Make it Make Sense with Dr. Mary McDonald and Maureen Yarborough
Aug 18, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
Unlock the profound truths hidden in life’s messiness—discover how faith, humility, and resilience can help you make sense of it all. In this episode, Maureen Yarborough and Dr. Mary McDonald reflect…
Maureen YarboroughHost
Mary McDonaldHost
You know, I think that my focus has so much been on just remembering the importance of focusing on what comes after this life.
you know, I was at church on Sunday, and the reading was about the sower who sowed some seeds fell on good soil.
I'm not saying the fiery burners, but I'm thinking that that's how this life is.
And sometimes I think sometimes people think what is a weed in the beginning turns out to be weed.
Well, sometimes what looks like wheat turns out to be bogus wheat or bad wheat, whatever.
But we're all here together growing, and I think navigating that is probably making, is trying to make the most sense of our lives here.
How do you discern? How do you tell the wheat from the weeds in your own life? Who is...
on your team and who's not? Who recognizes what you need and who doesn't? Who do you recognize in your life that you need to help or be with or support? And sometimes in this world, it's super hard because people, it's like an AI person.
Not that it's a person's AI, but is what they're saying true or not? It sounds good.

You know, I think that my focus has so much been on just remembering the importance of focusing on what comes after this life.
you know, I was at church on Sunday, and the reading was about the sower who sowed some seeds fell on good soil.
I'm not saying the fiery burners, but I'm thinking that that's how this life is.
And sometimes I think sometimes people think what is a weed in the beginning turns out to be weed.
Well, sometimes what looks like wheat turns out to be bogus wheat or bad wheat, whatever.
But we're all here together growing, and I think navigating that is probably making, is trying to make the most sense of our lives here.
How do you discern? How do you tell the wheat from the weeds in your own life? Who is...
on your team and who's not? Who recognizes what you need and who doesn't? Who do you recognize in your life that you need to help or be with or support? And sometimes in this world, it's super hard because people, it's like an AI person.
Not that it's a person's AI, but is what they're saying true or not? It sounds good.
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