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If you had only a few minutes to gather up a few select treasures of your life before fleeing a raging inferno, what would you take – and what would you leave behind?
Families in Colorado Springs were faced with this very question this past Tuesday. In just a matter of minutes, a wildfire that had been contained in canyons bordering the city swept down through the hillsides. The sky, which had been sunny, turned red.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
In a post last week, I mentioned the many disasters that seemed to befall TV’s Brady family while on vacations. From losing Bobby in the Grand Canyon to getting locked in an old jailhouse, all on the same trip, one might be left with the impression that a family getaway is akin to playing with fire.
Why even bother going anywhere?
We go because trips can be a lot of fun. I have some great memories as a kid going from here to there in the car.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, family, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
There were two dogs throughout my youth, a pug named Sir George and a Great Dane named Duke. I guess the Dalys felt a certain kinship to English royalty, even as I poured Kool-Aid over my Cheerios. (There wasn’t always enough money for milk.)
Duke and Sir George were my sister’s dogs and so in many ways, I had the best of both worlds. I enjoyed playing with them under the warm California sun, but never had to feed or tend to their needs.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: kids, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
It’s not a trick question. When it comes to two single people of the opposite sex sharing a meal or a movie together, when does it become a “date” – as opposed to just two people of the opposite sex sharing a meal or a movie together?
A group of my colleagues and I were talking about this the other day. The consensus seemed to be centered on the matter of money.
If the guy pays, it’s probably a date.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: intimacy, marriage by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
If you ingest a steady dose of daily news, it would be easy to grow weary of the din of the average day, the discordant sounds of a culture awash in controversy. An issue may startle and grab you, but just as soon as you begin to digest it, another wild and upsetting story comes along, like the rolling tide of a stormy sea.
I was thinking about this the other day, pondering how it’s possible that both the president of the United States and the House of Representatives support sex-selection abortion.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: kids, parenting, pop culture, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I was struck by this full-page ad that ran in this past Sunday’s New York Times.
The advertisement was placed in response to the current debate about banning oversized soft drinks in New York City. Coke used the placement to remind consumers they offer a variety of package sizes, including a 7.5 ounce “portion-control” can.
In thinking about Coke’s main message, “everything in moderation, except fun,” I got to thinking there’s a parallel to our Christian faith.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, events by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
A heart-wrenching 10-minute video of 68-year-old bus monitor in upstate New York, Karen Klein, being bullied by middle school students has gone viral and is being played and replayed on cable news today.
In many ways, the video captures what is wrong with our culture. We see and hear students disrespecting an elder, hurling insults and horrible vulgarities. It is a microcosm of a broken system, of children running wild, at taxpayers’ expense, no less! We see Mrs.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Although they’re fictitious characters, a good many people have been “raised” by fathers on TV, for good or bad. On the heels of Father’s Day this past Sunday, I thought it would be fun to ask you to share with me who your favorite television dad is – and why?
Here are some choices, in no particular order, but please feel free to write in a candidate of your choice:
Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon, Little House on the Prairie)
“Pa” was a man’s man, a rugged frontiersman who was as tender as he was tough.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, entertainment by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s memoir, An American Son, was released this week. Born to Cuban refugees, his story is an inspiring and candid one. There is much to talk about concerning this rising star in the Republican party, but for now one specific reference in the book is worth noting.
Upon arriving in the Senate in 2010, Mr. Rubio forged a friendship with Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont. The elder Leahy counseled him on balancing his work with his family responsibilities.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: news, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Focus on the Family’s decision to endorse the National Association of Evangelical’s bipartisan proposal on immigration reform has ignited a spirited dialogue within Christendom. To be candid, this doesn’t surprise me.
Does it surprise you?
The issue is a complex one, especially when it comes to finding a practical solution to the stalemate over what to do with the 12 million plus individuals who are living without proper documentation within our country. It’s easy to reduce the issue to the numbers, but the numbers have names – and each name is a person created in the image and likeness of a loving God.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: news, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
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.Home
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