Daly Focus Blog
There’s risk in going too fast.
I’m reminded of the time a group of friends invited me to an afternoon of road racing at a Le Mans style race track. We were handed the keys to Corvettes, Lamborghinis, and other high-end performance cars and given just one instruction: “Have fun.”
The track had S-turns, hair pin curves, and straightaways where you could reach speeds of over 125 miles per hour if you were daring enough. It was exhilarating!
For more than 45 years, elementary students across America have had a legal right to attend elective offsite Bible classes during their public-school day. “Released time” laws allow students to attend religious training opportunities of their choice.
Bible2School (B2S) is one such program. Located in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho, and Texas, B2S isn’t extracurricular; it takes place during the public-school day and, according to the Supreme Court, is a protected Constitutional right in all 50 states.
One of the hardest things we can do is manage work and family well. Both demand a significant portion of our time and commitment. Woven through all of that is money.
How can you manage your family’s money in a way that truly matters?
Many couples feel insecure and anxious about their finances. Most think the reason they struggle with money is that they don’t have enough. But more usually isn’t the answer.
Obviously, if you’re looking through sofa cushions for loose change to pay overdue bills, more money would be helpful. But true financial freedom is much more a function of your attitude about money than how much or how little money you have.
“Deconstruction” has been a part of the public lexicon for years. For many, it’s a season of honest questioning that leads to a deeper, more personal faith. Others detach themselves from church or abandon their belief in God altogether.
If your adult children are questioning their Christian faith or have already walked away entirely, you may feel upset and are asking yourself, “What do I do?”
On Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, I’m talking with author Jim Burns about how to trust God in the midst of your confusion and to respond to children who say, “I don’t believe anymore” with wisdom and humility.
Every one of us is wired for connection. From our earliest relationships with our parents and siblings, we learn that we need emotional nourishment as much as we need food and water.
It’s also in our formative years that we learn how we connect with others. Patterns begin to emerge that determine how we offer and receive love. Understanding those “love styles” is important because we carry them into our relationship with our spouse.
God’s desire is for us to develop a secure style of attachment; that is, to learn to offer and receive love that is present, unconditional, and sacrificial.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, both the U.S. men’s and women’s 4 x 100 relay teams were expected to compete for the gold medal – but shockingly, neither team even made it to the finals.
Neither American team exited the competition early because other countries were faster but because they dropped the baton during an exchange. Runners almost never drop the baton during the middle of their relay leg. They drop it in the hand-off.
The exchange is where things often go wrong for parents as well.
Dr. Lee Warren, a neurosurgeon for 25 years, says emotional wellness begins when we treat ourselves like our own “brain surgeon” by performing regular “thought biopsies.” He suggests that we pause, identify toxic lies, and refuse to let our feelings act as our ultimate authority.
According to Dr. Warren, if we’re sad, stressed, or think we’re stuck, our perceptions about ourselves, the world, and other people can mislead us into thinking we’re powerless to change our situation when, in fact, our thought patterns influence outcomes in our lives.
One of the hardest parts of parenting during the teen years is understanding how to have conversations that really matter about tough issues like broken trust, difficult friendships, or dating. We want to help our kids become who God created them to be, but tough conversations can quickly turn emotional or tense and leave us wondering if we helped the situation or made it worse.
You may find it helpful to reframe those moments. Think of your child as a dump truck filled with diamonds.
Texas Children’s Hospital’s agreement to stop harming kids under the guise of “gender medicine” is a great victory for children’s rights and common sense in the Lone Star State.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spearheaded a lawsuit alleging the hospital falsely billed Texas Medicaid for illegal “transgender” medical interventions.
A settlement was first announced in May. Now, it’s been finalized.
As our Daily Citizen team reported, the settlement requires the hospital to:
• Stop performing sex-rejecting surgeries and hormone interventions on minors.
Unless you’ve been completely unplugged this past year, you’ve inevitably heard of the WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham – a standout star in the women’s professional basketball league best known for her aggressive play on the court and her boldness and courage off it.
The former University of Missouri All-American, Cunningham has been in the WNBA since 2019. Drafted by the Phoenix Mercury, the 29-year-old was traded to the Indiana Fever last year. Playing alongside star Caitlin Clark, Sophie helped lead her new team to win the 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup.
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.
