Trapped in Your Own Echo Chamber

In this episode of Sunday Ripple, Rob explores a subtle but powerful truth: we naturally drift toward voices that affirm us—yet spiritual growth requires voices that challenge us. Drawing from 2 Timothy 4:3–4 and key wisdom from Proverbs, this episode uncovers how easily Christians slip into echo chambers that reinforce their preferences rather than refine their character.

Rob unpacks why single-sided perspectives feel convincing, how echo chambers shrink our understanding of God, and why mentorship in the Christian life must include diverse, stretching, sometimes uncomfortable voices. You’ll learn how to choose mentors who don’t simply agree with you but help you grow, and how to break free from curated spiritual realities that limit your faith.

If you're longing for deeper formation, broader perspective, and a more resilient faith, this episode will help you step beyond your comfort zone and into the kind of wisdom God uses to transform lives.

Listen today—and break free from your echo chamber.

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INTRO — Trapped in Your Own Echo Chamber

There’s a moment many of us have had—maybe scrolling through social media, maybe sitting in a small group, maybe just thinking about something we’ve believed for a long time—when we suddenly realize, “Huh… everyone around me sounds a lot like me.” We share the same opinions, the same frustrations, the same perspective on faith and life. And at first, that feels comforting. It feels validating. Almost like a warm blanket of agreement tucked around your soul.

But here’s the problem: comfort can be a really convincing counterfeit for spiritual clarity.

We don’t drift into echo chambers because we’re trying to be close-minded. No one wakes up and says, “You know what? Today I’d like to only be shaped by people who reinforce everything I already think.” It just… happens. Algorithms help. Our personalities help. Our fears help. And before we know it, our circle of influence becomes a mirror instead of a window.

And Scripture actually warns us about this instinct. Paul says in 2 Timothy 4:3–4 that people will “gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” That’s basically the biblical version of a curated feed. We choose the voices that tell us we’re already right. We choose the mentors who won’t push back. We choose the teachings that won’t stretch us. Because stretching feels like friction. And friction feels like a threat.

But spiritual maturity doesn’t come from being affirmed—it comes from being shaped.

In this episode, Trapped in Your Own Echo Chamber, we’re diving into the subtle, comfortable, almost invisible ways we surround ourselves with voices that sound just like us. And more importantly, how we break free—not by rejecting all the voices we trust, but by adding the ones we need… the ones that challenge us… the ones that help us see God more clearly.

Personal story prompt: A moment when you realized your influences were all coming from the same angle—podcasts, books, pastors, friends—and it dawned on you that you weren’t being sharpened so much as reinforced.Humor option: Compare this to telling Netflix you watched one documentary and suddenly everything on the homepage becomes “Documentaries About That Exact Thing Forever.”

Today, we start with a simple truth: We naturally seek voices that feel good—but spiritual growth depends on voices that make us better.

SECTION 1 — The Human Instinct to Seek Affirmation, Not Transformation

There’s something deep inside the human heart that longs to be affirmed. We want to know we’re doing okay, that our perspective is sound, that our understanding of life, faith, and the world is at least in the neighborhood of right. And honestly, that’s not a bad desire. God wired us to need encouragement, to need belonging, to need voices that strengthen us.

But here’s the subtle danger: affirmation can become a substitute for formation.

Affirmation is comforting. Formation is stretching. One makes us feel good; the other makes us grow. And the moment we start choosing one over the other—especially in our spiritual lives—we start drifting toward what Paul warned Timothy about: surrounding ourselves with teachers who say exactly what our “itching ears” want to hear.

That phrase from 2 Timothy 4:3–4 is so vivid. “Itching ears” describes that restless feeling we get when we want someone to confirm what we already believe, or justify what we’re already doing, or reassure us that no change is necessary. It’s an old phrase with a shockingly modern ring. Paul didn’t have social media, but he understood the human heart. And the human heart has always had a weakness for voices that sound like us, think like us, and agree with us.

In the digital age, though, this instinct has turned into a superpower—just not a good one. Today, you don’t even have to ask for voices that affirm you. Technology does it for you. Click on one sermon that emphasizes a certain style of spiritual discipline and suddenly your feed is filled with teachers sharing the exact same view. Watch one video about end-times interpretations and boom—your recommendations look like a theological echo chamber built overnight.

