Family and Home Archives

Help and Hope for Separated Couples

Dr. Gary Chapman never asks troubled couples, “Do you want to work on your marriage?”

Wanting something is a function of the emotions, and emotions rely on desire to get things moving.

That’s why Dr. Chapman asks troubled couples, “Will you work on your marriage?” The will involves decisions, not feelings. If a couple can say yes to that question, then good things can happen with the right guidance.

Some couples are headed for a divorce because they don’t know any other way to resolve their conflict.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, marriage August 17, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Looking For My Old Teachers on Facebook

Sharing a blog post from a few years back… the sentiments are the same, and the content is timely given the start of school for many kids around the nation. -J.D.

Summertime is drawing to a close, so I’ve been thinking about some of my favorite teachers from down through the years. I have many; here are memories of just a few.

In kindergarten there was Mrs. Smith. I went to school that first day with my heels in the pavement and then didn’t want to leave by the time the bell began to ring.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: kids, relationships, technology August 15, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Jesus’ Model for Leading Our Families

How do you define success?

Everybody probably has a slightly different answer. The late Zig Ziglar once said that whatever else success may be, you can’t truly be successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

Mark 8:36 says, “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”

We’re all pulled in different directions, and we can easily lose sight of what’s most important in life.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, family August 14, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Strategies for Planning Your Retirement

When do you plan to retire?

Notice I didn’t ask, “When do you hope to retire?”

According to financial planner Chris Hogan, retirement is a function of our finances, not our age. And good financial strategies are all about telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.

Chris helps people learn how to do that by boosting their “Retirement IQ” with these three questions:

How much money do you want to live on per month?

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, finances August 10, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Get Unstuck from Complicated Relationships

Are you stuck?

A lot of us are. We’ve got a friend … a spouse … an in-law … a coworker who is tough to be around. And we want to get unstuck.

But we don’t know how.

On our radio program today and tomorrow is Dr. Daniel Nehrbass, who will share more in-depth about the nine choices you can make to change the course of the complicated relationships in your life:

Listen
Emotional appeal
Teaching
Boundaries
Compromise
Sacrifice
Leaving
Repent of your role in the relationship
Do nothing

Each of these nine have what Dr.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, relationships August 8, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Helping Your “Different” Child

What would you do if your child was diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), ADHD, ADD, and ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)?

I like how Sally Clarkson responded. When her son Nathan was little, she wasn’t sure what she was dealing with, but she knew there was something about him that was different than other so-called “good” kids.

He frequently got into trouble and needed to talk – to argue, to ask questions, to complain. He was constantly moving, wiggling, and fidgeting with anything and anyone around him.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, kids, parenting August 7, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Unlocking the Secret to Your Child’s Ability to Learn

So, here’s the scenario. It’s a weeknight, and your child has spent most of the evening on the same school assignment. It’s pretty clear he doesn’t understand the information. To top it off, he’s brought home a note from the teacher warning you about a failing grade. Now what do you do?

Parents often assume the worst, thinking their child has a behavior problem, difficulty learning, or is just plain lazy. In fact, most of the time, school challenges like this aren’t a crisis.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, kids, parenting August 4, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Moving Your Marriage from “Me” to “We” — 15 Minutes at a Time

The secret to winning in a team sport is no secret at all. Teammates have to share a common goal and know how to work together to achieve it. When you wear the same uniform, it’s not about “me,” it’s about “we.”

That commitment to unity is what makes a marriage work, too. But working together as a team isn’t always easy. Just ask Joshua and Christi. They sometimes miss the goal of teamwork in their marriage, too.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, marriage August 3, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Tim Keller Answers What Christians, Non-Believers, and Other Religions Have in Common

Christians, non-believers, and people of other faiths have always had something in common. We have questions about life and about God.

I recently had a conversation with Dr. Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, that reaffirmed to me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has the answers to the questions we’re asking right now in 2017.

Like questions about identity. Who we are is often wrapped up in what we do, what others think of us, and what we own, all of which are the fruit of what we achieve.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith July 31, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How Hobby Lobby Founder David Green went from $600 in Debt to $4.5 Billion in Profit

David Green learned how to give to others long before he founded Hobby Lobby, the well-known chain of retail arts and crafts stores across the United States. His parents never had much money, but they were two of the most generous people David has ever known.

David still remembers his dad writing someone a check for $100 even though the most he’d ever made in a week was $138. And his mom once gave a dress out of her own closet to a woman in need.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, finances July 28, 2017 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura