122. A CONVERSATION ON LIVING BY FAITH WITH MICHAEL AND MEREDITH MAULDIN
The Handlebar Podcast
Aaron Smith, Sarahbeth Smith, Elyssa Figueroa, Raffi Greco
5.0 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this final episode of the EOY conversation sessions, the Smiths sit down with the Mauldins and talk faith, risk and living in obedience.
(This episode was recorded at UPPERROOMS End of Year conference, you may hear extra background noise of conference traffic. )
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is the handlebar podcast. We're so glad you're here. As you know, this is a conversation type of podcast where we try to answer honestly questions that you've submitted and take you through scripture and giving you handlebars for your life. If you'd like to submit a question or purchase merch |
| 0:23.0 | or make a donation to the podcast, you can do that through our website, |
| 0:27.1 | thehandelwarpodcast.com. |
| 0:29.2 | Also, you can watch every episode on our YouTube channel. |
| 0:32.7 | For now, let's jump in. |
| 0:34.2 | If you need a man, give you need an answer, hold on, hold on. Let's jump in. |
| 0:47.7 | Hey guys, welcome back to the hand of our podcast. |
| 0:50.2 | We are so excited to be here. The last few episodes, if you have noticed, have been us at Upper Rooms, end of your |
| 0:55.2 | conference, and this is the last one, kind of of that series. And so we have had guests on each |
| 0:59.9 | one of those episodes. And you guys don't feel like guests to us. You feel like long, even |
| 1:06.8 | saying friends is a little weird to me because you're such mentors to us. I mean, we did our |
| 1:10.7 | premarital counseling with you. We did the residency with you guys. You guys are still married, so something worked? It worked. Eight years today. Today? Wow. Today's our anniversary. So, eight years. I still have my blue suit from your wedding. Do you? That's right. |
| 1:29.7 | My kids still think it's one of their favorite weddings they've ever been to. Really? |
| 1:30.2 | When it iced outside? |
| 1:43.2 | Do you remember that? Yes, they do. Yeah, iced. New Year's Eve. It was like nine degrees. It was before we were doing end of year, so no one was here. It was end of year. Let's be honest. There was a herd of wild boar outside that ran around. |
| 1:44.2 | I don't know if you guys saw that. |
| 1:44.9 | My kids saw it. |
| 1:45.6 | That's right. |
| 1:46.8 | It was snowing. |
| 2:17.9 | Well, this is the Malden's. Michael and Meredith Malden. We do this a lot of times when we have guests, but I ask if you could introduce yourself. Tell us who you are, what you do, what you've done. And so the Malden's. How about I'll introduce you and you can introduce me. Okay, that works. That's fun. Because it's awkward, it feels like you're trying to toot your own horn. That's awkward. You can go first. Okay. This is Michael Malden. He's my husband. 20 years. That sounds crazy. 20 years is crazy. when we say eight years and you're at 20, |
| 2:19.6 | and we're like, oh my gosh, we're still newlywoods. |
| 2:20.9 | Newlywoods, for sure. |
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