You don’t have to curate your world; your world is curated for you.

“It’s like telling YouTube you enjoyed one video about slowing down your spiritual life, and suddenly it thinks you’ve taken a vow of silence and moved into a monastery.”

And at first, all this feels harmless—maybe even helpful. After all, who doesn’t want more content that resonates with them? Who doesn’t want more voices that feel encouraging? But here's the part we rarely stop to consider: when every voice in your life affirms you, it becomes almost impossible to see where you need to grow.

We all have blind spots. Every one of us. And by definition, we can’t see them. If the only voices we allow into our lives are the ones that echo our existing perspective, then our blind spots remain blind. Our thinking stays narrow. Our habits go unchallenged. And our spiritual formation stalls because nothing is pushing us past ourselves.

But the Christian life was never meant to be lived at the mercy of our comfort zones.

Look back at your own story for a moment. Think about the people who have actually shaped you. I’m going to guess something: the most transformative voices in your life have probably not been the ones who agreed with you the most. They have been the ones who saw something you couldn’t see and cared enough to point it out. The parent who challenged your attitude. The pastor who pushed you toward disciplines you didn’t want. The friend who lovingly confronted a pattern you were blind to. The boss or mentor who asked questions you really didn’t want to answer.

Those moments weren’t comfortable. They weren’t affirming. They didn’t feel like someone scratching your itching ears. But they were formative. And formation is the entire point.

The irony is that we often assume affirmation equals peace. But Scripture describes peace as something rooted in truth, not comfort. And truth, more often than not, reveals the parts of us God wants to prune, reshape, or strengthen.

When Paul warns Timothy about people gathering teachers who affirm them, he’s not scolding the early church for being shallow. He’s naming a universal struggle: when left alone, we choose the path of least resistance. We choose the voices that make us feel right rather than the ones that make us become righteous. We choose agreement over accountability. Familiarity over wisdom. Comfort over conviction.

And yet wisdom, real wisdom, often begins at the point where comfort ends.

It’s worth pausing and asking yourself:

Who are the voices in my life right now?

Do they all sound the same?

Think the same?

Push me in the same direction?

Or do I have people—mentors, pastors, friends, authors—who lovingly stretch me?

Because if every voice you follow is simply echoing the things you already agree with, you’re not being formed—you’re being flattered.

And the Kingdom of God is not built on flattery. It’s built on transformation.

This is why we cannot settle for echo chambers, spiritual or otherwise. The way of Jesus is not about finding a safe circle of agreement but entering a journey of continual growth. And growth happens through friction. Through challenge. Through voices that say, “I love you, but you might not be seeing this clearly.”

That kind of voice doesn’t appease your itching ears—but it absolutely shapes your soul.

SECTION 2 — Why Single-Sided Voices Mislead Us

There’s a proverb in Scripture that feels like it was written for our modern age—almost like Solomon somehow anticipated debates on Facebook, YouTube comment wars, and the general chaos of online discourse. It’s Proverbs 18:17, which says, “The first to present his case seems right, until another comes and examines him.”

I love—and slightly hate—this proverb because it names something we don’t like to admit: we are far more persuadable than we think. Most of us genuinely believe we’re good at discerning truth. We assume we’re balanced, reasonable, wise. But this little proverb quietly exposes a flaw in our thinking: if you only hear one side, you will almost always think that side is right.

Every argument sounds convincing when it’s the only argument you hear.

It’s like watching a documentary that presents a single perspective with dramatic music and slow zooms, and afterward you’re thinking, “Wow, how did we not see this before?” Then someone else asks, “Did you watch the counter-documentary?” and you realize… oh. There’s another side. Another explanation. Another set of facts you never even considered.

“This is why watching one ‘flat earth’ video can momentarily convince even the smartest person that maybe… possibly… the birds aren’t real either.”

But this proverb does more than describe human gullibility. It’s pointing to something deeper: humans interpret the world through incomplete information. We only see what we see. We only hear what we hear. And if no one else speaks into our lives, the version of reality we build feels true—even if it’s actually just limited.

This is exactly how echo chambers form. Not because we’re stubborn or foolish, but because our perspective naturally narrows over time if nothing pushes against it. Left unexamined, our understanding shrinks into a single story. A single angle. A single interpretation. And because it’s the only one we hear, we become increasingly confident in it—even as it drifts further from the full truth.

