The Reluctant Missionary

Authentic stories from the travels of Michael Smalley.

How Nick Saban's loss helped my relationship marriage personal growth Jan 08, 2019

The biggest college football game of the year was last night and Nick Saban's unbeatable Alabama football team got crushed. I was thrilled! But then I watched the post-game press conference and...

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Write a letter change your life marriage personal growth Jan 07, 2019

Author Melody Beattie wrote, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It...

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Overcoming the impossible friday listener questions marriage sexual intimacy Jan 04, 2019

It’s Friday Listener Questions day! Today I get to brag about my athletic prowess (sort of), help Matt deal with a wife who kicked him out wanting him to get his life right with Jesus,...

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Baby has bounce back marriage personal growth Jan 03, 2019

How Resilience Can Help You Find Satisfaction

Disappointment, failure, defeat, and heartbreak happen.  So what the heck do people have who consistently get back up again and find new ways to...

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The nightmare of labelling marriage parenting personal growth Jan 02, 2019

On today’s show, “The road to hell is paved with overly simplistic labels.” Wrote author Grant Hilary Brenner. There are three different labels we either stick on ourselves or...

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Christmas Eve alone - a story happy holiday families marriage parenting personal growth Dec 25, 2018

You can change someone's life in the easiest and most fun ways you could imagine.  The question today is if you are willing to do it.  

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FLQ - Bad Christians and hopeful husbands friday listener questions marriage Dec 21, 2018

It’s Friday Listener Questions day! On today’s show we help answer stuff about bad Christians, a couple struggling and a husband wanting the impossible.

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You don't have to marriage parenting personal growth Dec 20, 2018

“I think I am fine and dealing and then my mother calls out of the blue. She acts as though we spoke to each other last week when it’s been four years. She sounds friendly but it...

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Stress is good conflict management personal growth Dec 19, 2018

Teaser for Show:

You will want to punch me straight in the neck today because on the show we are going to talk about why stress is actually a good thing! And, I might possibly have one of the...

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Defining success for real personal growth Dec 18, 2018

Twitter is flooded from a now famous tweet by JK Rowling on what successful people do. Her response got us thinking, what do successful people do? And what we found on the internet did not make us...

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Improve your communication right now conflict management marriage Dec 18, 2018

On today’s show we are giving you 3 things you need to stop immediately in order to improve the communication at home. Well almost three things, because one of them I totally disagree with...

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FLQ - Breaking the teenager friday listener questions marriage parenting Dec 14, 2018

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Transform Your Marriage in 31 Days for only $31 dollars! We took the guesswork out of "what can help" and created for you an experience...

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