What if your struggles are not random?

What if your fears, reactions, anxieties, relationship patterns, and emotional pain actually make sense?

 

“Why am I like this?”

 

Inside Out 2 is a deep dive into the hidden inner world of the human heart through the lens of the Incarnation, the Early Church Fathers, and Incarnational Counseling.

 

This retreat explores how childhood wounds, trauma, neglect, shame, fear, and distorted beliefs shape the way we see ourselves, others, and even God. Together we will uncover how the soul develops “survival strategies” that once protected us but now often keep us from intimacy, freedom, and communion.

 

But this retreat is not merely about diagnosis. It is about encountering Christ as the true Physician of the soul. The Gospel is not God standing at a distance demanding healing from us. The Gospel is that in Jesus Christ, God entered directly into human suffering, weakness, fear, shame, and brokenness in order to heal humanity from the inside out.

 

Throughout the weekend we will explore:

• The hidden stories shaping our lives
• How shame and fear distort perception
• Why we repeat unhealthy relational patterns
• The difference between wounds of abuse and neglect
• How the passions form as misdirected attempts to survive pain
• The healing power of truthful presence
• How Christ meets us within our story rather than bypassing it
• Healing through communion, participation, and the love of the Trinity

 

 

Inside Out 2 is not about behavior modification or religious performance. It is about rediscovering the truth! That beneath the fear, shame, fragmentation, and survival patterns, there remains the beloved person Christ has never abandoned.

 

The goal is not merely relief from pain. The goal is restoration into and through communion with God, with others, and within your own heart.

 

Whether you attended Inside Out 1 or are joining for the first time, this retreat is designed to help you understand the deeper movements of the soul and experience the healing presence of Christ in a profoundly transformative way.

 

You are not a problem to be managed. You are a person to be healed, restored, and brought fully alive in the love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Hosted by Clint Walker and Unconditional Love Fellowship
Friday Sept. 11: 3pm-5pm
Sat. Sept. 12: 9am-5pm

His Love & Her Harmony” – Marriage Mini Retreat

Hosted by Unconditional Love Fellowship

 This mini-retreat took place March 2026 but you can enroll online, and take it at your own pace online at:

it-is-for-freedom.teachable.com/

His Love and Her Harmony is a deeply relational, Christ-centered marriage retreat designed to restore connection, safety, and joy by bringing couples back to the design of love rather than the pressure of performance.

Rooted in Scripture and informed by decades of relational research, this retreat invites couples to experience marriage not as a contract to manage or a problem to fix, but as a covenant of union, healing, and shared life. Throughout the weekend, couples are guided to rediscover how God’s love reshapes perception, heals old wounds, and restores intimacy at the level of the heart – not just behavior.

What Couples Experience

• A biblical vision of marriage rooted in union with Christ, not rules or roles
• Healing conversations around conflict, emotional safety, and unmet needs
• Practical, guided exercises that cultivate empathy, attunement, and deep understanding
• A renewed understanding of masculine and feminine design as complementary, life-giving dynamics
• Tools for navigating conflict without blame – learning to stay on the same team
• Covenant vs. contract: why marriage was designed to be a place of safety and healing
• “Turning toward” one another in everyday moments
• Empathy as incarnate love – the most powerful antidote to resentment
• Conflict as an opportunity for deeper union, not division
• Play, friendship, and joy as essential to lifelong intimacy

His Love and Her Harmony is ideal for couples who want more than survival – who long for a marriage marked by presence, mutual understanding, spiritual depth, and lasting connection. Whether couples are thriving or struggling, this retreat creates a sacred space to rediscover love as it was always meant to be experienced: received, shared, and multiplied.

The new book by Malcolm Smith

NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, and Malcolm Smith’s online store at malcolmsmith.org

The Incarnation wasn’t a moment in history.

It was Love Himself stepping into our darkness.

In Love’s Invasion, Malcolm Smith reveals the Incarnation as the event that changes everything — not myth, not sentiment, but the eternal God taking on our humanity and entering the dust of our world. This is the invasion of Love Himself.

With the storytelling warmth readers cherish in Malcolm’s ministry, and the theological depth he’s known for worldwide, he paints a breathtaking picture of God-with-us — not as a distant ruler, but as One who came to wash our feet, share our bread, breathe our air, and live our life from the inside.