This is why God gives us community. This is why wisdom requires counsel. This is why Scripture warns us again and again about the danger of isolation—because isolated thinking easily becomes distorted thinking.

And the distortion rarely feels wrong. It feels right. It feels obvious. It feels biblical, even. That’s the danger.

We’ve all had moments like this. Think about a time you were absolutely sure about something—positive, even—until someone offered a different angle. Maybe it was a theological issue. Maybe it was a work situation. Maybe it was a conflict with a friend or spouse. You had the story assembled perfectly in your mind. Then someone asked a question you hadn’t thought of, or offered insight you didn’t have, and suddenly the picture shifted.

And what did you feel in that moment? Annoyed? Defensive? Maybe even embarrassed? That discomfort is the sound of Proverbs 18:17 unfolding in real time: The first version seemed right… until someone else examined it.

Story prompt: Share a moment from ministry, work, or family life where you were absolutely convinced you understood a situation—only to realize later that you were missing half the story. Let listeners feel the turn, the humility of that realization.

Theologically, this principle is woven throughout Scripture. Wisdom is never presented as something you reach alone. It’s always relational. Always communal. Always shaped by multiple voices. The early church gathered, discussed, debated, corrected one another, and sharpened their understanding of the gospel together. Not because they were uncertain about Christ—but because they recognized that even believers filled with the Spirit still have blind spots.

And here’s where echo chambers become especially dangerous for Christians: when we only hear teachings and perspectives that match our existing thinking, it becomes nearly impossible for the Holy Spirit to use others to refine us.

Because we've essentially removed the “another who examines” from our lives.

We end up building a spiritual worldview that isn’t necessarily wrong, but is deeply incomplete. It’s based on one angle, one tradition, one set of teachers, one slice of the Christian experience. And because it’s all we hear, it begins to feel like the whole truth.

But the Kingdom of God is far too big for one person’s perspective to contain.

Solomon’s proverb invites humility. It invites curiosity. It invites us to step outside our immediate circle and listen for the wisdom of “another” voice—the one that asks questions, offers nuance, or challenges assumptions we didn’t even realize we were carrying.

Because without that second voice, we’re just a single argument standing in an empty room thinking, “Okay, I’ve got this all figured out.”

And that’s how echo chambers form—not through malice, but through silence.

Spiritual maturity requires the opposite posture. It requires us to say:

“I don’t want the first version of the story. I want the whole story.”

“I don’t want one viewpoint. I want informed, God-honoring wisdom.”

“I don’t want flattery. I want truth—even if it corrects me.”

Breaking free from an echo chamber starts by recognizing how easily we are convinced by the first perspective we hear—and how deeply we need godly voices who help us examine it.

SECTION 3 — The Wisdom of Seeking Diverse Counsel

If Section 1 showed that we naturally drift toward affirmation, and Section 2 revealed how easily single-sided voices can mislead us, then Section 3 is where Scripture gives us the remedy: wise counsel from diverse voices. Voices we trust. Voices we don’t always agree with. Voices that sharpen us, stretch us, and sometimes frustrate us… in the best possible way.

Proverbs 12:15 says, “The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.”

Notice the contrast: foolish people assume they’re already right. Wise people assume they need counsel.

You could almost rewrite this proverb in modern language:

“The foolish rely on their echo chamber; the wise seek voices that challenge them.”

God designed spiritual growth to happen in community, and community—godly community—isn’t built on everyone agreeing with you. It’s built on truth, humility, and a willingness to learn from others, even when it’s uncomfortable.

Because here’s the tension: we want growth, but we avoid discomfort.

Yet God uses discomfort as one of His most effective tools.

The Gift of “Uncomfortable Mentors”

If you think back through your life, the very best mentors weren’t the ones who just nodded along with everything you believed. They were the ones who called something out in you—something you didn’t want to see or didn’t know how to admit. They were the ones who said, “I hear what you’re saying, but I think you might be missing something.” They were the ones who held wisdom you didn’t have yet.

Those mentors—the “uncomfortable mentors”—are the ones who change your life.

And here’s the kicker:

You rarely choose them.

You rarely feel instantly drawn to them.

You often resist them at first.

