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George Linn might very well be alive today because he ordered a pizza.
This past Friday the Lakewood, Colorado man was awaiting delivery of a pie when he suffered a heart attack. His wife, Kami, was about to call 911 when Chris Wuebben, the pizza delivery man, showed up with their order.
Bad timing?
Hardly.
Mr. Wuebben had been a paramedic in Ilinois before moving to Colorado.
While Mrs. Linn called 911, Chris Wuebben administered CPR, stopping the heart attack.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, faith, humor by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I wrote last time about the media’s obsession with bad and sensational news. Sadly, the headlines are so often dominated by negative developments even though the world is full of beauty, wonder and yes, miracles. So much of life is based upon things unfolding behind the scenes outside our view. Our days, much more than we fully appreciate and acknowledge, are guided and controlled by God’s invisible hand.
In other words, what we see is not all there is.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: adoption, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Has BP finally plugged the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico? Did a federal judge really just overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act? Is the stock market still on its wild roller coaster ride?
I’m only asking because the news media has appeared obsessed these last few days with only two main subjects:
LeBron James and Lindsay Lohan.
To be clear, I have nothing against either of these individuals.
I’m happy for Mr. James and saddened for Ms.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
It’s been nearly two weeks since my motorcycle accident, and I’m finally back at the office. The left ankle is in a cast and healing, though doctors tell me I’m still twelve weeks away from being able to put any pressure on the foot itself. Despite the pain and the awkwardness of getting around and having to prop the foot up on pillows, it’s good to be on campus again.
As the old saying goes, sometimes a change is better than a rest.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, staff by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
There is an old saying that suggests a person’s worst difficulties begin when he is able to do what he likes.
I think there is wisdom within those words.
America will celebrate her 234th birthday on Sunday with its usual grand and glorious traditions. Don’t you just love all the pomp and pageantry, along with the flags and fireworks that accompany family and community gatherings?
What a day! Thank God for the United States of America.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
As a subject of conversation, death is an uncomfortable topic. Should it be?
Some of us are more intimately familiar with it than others, but it’s ultimately a reality that touches everyone. Having just survived a harrowing motorcycle accident and been spared serious injury, I’m sure you can appreciate the fact that this topic is on my mind.
In that context, let me take you back to something written by John Donne (1572-1631). Donne was both an English preacher and a prolific writer who lived at a time when church bells would regularly peal out across cities as part of funeral proceedings.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Would it shock or anger you to learn that your tax dollars have been paying for abortion, albeit indirectly, for years? Wait until you read some new figures just out this week in a report published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
During this past winter’s highly controversial debate over the universal health care bill, Focus on the Family and CitizenLink, along with other numerous other pro-life groups, fought passionately, though ultimately unsuccessfully, to prohibit the legislation’s inclusion of federally funded abortion coverage.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: policy, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
One of the treats about being a father and having children is the chance to watch yourself grow up all over again. Have you ever thought about it that way? I certainly have. Admittedly, life in 2010 is drastically different than it was in 1960s America when I was a boy, but the essence and wonder of childhood are primarily the same. Or is it?
There are many days when I catch a glimpse of Trent and Troy doing something that ushers me back 40 or so years.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: discipline, kids, parenting, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Are you living a fulfilled life? Are you content where you are?
Those always seem like good questions to ponder, but I think they’re especially relevant in light of the recent news concerning Al and Tipper Gore’s marital separation. Please stay with me here. I don’t read the gossip columns nor do I spend time reading the tabloids. But I do try and make sense of the times in which we live and, as such, I’m always processing what I see and hear.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: divorce, faith, family, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Does this scene sound somewhat familiar?
A young, married, pregnant woman is admitted to a hospital. She is in pain, but not quite sure what is happening. Early labor? Perhaps. Complications associated with the pregnancy? Maybe. After some tests are conducted, the diagnosis is made: Appendicitis.
The frightened woman is relieved and treated. But at the end of the surgery the doctor advises that her baby is likely to be born with a disability. Why? A consequence of the treatment which had been necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: pro-life 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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