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Just the other day a colleague forwarded me an excerpt from a marvelous C.S. Lewis essay. It is titled, The Grand Miracle. What wonderful Christmas imagery! I loved it – and thought you would as well:
“He comes down from the heights of absolute being into time and space, down into humanity; down further still…to the very roots and seabed of the Nature He has created. But He goes down to come up again and bring the whole ruined world up with Him.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The year’s “it” Christmas present changes from year to year … or does it?
Back in 1983, parents were fighting over Cabbage Patch dolls. “Elmo-mania” swept the country during the Christmas of 1996 as moms and dads did the impossible to get their children “Tickle Me Elmo” toys. The Nintendo Wii was all the rage in 2006. And in their zeal to make sure Timmy and Susie found the year’s hottest presents under the tree, too many parents found themselves pushed, shoved and even injured.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, kids, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
What’s your favorite Christmas memory?
We asked a wide variety of Focus on the Family broadcast listeners that same question, and their answers were eye-opening.
Very few of them responded with the stereotypically “perfect” Yuletide moment.
Some of the stories we heard were funny and others will bring a tear to your eye. We learned about some strange family traditions, tales of last goodbyes and lifelong prayers answered.
Their stories were a good reminder: Christmas doesn’t have to be “perfect” to be wonderful.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The question has been asked, “Is Christmas still relevant?” In our modern, enlightened world, with information at our fingertips and life moving forward at breakneck speed, does this holiday even have anything to offer us anymore? What does the “archaic” Christian tradition of celebrating the seemingly obscure birth of a baby born more than 2,000 years ago even mean in a modern context?
For me, it means everything.
Because I’m not as smart and self-sufficient as I’d like to think I am.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The buzz surrounding Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson is growing after it was announced last night that he was being put on “indefinite hiatus” from his incredibly popular show on A&E.
Television executives made the move after Robertson’s quotes during an interview with GQ Magazine were recently published. [Caution: Graphic language] In the course of the wide-ranging discussion, Robertson talked about sin and homosexuality. He also paraphrased a Scripture passage from 1 Corinthians 6 and expressed in rather indelicate terms the anatomical realities of homosexuality.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Being single during the holidays is the stuff movies, blog posts and TV show plot lines are made of. While they’re usually making light of how “awkward” things are for singles during Christmas, others try to look on the bright side of things.
I’m not belittling the importance of the topic. Our own outreach for single adults, Boundless, has a plethora of resources addressing the issue – and for good reason. God created us for community and companionship.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, marriage, parenting, relationships by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
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 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
For more than 35 years now, Focus on the Family has been sharing the wonderful truth about God’s design for family. This time, we’re doing it on the big screen.
Again and again, culture tries to deconstruct, discredit and dismiss God’s design for family. That’s why in our first feature-length film, “Irreplaceable,” host Tim Sisarich (who heads up Focus on the Family New Zealand) will go on a journey to try and figure out who has it right: God, or culture?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, entertainment, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Waiters and tipping have been in the news a lot lately. Consider these stories:
A lesbian waitress at a New Jersey restaurant that claimed a family left a judgmental note instead of a tip (an allegation that was proved a hoax)
A St. Louis-area server who posted a receipt signed by a pastor that says, “I give God 10% why do you get 18” (the pastor later apologized and said folks at her table left cash tips)
There has to be a reason these stories go viral.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
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 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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