But over time, you realize:

“This person isn’t trying to control me; they’re trying to grow me.”

Story prompt: Tell about someone from your past—maybe a pastor, professor, or leader—whose perspective you didn’t love at first. Maybe you even disagreed strongly with them. But looking back, you realize they broadened your understanding of God, Scripture, or ministry in ways you could have never done alone.

Why We Resist Challenging Voices

We resist these mentors not because they’re wrong, but because they expose how partial our perspective is. And nobody likes being reminded that their view is incomplete.

It feels safer to build a small circle of people who mirror our thinking.

It feels safer to follow teachers who emphasize the same theological streams we already prefer.

It feels safer to stick with books and podcasts that won’t ask too much of us.

But safety isn’t the same thing as growth.

And agreement isn’t the same thing as wisdom.

In fact, a mentor who agrees with you 100% of the time is really just a fan.

Fans affirm you.

Mentors refine you.

The Biblical Pattern of Sharpening

Scripture is full of this pattern: God uses people who don’t think, act, or talk like us to shape us. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Sharpness requires friction. There is no sharpening in a room full of pillows.

Look at the disciples. Jesus intentionally surrounded Himself with a group of men who absolutely did not agree with each other. Fishermen with tax collectors. Doubters with zealots. Brothers who argued constantly. If Jesus wanted comfort, He wouldn’t have chosen that group. But He wasn’t after comfort—He was forming them into leaders who would transform the world.

You can see this pattern everywhere in Scripture:

Moses had Jethro.

David had Nathan.

Paul had Barnabas.

Timothy had Paul.

None of these relationships were built on constant agreement. They were built on truth, humility, and transformation.

Why This Matters Today

In a world where it’s easier than ever to surround ourselves with curated voices—voices we already like and already resonate with—intentional diversity of counsel becomes a spiritual discipline.

A discipline that says:

“I’m not going to settle for being affirmed.”

“I want to be sharpened.”

“I want mentors who challenge me.”

“I want a perspective bigger than my own.”

And here’s the beautiful thing: when you choose mentors you don’t fully agree with, you’re not embracing confusion—you’re embracing depth. You’re allowing the wisdom of others to expand your understanding of God’s character, Scripture’s nuance, the church’s diversity, and the complexity of the human heart.

When Mentorship Points Us to Jesus

The right mentors don’t drag you off course—they steer you toward a fuller, richer walk with Jesus. They help you question assumptions that need questioning. They help you hold convictions more humbly. They help you see blind spots you didn’t know you had. And they help you grow into someone who reflects Christ more fully.

Because the end goal of mentorship isn’t agreement.

It’s transformation.

And transformation requires more than comfort—it requires counsel.

SECTION 4 — The Danger of Only Learning From People Who Sound Like Us

There’s a moment in every Christian’s journey when we realize our world has gotten smaller—not because God shrank, but because we unintentionally built walls around our own perspective. And one of the fastest ways that happens is by filling our lives exclusively with voices that look like us, think like us, talk like us, worship like us, and vote like us. Voices that make us feel safe.

But here’s the hidden danger: when all your influences sound the same, your faith becomes thin.

Not wrong. Not broken. Just thin. Fragile. Easy to rattle. Easy to distort.

Because God didn’t design your spiritual life to be formed by sameness. He designed it to be shaped by the fullness of His body—a body intentionally made up of people who bring different gifts, different insights, different experiences, and, yes… different perspectives.

When we only learn from voices that match our own, we miss out on the richness of what God is doing in the broader Church, both historically and globally. And we end up mistaking our slice of Christianity for the whole pie.

How Echo Chambers Shrink Our Faith

Echo chambers don’t just limit our information—they limit our imagination. They make us believe the way we see God is the only way to see Him. They make our reading of Scripture feel like the definitive reading. They make our tradition feel like the complete expression. And slowly, subtly, our view of God becomes as narrow as the circle of people we allow to shape us.

You end up with a God who agrees with all your instincts.

A theology that fits neatly into your personality.

A worldview that never challenges your assumptions.

And a spiritual life that never pushes you to grow beyond your comfort zone.

But the God of Scripture is not a God of echo chambers.

He’s the God of the nations.

The God of the marginalized and the powerful.

The God who speaks through prophets, fishermen, scholars, shepherds, widows, and even the occasional donkey.