Through vivid narrative, scriptural insight, and tender revelation, Malcolm unveils:

The eternal intention of the Father, Son, and Spirit before creation

What truly happened in Eden and how mankind “lost its mind”

A God who refuses separation, even when humanity runs and hides

How grace meets sin, not with punishment but with relentless love

Why Jesus had to become human — and why that changes everything

The birth, life, and mission of the Last Adam

The Incarnation as participation, not appeasement

This is not a story about a God who stands far off.
This is the story of the eternal Son entering our brokenness so we might share His life.

If you long to understand the Gospel beyond traditional formulas… if you want to see the Incarnation as the early Church saw it… if you hunger to know why God became human — and what that means for you today — this book will open your eyes to the scandalous beauty of Christ who is both God and truly one of us.

Heaven touched dust — and everything changed.
Come see what that means for the world… and for you.

From the Preface:

As I sit on my porch to consider the book I am about to write, I ask myself why I feel such a pressing need to write it. A few days ago, I celebrated my eighty-seventh
birthday. My mind wandered over those decades – along many paths and through countless events. The faces of so many people from so many meetings drifted
across my mind.

Then came a question that I believe the Spirit posed to me: What would I want to give you, above all others, to carry into your next years?

Cheryl and I talked it over for some time, and our conclusion was this – the one fact on which the entire Gospel stands is the Incarnation-God became, and
remains forever, human.

Some might be shocked and quick to say, “Surely the cross and resurrection are what you would press upon us!” No, there is something even more essential-the
question of who was crucified, who was raised, and who intercedes for us this very day. The cross is only of saving importance because of who was nailed to it.
Unless He was God in our humanity, it was just another crucifixion recorded by the soldiers. Unless the One who suffered, died, and rose again is fully God and
fully man, then we are still in our sins, and all we believe is a cruel hoax.
The reason I want to write this book on the Incarnation-and press it upon you-is because, in all my travels around the world, I have noticed that the Incarnation
is hardly mentioned in the sharing of the Gospel. For some unknown reason, the greatest event in the history of God and man is taken for granted.

A throwaway line like, “And God came to live in us,” or “He revealed God because He was God in our flesh,” cannot begin to express the enormity of what took

place. Thousands live and die without ever knowing what that truly means.

Without understanding the Incarnation, we come to the party late and spend much of our time trying to figure out what’s going on.

There are many things we never experience simply because we join the event halfway through. If you start reading a book somewhere in the middle and try to
make sense of it, you’ll likely put it down, not having a clue what it’s about. Walk into a play after the second act has begun, and you’ll disrupt those around you
with loud whispers – “Who is he? What does she mean by that?”

At another moment, the audience might erupt in laughter or applause while you sit wondering why. All the questions you now have were answered while you
were parking the car! You walked in after we’d been given the plot and were now watching it unfold.

Multitudes of believers don’t know what’s going on at the point they join the story because they came in after the plot had already been set. If you haven’t grasped
the beginning, it’s doubtful you’ll ever pick up on what’s happening later in the story.

Some say it began when Jesus heard the news of John baptizing in the Jordan; others with His own baptism and confronting Satan in the wilderness; most folk
would say that it began with the events of His birth in Bethlehem; a great many people say that it all began when Adam sinned and we all needed a Savior and
Jesus would come to save us from the mess we found ourselves in.

But this story is different from all others – it begins before the beginning.

Once upon a time, before the beginning.

MALCOLM SMITH
BANDERA, TX

ORDER NOW ON KINDLE & PAPERBACK

“The Spirit of Life – Here and Now!“

Retreat Details:

This year’s topic is The Spirit of Life – Here and Now! - At this December retreat, Malcolm will explore the Holy Spirit not as a distant, disconnected being, but as a present and living companion who walks with us daily. He will show how the Spirit gently leads us by the hand into new territory, illuminates Christ in every moment, and makes divine life a present reality rather than a future hope. Come discover how the Spirit’s work transforms ordinary moments into encounters with God’s presence, guiding choices, healing wounds, and creating a life of intimate friendship with Him.

Here’s a short clip from a recent partner meeting, where Malcolm speaks about the upcoming retreat…

We will be eating together for dinner on Friday (Dec. 5) and for lunch and dinner on Saturday (Dec. 6) – All three meals we have together are included in your retreat registration fee. Registration Cost: $400 per person if you register before Nov. 7th, and it becomes $425 per person thereafter. Registration closes Nov. 20 or when we reach capacity. Please be advised that this year, the retreat registration is non-refundable. You need to book your accommodations separately from your retreat registration, but we have arranged a discounted rate for you at the hotel. Rooms are $99 per night (for 2 queen beds or 1 king bed) when making your reservations, please call Hilton/Double Tree reservations line at 210-340-6060 and let them know you’re there for the Unconditional Love Fellowship retreat (or use this custom Booking Link when booking online). The hotel is located near San Antonio Airport as well as many shopping and dining options, and the Hilton shuttle will take you anywhere you want to go in the area. (Map and directions below)

Location: Hilton by Double Tree Hotel in San Antonio, Texas

611 NW Loop 410

San Antonio, Texas, 78216, USA

How to Register:

You can register online here: Registration has closed.

