Issue #12 · September 16, 2026
Facts are real. But they are not the final word. This week Pedro draws the line between what is true and what is THE truth, Holli Peel shows how the stories we attach to the facts can quietly hand someone else the keys, and Ramie walks through a week where oil crossed $100 and the plan still mattered more than the headlines.
She knew she was a citizen of the Kingdom and not of this world, but she wondered whether acknowledging a medical diagnosis meant she was failing to believe what God says about healing...and, if this was a lack of faith? What is the difference between what is true and what is THE truth?
Sometimes nobody else is tearing down what we are trying to build. Sometimes it happens through the stories we create about what is happening around us. Before long, we are no longer responding to what actually happened. We are responding to the story we made up about what happened.
September has a reputation. It has seasonally earned its spot as one of the more volatile months of the year, and last week did nothing to change that. When oil moves, everything that has to be made, shipped or moved moves with it.