Jesus Didn’t Stay in a Single Circle

One of the most striking things about Jesus’ ministry is how intentionally He moved across boundaries. He didn’t plant Himself among one group and let that be the full shaping of His message. He taught in synagogues and on hillsides. He debated Pharisees and healed Roman servants. He spoke with the wealthy, the poor, the elite, the forgotten, the religious, and the irreligious.

Jesus wasn’t forming a clique.

He was revealing a Kingdom.

A Kingdom too wide for any one perspective to fully grasp.

And yet today, many of us unintentionally confine ourselves to small spiritual neighborhoods where everyone talks the same spiritual language. We don’t do this because we’re closed-minded. We do it because it’s easy. Because it feels normal. Because we trust people who feel familiar.

But familiarity can be its own kind of blindness.

What Happens When Voices Feel Too Similar

When every voice in your life aligns perfectly with your own, a few things begin to happen:

1. You become overconfident in incomplete views.

You’re not hearing the nuance. You’re hearing the echo.

2. Your empathy shrinks.

It’s hard to love people outside your bubble when you never hear from them.

3. Your faith becomes less resilient.

Anything unchallenged becomes brittle. A theology that has never been held up to scrutiny is one discouraging conversation away from cracking.

4. You mistake preference for conviction.

And that gets dangerous fast.

Story prompt: Share a time when engaging with someone from a different background—or denomination—expanded your view of God. Maybe a conversation with a Catholic friend. Maybe a Pentecostal who showed you something new about prayer. Maybe a contemplative Christian who taught you something about stillness.

The Church Was Never Meant To Be a Monoculture

The early church was a glorious mess of perspectives.

Greek widows and Jewish widows.

Zealots and tax collectors.

Gentiles trying to follow Jesus without becoming Jewish.

Jews trying to follow Jesus without losing their heritage.

Leaders who disagreed so strongly they had to call councils to sort it out.

Yet somehow, God used that diversity of voices to strengthen the Church—not weaken it.

It’s a reminder that when we limit our spiritual influences to people who resemble us, we’re cutting ourselves off from the kind of sharpening that only comes through holy tension.

Holy tension is not conflict.

Holy tension is growth.

It’s God using another person’s perspective to expand your understanding of His truth.

If All Your Mentors Agree With You… You’re Not Growing

This is the simple truth echo chambers try to hide:

Mentors who never challenge you aren’t mentors—they’re mirrors.

And mirrors can show you what you already are.

But they cannot show you what you could become.

If you only learn from voices that feel safe, you might become comfortable.

But if you learn from voices that challenge you, you will become Christlike.

Because Christlikeness doesn’t grow in echo chambers.

It grows in community.

In humility.

In learning from people who see something you don’t.

SECTION 5 — How to Choose Mentors Who Help You Grow (Not Just Feel Right)

We’ve talked about the human instinct to seek affirmation.

We’ve looked at the dangers of single-sided voices.

We’ve explored the wisdom of diverse counsel.

We’ve unpacked how echo chambers shrink our faith.

Now comes the part listeners really need: How do you actually break out of an echo chamber? What does it look like to choose mentors who challenge you—not just comfort you?

This is where spiritual growth becomes intentional rather than accidental.

Because you don’t stumble into wisdom.

You pursue it.

And one of the most powerful ways you pursue it is by choosing the right voices—real people, real mentors, real guides—who help you grow beyond your comfort zone.

So let me give you a simple, practical framework for choosing mentors who form you into the kind of person Jesus is calling you to become.

1. Choose Mentors Who Don’t Think Exactly Like You

This sounds counterintuitive, but it’s essential.

A good mentor is not someone whose perspective is a carbon copy of yours. A good mentor is someone whose faithfulness you trust, whose character you respect, and whose worldview doesn’t always align with yours.

Not because disagreement is inherently spiritual.

But because difference reveals blind spots.

Someone from another denomination, another generation, another culture, or another theological tradition might see something in Scripture you’ve never had eyes for. They might approach prayer differently. They might understand suffering differently. They might read a passage you’ve read a hundred times and suddenly make it sparkle with new clarity.

Your goal isn’t to adopt their entire worldview—your goal is to let their perspective stretch yours.

Story prompt: Think of someone in your life who initially made you tilt your head and think, “Hmm… I’m not sure I agree with that.” But over time, they helped you see God in a new way.

