S3 E20: Let Your Yes Mean Yes: Living with Integrity in a World of Lies

In this week's episode, Corinne Cathcart uses a charming story from the Hallmark show "When Calls the Heart"—where a Mountie tells a white lie about loving lemon curd—to explore Jesus' simple yet profound command: "Let your yes mean yes and your no mean no." Corinne reflects on how we live in a world where artificial intelligence and internet misinformation make truth increasingly difficult to find, where even second graders must be taught to fact-check their research. She contrasts this with a time when the World Book Encyclopedia was the unquestioned source of truth, and challenges us to imagine a world where everyone has the integrity of a frontier town Mountie or the reliability of that encyclopedia. Through personal anecdotes and honest reflection, Corinne invites us to accept Jesus' challenge to co-create God's kingdom of love, justice, and truth here on earth—one honest word at a time.

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Corinne was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, but has been a member of the Blessed Sacrament community for 14 years. She earned a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University, where she met her husband of over 25 years, and a Master's in Education from the University of Cincinnati. She was a second grade Catholic school teacher in Cincinnati before moving here when her husband started working for Dow Chemical. She loves working with the littles of the Blessed Sacrament family as the Children's Faith Formation Coordinator. When she's not at work, you'll find her with her nose in a book or learning something new!