and dreading disapproval — and…
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April 1 - Honest Examination
Growth doesn't happen in the dark. Today's ripple calls us to something most of us would rather avoid — looking within. Not to shame ourselves, not to tear…
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March 31 - Welcomed Anyway
Shame is a liar. It tells you that you're disqualified — that too much has happened, too many lines have been crossed, too many chapters were too dark. Today's…
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March 30 - Listening Together
What if the biggest obstacle to your best decision isn't the wrong information — it's your own instincts? In today's episode, Pastor Mike and Corey open the…
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March 29 - Serving Without Applause
The most meaningful work often happens where no one is watching. Today's ripple is a quiet challenge: can you do the small, necessary thing in front of you…
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March 28 - Level Ground
Status, wealth, reputation — none of it changes where we stand before God. Today's ripple is a powerful reminder that grace is the great equalizer. No one is…
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March 27 – Freedom That Forms Love
What does real freedom actually look like? Not the kind that says do whatever you want — but the kind that gives you the ability to choose what actually gives…
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March 26 – Always a Student
The journey doesn't end when you finally start to understand it — it deepens. Today's ripple is a reminder that growth isn't a destination you arrive at; it's…
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March 25 - Gratitude That Overflows
Gratitude isn't just a feeling. It's what happens when you finally stop taking grace for granted. In the finale of four conversations with special recovery…
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March 24 - Thinking and Acting
Autopilot is comfortable. It's also where old patterns hide. In part three of four with special recovery guest Paris, Pastor Mike explores the March 24 Daily…
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March 23 - No Quiet Escape Plan
Half-surrender isn't surrender. And deep down, we know the difference. In part two of four with special recovery guest Paris, Pastor Mike digs into the March…
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March 22 - Laying Down the Fight
The hardest battles are often the ones we need to stop fighting. In the first of four conversations with special recovery guest Paris, Pastor Mike unpacks the…
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March 21 - Freedom from Fear
More money doesn't cure fear. Trust does. Corey and special guest Bill explore the March 21 Daily Ripple, Freedom from Fear — a reflection on the difference…
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March 20 - Love as a Way of Life
Resentment feels justified. But it costs more than we think. Corey and special guest Bill dig into the March 20 Daily Ripple, Love as a Way of Life — a…
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March 19 - Prayer Changes Me
What happens when prayer feels awkward, unnecessary, or just... hollow? Today's episode explores why showing up anyway is the whole point. Corey and special…
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March 18 — Strength Through Dependence
In today’s episode, Pastor Mike and Corey are joined again by Brother Larry as they read the March 18 Daily Ripple and reflect on a surprising truth in both…
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March 17 - When I Couldn’t See It
In today’s episode, Pastor Mike and Corey are joined again by Brother Larry as they read the March 17 Daily Ripple and reflect on the seasons of life that feel…