Focus Events Archives

Adventures in Odyssey Fans Will Want to Read This

Do you know someone who’d jump at the chance at having access to Adventures in Odyssey’s entire library of 700-plus episodes?

Are you one of the many college students and adults who secretly listen to AIO on your mp3 player?

Are you a parent of little ones looking for fun ways to invest in their spiritual growth?

If you can identify with any of the above questions, Focus’ new Odyssey Adventure Club is for you.

The Odyssey Adventure Club provides fans with exclusive new monthly episodes and video documentaries.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: entertainment, kids, parenting, promos January 6, 2014 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Reaching the World Online Through Our Digital Engagement Center

Focus on the Family’s perennial calling to help families thrive recently received a huge boost when we unveiled our “Digital Engagement Center.”

This newly constructed, state-of-the-art social media command center uses cutting-edge technology to help our family-help specialists directly reach families searching online for advice to life’s challenges. In the past, we were only able to help people who came to us for help. And while hundreds of thousands of people do come to us for help every month, we’re also very excited about being able to proactively seeking out people who may not know Focus offers this kind of support.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: faith, marriage, parenting, technology December 16, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Click Here for the Best Programs of the Year

If you’re a regular listener to our daily radio program, you know that each December we re-air some of our most popular broadcasts of the year.

Simply put, it’s the “best of the best,” and I want to share the schedule with you below, complete with links for easy access.

Wherever you are, you can catch the broadcast on the radio, online or even via our mobile app.

If you want to find out what local stations carry the Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast, you can access it at this link.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: broadcast, faith, marriage, parenting, relationships December 10, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Give the Gift of Family this Christmas

Everything we do at Focus on the Family is made possible by friends like you – and we want you to know just how your contributions make a difference in the lives of so many.

The infographic at right details how many people – real families, marriages, children – are impacted by our resources, websites and counselors.

From marriages saved, to families strengthening their faith, to saving babies from abortion… God is doing great things through His ministry called Focus on the Family.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: marriage, parenting, pro-life December 6, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

VIDEO: What Are You Known For?

I recently had the opportunity to sit down and tell a story via video that will be shown at this year’s Catalyst conference in Atlanta, Ga. If you’re not familiar with Catalyst, it’s an organization that works to shape the next generation of leaders. Its annual conferences have drawn more than 100,000 young men and women eager to learn how to serve and lead others in a Christlike way. My friend, Brad Lomenick, heads up the movement and does a great job of bringing together people this next generation needs to hear.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: church, events, pop culture October 2, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Meet Focus on the Family’s V.I.P. Guest

Here at Focus, we’ve been privileged to welcome many influential people for visits. Some are well-known Christian leaders and others are from the entertainment and sports worlds. We’ve hosted politicians and even public figures who passionately disagree with some of what we believe. Whoever it has been, we’ve been delighted to meet and host them on our campus.

As memorable as these opportunities are, however, they just don’t compare to the critically ill young boys and girls who have visited through the years thanks to the work of organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: family, kids, parenting, staff September 27, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Subscribe to Thriving Family Magazine — for Free!

Did you know that you can subscribe to Thriving Family, Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting publication, for free?

This magazine is perfect for today’s busy families – it offers great, practical advice and Bible-based insights to help you carry out the toughest (but most important) jobs on earth. With timely content on everything from meal prep to family devotionals, I am confident that Thriving Family will be a blessing.

You can check Thriving Family out online or sign up for your free subscription here.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: promos August 26, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Have You Heard About the Day of Dialogue?

This won’t come as a shock, but there seems to be precious little tolerance for the views and opinions of Christians in public schools lately.

Here are just three examples of the escalating tension involving the expression of faith within educational circles:

Christian student groups are being told they can’t require their own club leaders to share their biblical beliefs.
An esteemed university for deaf students placed its chief ‘diversity’ officer on leave after she signed a petition in favor of allowing voters to have a referendum on a same-sex marriage law.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: events, faith, religious liberty April 16, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Focus Featured in The New York Times

Saturday’s print edition of The New York Times featured an exclusive profile on Focus on the Family. You can access the piece by clicking here.

As I’ve shared countless times on the radio, I believe it’s our responsibility as Christians to be willing to go wherever the Lord leads us. For me this includes being willing to talk with anyone at any time about anything. It stems from my heart for evangelism and my desire to share the good news of the Gospel with those who do not know Him.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: faith, news, pop culture, staff March 12, 2013 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Look at What God Has Done!

It’s always exciting to review events of the past year.

That’s because it’s only when you step back do you often fully appreciate all that the Lord has been doing in your life.

Just over the stairs in our main building here in Colorado Springs hangs a wonderful verse of Scripture:

“…and all the people were very happy because of what God had accomplished so quickly” (2 Chronicles 29:36, T.L.B.).

I love that verse. It also accurately sums up the year 2012 here at Focus on the Family.

Topics: Focus Events Tags: news, staff December 26, 2012 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura