Current Events Archives

A Wild Week in Washington Highlights Man’s Desperate Need for Respect

I returned from Washington D.C. this past weekend following a series of meetings, media interviews and special ministry sponsored events that culminated with the 46th annual March for Life.

It’s an inspiring experience to stand on the stage and look out over the sea of humanity sprinkled across the National Mall, hundreds of thousands of pro-life stalwarts, many of them young – all of them united in an un-equivocating devotion to working together towards a day when every baby’s life, in every state, is protected under law.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, kids, march for life, pro-life January 23, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Coming to Tucker Carlson’s Defense

Do you watch Tucker Carlson’s show on FOX News?

A few weeks ago, the popular television host offered a bold and pointed commentary on how the decline of marriage and family is driving the majority of the poverty in our nation. (You can watch and read the text here.)

He didn’t so much lay this decline at the feet of declining morals, but poor economic policies perpetuated over the last few decades by the growth of Big Government.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, family, marriage January 16, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Why are Liberals Willing to Protect Children at the Border, But Not Inside the Womb?

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to contribute an essay to The Hill concerning the obvious hypocrisy unfolding in Washington concerning the current budget stalemate.

In short, I asked why liberals have no problem spending taxpayer money to protect children at the border, but are refusing to do anything to protect them inside the womb.

Please take a moment to read the full piece here – and let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Topics: Current Events January 9, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Football Sunday’s “Halftime Home” is an Inspiring Replacement for the Super Bowl Halftime Show

I want to tell you about a unique partnership we’ve recently forged that involves some of my favorite things: faith, family, friends, food – and football.

The popularity of the National Football League has taken a bit of a hit these past few seasons. Once a near universally beloved entity, many loyal fans have grown weary of the on-field player protests. While the controversies have seemed to die down a bit this year, I know the feelings and concerns still run deep, and rightly so.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, football January 2, 2019 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Pray this Prayer Before Making Your New Year’s Resolutions

The final week of the year can often be a time of reflection as we look back across the last twelve months and ponder what the Lord may have planned for us in the New Year.

With just 6 days left in 2018, at a time when the stock market is riding like a roller coaster and nerves are frayed on a variety of levels, I want to share a touching prayer with you and one that can help frame your goals and plans for 2019.

Topics: Current Events Tags: New Years, prayer December 26, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Christmas Pajamas I Never Forgot

What’s the most thoughtful Christmas present you’ve ever received?

Technology gifts tend to top the “most popular” lists these days. From iPhones to iPads, video games to flat screen television sets, holiday giving can be an inordinately expensive undertaking – if you’re so inclined to follow current trends. According to Gallup, the average American will spend $885 on gifts this year, and a third will shell out more than a $1000.

At the risk of dating myself, Christmas gift-giving looked a lot different back when I was a child.

Topics: Current Events Tags: christmas, faith, family December 19, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

JDD Statement on the Passage of the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018

Focus on the Family is pleased to learn that an important new law protecting the rights of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East has been signed into law by President Trump.

The law, known as the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018, authorizes the State Department to provide humanitarian assistance to religious minorities who have been the targets of genocide in those countries. It also authorizes assistance to any entities that criminally prosecute those suspected of committing genocide, wars against humanity or war crimes in Iraq and Syria.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, genocide December 14, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Here’s How You Can Help to Save Teen Lives

A few years ago, Newsweek Magazine made a heartbreaking observation in the form of a paradoxical question. Speaking of El Paso County, Colorado, home of Focus on the Family and over a hundred other Christian ministries, they asked:

How is it possible that one of the top five places to live in the country also suffers from one of the worst teen suicide rates?

According to the most recent information, 49 youth under the age of 18 died by suicide between 2014 – 2017 in El Paso County.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, kids, parenting, suicide December 12, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Join Us at the March for Life this January!

In a little more than a month, advocates for life will be gathering together for the annual March for Life in Washington D.C.

This year mark’s the 46th anniversary of the tragic Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all fifty states. Year in and year out, those of us who believe that every life should be protected under the rule of law gather in the cold of January and protest this modern-day genocide.

Why do we do it?

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, pro-life December 7, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

President George H.W. Bush’s Tough But Wonderful Life

When news broke this past Friday night of President George H.W. Bush’s passing at the age of 94, press reports were quick to mention his “patrician” pedigree. The son of a United States senator, the New England-bred Mr. Bush attended an elite prep school and later Yale University.

Implied in such a reference is the insinuation that George Herbert Walker Bush began life with a lot compared to the average American, which wouldn’t be entirely untrue.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, news December 4, 2018 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura