Unfolding Short Stories: "Go deeper in Jesus and prioritize your family" - David Smallbone
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
David Smallbone is the father of Luke and Joel Smallbone (For King and Country) and Rebecca St. James. In today's short story, he shares about his family's journey from Australia to Nashville. After losing everything on a large Christian tour, David's family moved to the U.S. to pursue greater opportunities. But when they got there, they faced even more hardship, until they finally found provision in faith and community, through the generosity of a local church.
From humble beginnings in Christian media in Australia to navigating rejection and setbacks in America, the Smallbones' story is one of resilience and perseverance.
Now, their remarkable journey is chronicled in the inspiring new film "Unsung Hero," produced by David's sons Joel and Luke. Listen in as David encourages you to deepen your relationship with Jesus, prioritize family, and find hope in the face of adversity.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Meredith. So on Friday, we released an episode with a really wonderful interview with |
| 0:05.6 | Helen Smallbone. If you've seen the movie Unsung Hero, or maybe you've seen about it on social |
| 0:11.0 | media or heard about it in theaters now, Unsung Hero is the backstory of the Smallbone family. |
| 0:18.6 | Helen and her husband David, their kids, which include Joel and Luke |
| 0:22.4 | Smallbone of for King and Country and Rebecca St. James, the early years of their family |
| 0:27.5 | walking through a really difficult circumstance that built their faith in a very powerful way. |
| 0:34.4 | Well, since we got to hear Helen's story on the episode released on Friday, we thought, |
| 0:38.7 | wouldn't it be wonderful to hear David Smallbone's perspective. So that's what we get to share with you |
| 0:44.3 | today. By the way, if you haven't seen the movie and you'd like to unsunghero.movie to find out |
| 0:49.8 | where it's showing near you. Seeing his hands and feet, the church loving on us, putting food on the |
| 0:56.5 | table, it changed me. It moved me from lukewarm to passionate. God's story, your life. Unfolding short |
| 1:08.9 | stories. This is Dave Small short stories I'm the father of the king country and also Rebecca St. James and I've been asked to share with you my story. |
| 1:23.8 | I come from Australia, moved over here 32 years ago, from Brisbane, Australia to Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1:31.3 | And the reason we moved is I'd done a tour 34 years ago in Australia with a big Christian artist, |
| 1:38.5 | and on that tour, lost everything. |
| 1:41.9 | And I went to my wife, Helen, and I said, hey baby, I think the only way |
| 1:46.1 | we can get ahead is to go to America. And she said, we'll go for two years. And 32 years later, |
| 1:56.7 | we were still here. But my journey, I grew up in a Christian family, had wonderful parents. |
| 2:02.9 | I worked for a mainstream television station when I was about 18. They let me go when I was 19, |
| 2:09.1 | then went to work for a book publisher, did that for a couple of years, and then went to work |
| 2:15.1 | for a mainstream record label. During that time, I was involved with a lot of |
| 2:19.7 | mainstream acts in Australia, but I also helped to sign a Christian artist by the name of family. |
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