Official Average Boy Podcast #113
The Official Average Boy Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Bob "Average Boy" Smiley (AKA the masher of Mom’s merriment) shares an unforgettable story about a Thanksgiving meal prepared by his dad, his brother and him. From exploding blenders and deep-fried turkeys, the lessons are almost as numerous as the side dishes. Tune in for the laughs (including some appeeling potato jokes) and an important discussion about how all of us are called to be super average missionaries, sharing the Good News of Jesus right where we are!
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| 0:00.0 | I came in and I'm, you know, at this point, just a couple weeks away from delivery |
| 0:04.7 | and just heard the words that I never thought I would hear, which were just, I'm sorry. |
| 0:11.2 | And just had a moment to acknowledge what he was telling me that there was no heartbeat and that our baby had died. |
| 0:25.1 | Susan was devastated, but we reminded her of God's unfailing love. |
| 0:30.9 | And so focus on the family really was monumentally instrumental in teaching me this truth and healing me. |
| 0:40.6 | And the resource of focus on the family was teaching me to grieve with hope. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:46.7 | We need your help now to deliver hope and joy to hurting people like Susan. |
| 0:52.3 | Give before December 31st and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:55.9 | Donate at focus on the family.com slash family. |
| 1:01.6 | Average boy. |
| 1:06.9 | He's average boy. |
| 1:14.6 | He's average boy He's average boy Look out, he's back, with shoes untied and his ears slicked back, taking life on one day at a time, |
| 1:23.1 | Average Boy and Jess bringing the rhyme. |
| 1:26.8 | Welcome to episode 113 of the official average boy podcast. |
| 1:31.6 | I'm Jesse from Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine. |
| 1:34.5 | And I'm Bob Smiley, aka Average Boy, aka the memorable mountainous master, |
| 1:41.2 | maximizing mysterious, meditating masher of my mom's merriment. |
| 1:47.8 | Hey, monumental metaphors there, Master Bob. |
| 1:51.7 | But masher of merriment, that doesn't sound good. |
| 1:56.2 | It sort of sounds like you crushed your mom's happiness. |
| 1:59.3 | Oh, well, oh, that's not what I meant. Uh, crushed in |
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