2. Choose Mentors Who Ask Hard Questions

One of the biggest differences between an echo chamber and a mentor is this:

Echo chambers affirm you. Mentors examine you.

Mentors ask things like:

• “Why do you believe that?”
• “Where do you see that in Scripture?”
• “Have you considered another angle?”
• “What might God be inviting you to surrender here?”
• “Is this choice forming you into Christlikeness or away from it?”

An echo chamber says, “You’re right.”

A mentor says, “Let’s make sure.”

And that small difference is life-changing.

When someone asks a question you don’t want to answer, that’s usually where God is already doing His deepest work.

3. Choose Mentors Who Value Scripture More Than Agreement

This one is huge. The best mentors aren’t the ones who defend their preferences. They’re the ones who root everything in the Word of God—even when it challenges them, too.

Look for people who:

• love Scripture
• handle it humbly
• refuse to weaponize it
• don’t twist it to support their biases
• let it correct them before they use it to correct others

If a mentor is more committed to biblical truth than winning an argument, that’s someone worth listening to.

If a mentor is more committed to being right than to being biblical, that’s someone to be cautious about.

4. Choose Mentors From “Outside Your Bubble”

If you grew up Baptist, talk to a Pentecostal.

If you’re charismatic, learn from contemplative Christians.

If you’re reformed, spend time with someone who isn’t.

If you tend to intellectual theology, learn from someone who emphasizes embodied practice.

If you’re from a predominantly white church, listen to Christians from different cultures.

The Kingdom of God is not narrow.

Your influences shouldn’t be either.

When your mentors span different traditions, backgrounds, and expressions of Christian faith, you begin to see God in stereo instead of mono. You gain depth. Texture. Nuance. Wisdom.

Your world gets bigger.

And your God gets bigger—not because He changed, but because your understanding finally expanded enough to see what was already there.

5. Choose Mentors Who Love You Enough to Tell You the Truth

This is the most important one.

A true mentor doesn’t challenge you because they enjoy it.

They challenge you because they care about who you’re becoming.

A fan loves your personality.

A mentor loves your soul.

A fan cheers for what you already are.

A mentor cheers for who you’re becoming in Christ.

Look for the person who gently says, “I see more in you than what you’re settling for.”

Look for the person who confronts out of compassion, not control.

Look for the person who encourages and corrects in the same breath.

Mentors like that don’t trap you in an echo chamber—they help you escape one.

Bringing It Home

When you surround yourself with only familiar voices, your faith becomes small.

When you surround yourself with wise, diverse, challenging mentors, your faith becomes deep.

Breaking free from your echo chamber doesn’t mean abandoning what you believe.

It means strengthening it.

Refining it.

Expanding it.

Allowing God to form you through the voices He’s placed around you.

Because spiritual maturity doesn’t come from comfort—it comes from counsel.

And counsel comes from choosing the kinds of mentors who don’t just agree with you…

but who help you grow.

OUTRO — Breaking Free From the Echo Chamber

As we wrap this up, I want to leave you with this thought:

You were never meant to be shaped by a world of mirrors.

Not by algorithms.

Not by comfort.

Not by voices that simply echo what you already believe.

You were meant to be shaped by truth.

By Scripture.

By the Spirit of God.

And by the wise, diverse, stretching voices He places in your life—not to affirm your every instinct, but to form your soul into the likeness of Jesus.

If you’ve recognized, even a little, that your world has gotten smaller…

that your circle has gotten too comfortable…

that your mentors sound a little too much like you…

That’s not a failure.

That’s an invitation.

An invitation to let God widen your world.

To step out of the echo chamber.

To seek out voices who love you enough to challenge you.

To embrace the kind of holy discomfort that leads to holy transformation.

Because spiritual maturity never happens by accident.

It happens by choosing the right people to learn from—people who help you see the blind spots you’d never find alone, people who stretch your understanding of God instead of shrinking it, people who remind you that faith is always bigger, deeper, and more beautiful than whatever your echo chamber can contain.

So this week…

Be intentional.

Be curious.

Be humble.

And maybe—just maybe—invite someone into your life who doesn’t sound like you… but who draws you closer to Jesus than you could ever get on your own.

Small ripples can make a big impact—go make yours.