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	<title>Expert advice on dating, marriage, and parenting</title>
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		<title>Would you be interested in a live relationship advice call-in show?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are seriously considering a new relationship advice call-in show to help with the thousands of users coming to our site for help with their most important relationships.  It would be a huge help for us to answer the following questions in our survey.  If you&#8217;d like, leave us any comments you want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/would-you-be-interested-in-a-live-relationship-advice-call-in-show</link>
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		<title>Help! My husband is a mess!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch as Michael Smalley answers this user&#8217;s question on what to do about her husband&#8217;s financial issues and lack of support.
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		<link>http://gosmalley.com/help-my-husband-is-a-mess</link>
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		<title>Q and A: &#8220;My daughter hates me!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The question:
My daughter has hated me since the age of 15. she was a wonderful loving child and got involved with a controlling guy that she married at 18. she is only 18 now, dumped and divorced from this guy after a few months. it was a horrible time but she loves his mother still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/q-and-a-my-daughter-hates-me</link>
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		<title>Why do Christians do bad things?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch as Michael Smalley helps this user understand why people who claim to be Christians do hurtful things.
[Leave a comment with your ideas and get entered to win a copy of "Joy that Lasts", a great resource when things get tough!]

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		<link>http://gosmalley.com/why-do-christians-do-bad-things</link>
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		<title>Choices That Impact Your Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God has given you the ability to choose. Next to the gift of His Son Jesus, this is the most precious gift you possess. It’s what separates you from all other forms of life on this planet. Making choices allows you to tap into strengths you never thought you had and exercise the power to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/choices-that-impact-your-marriage</link>
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		<title>The Marriage Crisis in America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most couples enter marriage hoping to achieve happiness. And for each of us, that vision of happiness takes a different form. Maybe you longed to be whole or competed; to have perfect kids, and a family that everyone looks up to; to live securely and comfortably; to have someone always there so you wouldn’t feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/the-marriage-crisis-in-america</link>
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		<title>Hearts broken for Haiti</title>
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Michael and I are heart-broken over the lost lives in Haiti.  I’m writing this article for accountability and prayer.  Our family wants to care for the orphans and widows in Haiti. We are not sure what this looks like yet, but we know our first step is getting our paper work and training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/hearts-broken-for-haiti</link>
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		<title>Connecting to the Right Power Source</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Connecting to the Right Power Source
By Gary Smalley
On board my sparkling new party boat were my guests, a missionary family of seven. I had bragged to them about my new boat, how wonderful it was and what a great time we’d have on the lake. Now we were ready to cast off, loaded with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/connecting-to-the-right-power-source</link>
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		<title>Common Myths About Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Common Myths About Love
By Gary Smalley
Most of us come into adulthood with a distorted vision of a healthy love relationship. Our models of love often come from family, songs, books, friends, and media, which depict love as fast blooming, overwhelming, intense, romantic, and requited. But these models display only one aspect of love, the beginning, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/common-myths-about-love</link>
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		<title>In Marriage: Actions Speak Louder Than Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Marriage: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
By Gary Smalley
Most married couples begin their marriage with lots of loving words and actions. Over time life gets busy and there may be words of affirmation but the actions don’t match the words.  It’s important to remember that you thoughts generate your emotions. You get excited about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/in-marriage-actions-speak-louder-than-words</link>
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		<title>What is the Value of Your Mate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the Value of Your Mate?
By Gary Smalley
            Honor is a way of accurately seeing the immense value of a person made in God’s image. God created each one of us as a one-of-a-kind person with unique gifts and a unique personality. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/what-is-the-value-of-your-mate</link>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Fault Is It, Anyway?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who’s Fault Is It, Anyway?
By Gary Smalley
My all time favorite comic strip is the one from Peanuts where Charlie Brown attempts to kick a football held by Lucy. But she always jerks it away at the last minute, causing poor Charlie to fall flat on his back. Each year Lucy promises Charlie Brown that this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/whos-fault-is-it-anyway</link>
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		<title>The Key to Lasting Marital Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Key to Lasting Marital Change
By Gary Smalley
This is the key to real, lasting love in your marriage: change yourself first and accept your mate unconditionally just the way he or she is. Then as you work with God to become more like Him, watch how your mate will eventually try to emulate you. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/the-key-to-lasting-marital-change</link>
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		<title>The Secrets to a Secure Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Secret to a Secure Marriage
By Gary Smalley                                                [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/the-secrets-to-a-secure-marriage</link>
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		<title>Helping the children of Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was an email I recieved from Lori Tugwell.  I knew it would be important to post it here and on my sister&#8217;s adoption blog:
HELLO Dear Friends and Family
FIRST &#8211; thank you for continuing to pray!!! LOTS of great GOD things happening &#8211; can&#8217;t wait to share, right now they are happening too fast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/helping-the-children-of-haiti</link>
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		<title>How God has challenged me for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is God challenging you with for 2010.  I&#8217;ve been challenged in two powerful ways, watch and find out.
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		<link>http://gosmalley.com/how-god-has-challenged-me-for-2010</link>
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		<title>A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath… Really?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I reconnected with an old friend today.  This verse in Proverbs 15:1, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh words stirs up anger.”  I was challenged to look back and see if we’ve made any progress in putting this message into practice.  As I look back on the last 15 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/a-gentle-answer-turns-away-wrath%e2%80%a6-really</link>
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		<title>What research says about laughter and your marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch as Gary explains how important laughter is in your marriage.
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		<link>http://gosmalley.com/what-research-says-about-laughter-and-your-marriage</link>
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		<title>Did you know how important laughter is to your marriage?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that 10 straight minutes of deep, belly laughter gives you 100% your daily requirement of vitamin D? Well, it doesn&#8217;t. But I had to say something profound to get your attention.
On January 15-16, Gary Smalley and I will be hosting our 2nd annual Love and Laughter Getaway at the Chateau on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/did-you-know-how-important-laughter-is-to-your-marriage</link>
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		<title>Facebook proving to be bad for your marriage!</title>
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In full disclosure, both my wife and I use Facebook for our personal lives and our ministry along with my dad.  Facebook has not proven to hurt or negatively impact our marriage, but I could not resist posting this very interesting study done in the United Kingdom:
Facebook is bad for your marriage according to research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gosmalley.com/facebook-proving-to-be-bad-for-your-marriage</link>
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