The recordings from the December 2025 retreat are now available for purchase. Get the CD or download and listen online HERE.

To register by phone, please call our ministry office at 830-460-4000. (And don’t forget to book your room with the hotel!)

REGISTRATION CLOSES NOVEMBER 20th or when we reach capacity.

Retreat Schedule:

The retreat begins Friday morning with time for everyone to check-in and meet and greet each other. We will have lunch on our own Friday, and begin the first teaching session of the retreat at 2pm. Each session lasts from 60-90 minutes and we take regular breaks between each teaching and for lunch/dinner. Friday and Saturday evenings, the last teaching session begins at 7pm. Sunday morning from 9:30-11am (approximately) we will have Holy Communion service and blessings as we head home.

FRIDAY 12/5/2025

Dinner is included in your retreat on Friday.

10:00 am-12 pm – Retreat check-in and Meet & Greet with Malcolm and Cheryl 

1:30 pm – Worship
2:00 pm – Teaching with Malcolm

5:30 pm – DINNER – We dine together at the hotel

7:00 pm – Worship
7:30 pm – Teaching with Malcolm

SATURDAY 12/6/2025

Lunch and Dinner are included in your retreat on Saturday.

8:30 am – Worship
9:00 am – Teaching with Malcolm

11:30 am – LUNCH – We dine together at the hotel

1:30 pm – Worship      
2:00 pm – Teaching with Malcolm

5:30 pm – DINNER – We dine together at the hotel

7:00 pm – Worship
7:30 pm – Teaching with Malcolm

SUNDAY 12/7/2025

     8:30 am – Worship
9:00 am – Eucharist Service / Prayer
(There will be opportunity for prayer with designated Prayer Team Members) 

This schedule is approximate and may be subject to change.

If you have any other questions about the retreat or registration, please call or email us!

Office Phone: 830-460-4000

Email: unclov@gmail.com

At long last, the audio recordings from our December 2024 Retreat in San Antonio, Texas – Meal of Mystery, Meal of Wonder – are now available on MP3 and CD. Get them today at Malcolm’s Online Store

Inspired by Malcolm’s book of the same name, this seminar expands on the book as an entire teaching in own right. Malcolm unravels the mysteries of the Eucharist and shows in detail how the scripture answers many of the lingering questions and misunderstandings we often have about how the Eucharist really works! What did Jesus really mean when he said this is MY body and blood? What happens when we partake of the bread and wine? In these hours of teaching, you will discover the wondrous power within this sacred act of remembrance.

1. This is My Body
2. Word Became Flesh
3. The Living Bread
4. The Fourth Cup (2 hours)
5. It Is Finished
6. The Necessary Meal

*This is not the audio book for Malcolm’s book Meal of Mystery, Meal of Wonder. (Hopefully that is coming soon!) This series, recorded at the December 2024 Unconditional Love Fellowship retreat, is more than 7 hours of content where Malcolm expands, explains and expounds on certain aspects of the book – but it is a life-changing teaching on its own. 

In 2023, Malcolm published 3 books: An Expanded Edition of This Son of Mine – this popular work on the story of the Prodigal Son now has 3 additional chapters and a refreshed look, inside and out. Toxic Love : The Illusion of Self Worth was long out-of-print but is now back, new and improved. Malcolm’s latest release, The Spirit Gives Life: How I learned to Meditate, had also been unavailable for years but has returned, updated with new insights on life in the Spirit and meditative study. The first scheduled release of 2024, Reward & Punishment is coming soon.

Cheryl shares her personal memoir and inspirational story in her new book To Love Again: Reflections of a Redeemed Heart. Let this book encourage you, that even after all you’ve been through, Jesus, the Lover of your soul, wants to teach you to love again.

You can find all of these releases on Amazon.com (paperback and Kindle) and at Malcolm’s online store at malcolmsmith.org (paperback only).

There will be a teaching from the Bible by Malcolm and then Holy Communion. If you have any questions or want to know more, give us a call at (830) 460-4000.

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