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 into something trickier than it sounds: the difference between honesty and oversharing. Because you can be completely truthful and still do damage. Mike shares the three questions he runs every hard truth through before speaking it — does it need to be said? Does it need to be said by me? Does it need to be said by me right now? Steffani brings in We Agnostics, page 55. And they land the episode's most honest moment: the futility of still trying to hide things from God, knowing full well that God already knows. The mental gymnastics are real — and so is the way out.

The stone for today: Partial honesty keeps parts of my life hidden and unchanged. Freedom grows when honesty becomes complete and not selective.

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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 takes to move from private truth to spoken honesty — and why that gap matters more than most people realize. Steffani shares how she does a new Step Five right alongside her sponsees, putting her own inventory on the table first to level the playing field. Memphis reflects on how his shares used to be a performance and have quietly become a parable. And Mike lands on something worth sitting with: talking about the past less as entertainment and more as a lesson in what not to do. As Proverbs 28:13 puts it — whoever conceals their sins does not prosper. The exact nature of our wrongs. Not hints. The whole thing.

The stone for today: Honesty in private is a start, but healing often requires honesty in the presence of another. What stays unspoken tends to stay unchanged.

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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 — and Memphis lands on something worth sitting with: his shares used to sound like a badge of honor. Now they sound like testimony. That's growth, and Mike has had a front-row seat — he reveals today that he's been Memphis's sponsor for the past six months. The conversation moves through Romans 8:28, the AA tradition of experience, strength, and hope, and Mike's honest admission that he needed the hard knocks, the bad chapters, every bit of it — to become who he is today.

The stone for today: The past can feel like a weight, but in God's hands it becomes a tool. What once brought pain can become a source of wisdom and hope for others.

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Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.