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Michael Smolders - President of Smolders Management Group, and Founder and Host of The Collar podcast shares his faith, his story, and his mission including being baptized into the Catholic faith as a child; having an exploratory agnostic phase in high school; moving to Taiwan and studying Buddhism; the importance of Matthew 16:18; the relationship with Jesus in the Catholic Church; the role “feelings” play in faith; the importance of Psalms; a spiritual experience that rocked him at the end of college; how his love of baseball and a Malcolm Gladwell book came together and sparked the idea for a training centre; going to church daily for three years and a deep dive into reading to understand the “why” behind his faith; how a pivot back into baseball steered him into the automotive industry; a purposeful change of career that allows him to give back directly to the Church; how a shortage of priests guided his next move; creating The Collar podcast; why there is a shortage of priests; how Messenger Eagle reaches potential priests where they are in this social media/YouTube culture; being scandalous with your faith; how advertising a Christian message actually helps the faith standout in today’s culture; the “three promises” for priests; how COVID brought people to the Lord; and so much more!

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