The Reluctant Missionary

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Relationship advice from Smeagol, Chewbacca, and more (and I guess Jonathan Decker too)

marriage Apr 24, 2018

Jonathan Decker is the clinical director of Your Family Expert. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist, husband, and father of five. Jonathan earned a masters degree in family therapy from Auburn University as well as a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology from Brigham Young University. His wife, Alicia Decker, is the CEO and runs YourFamilyExpert.com.

He’s a “genius billionaire playboy”.  Stage comedy. Passionate about interface efforts to strengthen families and communities.  He won the BYU talent show for his one man act based on the Lord of the Rings.

  1. Five kids?  How do you manage that and what are you going to do when they all turn into teenagers?

  2. What does “Vulnerable = Powerful” mean to you and how does that impact a relationship?

  3. “Our country is a dysfunctional family.”

  4. Celebrity impressions

    1. Pee Wee Herman

    2. Napoleon Dynamite Kermit

    3. Smeagle

    4. Sean Connery

    5. Chewbacca

  5. You do movie reviews, give me one word reviews for the following movies

    1. The Exorcist?

    2. Mary Poppins?

    3. Deliverance?

    4. Pete the Magic Dragon?

    5. A Quiet Place?

    6. Robin Hood with Kevin Costner

  6. What’s been the biggest thing you’ve found to help couples get along?

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