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Finding Healing After an Abortion

According to data from the Guttmacher Institute, established in 1968 as a subsidiary of Planned Parenthood, one in four women in the United States have an abortion. Evangelical Protestants have abortions at approximately half that rate, which is a better percentage overall but still uncomfortably high.

Author Camille Cates has experienced both sides of the abortion issue. When she entered high school, she gave in to pressure to be sexually active and became pregnant. Though raised in a Christian home, her parents suggested that she have an abortion.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith October 30, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Bringing Good News to Kids in Public School

For more than 45 years, elementary students across America have had a legal right to attend elective offsite Bible classes during their public-school day. “Released time” laws allow students to attend religious training opportunities of their choice.

Bible2School (B2S) is one such program. Located in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho and Texas, B2S isn’t extracurricular; it takes place during the school day and, according to the Supreme Court, is a protected Constitutional right in all 50 states.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith, family September 29, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Finding God’s Love When You Feel Broken

Some people are “quietly” broken. They’ll put a smile on their face and tell you, “I’m fine,” but they feel lonely, depressed and inadequate.

For many, that brokenness began with a trauma that caused them to doubt their worth. Others felt wounded by a parent who wasn’t physically or emotionally available. For these reasons and many others, children become adults who chase the approval of others.

What they need – what we all need – is “The Blessing,” a concept introduced on Focus on the Family decades ago by Dr.

Topics: Uncategorized September 12, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Forming New Habits for Your Marriage

The stress of daily life takes a toll on even the happiest couples – which is why marriage and family counselor Dr. Randy Schroeder says seeking marital happiness is unrealistic. A better approach is to pursue consistent marital satisfaction. How? Good habits.

Dr. Schroeder offers four “daily essentials” for creating good habits in your marriage:

“Goodbye, I love you.” Whoever leaves the house first should initiate this.

“Goodnight, I love you.” Whoever goes to bed first should initiate this.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: family September 9, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Parenting Teens to Adulthood

At what age do children become adults, 16, 18, 21? Answers among parents likely vary widely.

Psychologist, author, and expert in adolescent and family relationships, Dr. Ken Wilgus, says adulthood isn’t a moment in time as much as a process of growth that he calls “Progressive Emancipation,” which he describes as “marshaling an orderly retreat out of your teenagers’ lives.” In other words, parents should deliberately work their way out of their parental responsibilities by the time their child leaves home.

Topics: Uncategorized August 28, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Probability, Not Promise

One of the greatest challenges a parent can face is an adult child who rejects the values they were taught growing up. It’s tough to watch a child turn away from honesty, kindness and good character in favor of lies, selfishness and unwise choices. You may even wonder where you went wrong as a parent. Let me encourage you with a few ideas:

The first is to recognize that your child’s decisions are not your fault, at least not entirely.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith, family August 27, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

President Trump and the Biblical Justification for Government Restraining Evil

President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. comes in the wake of the capital city’s horrific spike in crime.

Despite claims to the contrary, the 68 square miles on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia hasn’t been a safe place to be for a long time. Anyone who has been there recently can attest to the area’s problems. When it comes to what he sees outside the White House windows and when driving by in his motorcade, President Trump didn’t mince his words.

“[Washington, D.C.] has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people, and we’re not going to let it happen anymore,” declared Mr.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith August 12, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Finding Hope and Healing from Trauma

Every day Focus on the Family hears from good people who have faced difficult, even tragic, life circumstances, people who feel haunted by disturbing memories and who endure life with a sense of agony and desperation.

According to statistics, more people today are exposed to traumatic circumstances than past generations:

Over two-thirds of people experience a traumatic event by the age of 16 years old.

More than 70% of people report experiencing at least one traumatic event in their lifetime.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith August 5, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Bringing Hope and Healing Through Rescued Horses

When Kim Meeder was a child, she considered her father something of a superhero. He didn’t wear a cape, fly, or leap tall buildings, but there wasn’t much else she felt he couldn’t do. As for her mother, she was the most beautiful and loving woman in the world, and Kim wanted to grow up to be just like her.

But when Kim was nine years old, she lost both her mom and dad in a horrific tragedy that shattered her heart.

Topics: Uncategorized July 24, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Making Parenting Fun

I love summer. When my boys were younger, that meant camping with my family. We loved getting outdoors and parking our fifth wheel in some remote location where the sounds of nature aren’t drowned out by cars and busyness.

When there was a lake nearby, the first thing my boys would do is grab rocks to throw into the water. The bigger the better. For them, it was all about the splash. Me? I was intrigued by the ripples.

Topics: Uncategorized Tags: faith, family July 22, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura