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I shared with you yesterday a popular email that’s been going around, and here is another. While I’m certainly no animal behaviorist and so can’t vouch for the specifics here, I do appreciate the principle it illustrates:
THE BUZZARD:
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
Here is an email that’s been making the rounds. How does it strike you?
Ever wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, technology by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
SILENT NIGHT: The Song Heard Round The World
The traditional story is that Rev. Josef Mohr (1792-1848) and Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) wrote it in Oberndorf, Austria, on Christmas Eve when they discovered the church organ was damaged (different versions say it rusted out, or mice chewed through vital parts3).
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Hardly has a Christmas hymn undergone so many changes to get from what was originally written, to what we sing today.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
JOY TO THE WORLD
Isaac Watts published the words for this hymn in 1719. He had written his first hymn in 1692 at the age of 18 as a protest against what he thought was the low quality of songs in Anglican hymnals.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, entertainment, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
ANGELS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY
There is considerable disagreement among experts concerning this carol. Several give it as a loose translation or paraphrase of an 18th century French noel, Les Anges dans nos Campanges (including both Elizabeth Poston and William Studwell).
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, entertainment, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
History isn’t just dry dates and statistics. History is human. History can be a great source of strength and affirmation, an aide to navigation, especially in dark and dangerous times. And the words and music we love that have stood the test of time mean still more when we know their story.
– David McCullough, American historian and author
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
Cecil Frances Alexander took her position as an Anglican bishop’s wife very seriously.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, entertainment, faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
To many, Christmas is the season of angels, and I’m not referring to Clarence Odbody, George Bailey’s fictional guardian angel (Second Class) in the perennial holiday favorite It’s a Wonderful Life.
During Advent and Christmas we remember Gabriel’s historic appearances to Zechariah (Luke 1:11-20) and, of course, Mary (Luke 1:26-38), as well as the angel’s message to Joseph (Matthew 1:20). Then there is the angel who appeared to the shepherds (Luke 2:9-14) announcing Jesus’ birth. And finally, we remember the angel who appeared to Joseph again in a dream, warning him of Herod’s intent to kill his newborn son and advising him to escape with the family to Egypt.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, faith, promos by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
It came as a shock last week to learn that Bibles had been banned at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The official memo, issued by the hospital’s Chief of Staff, C.W. Callahan, was blunt and to the point:
“No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.”
Yet, just as soon as the stunning and disturbing news spread, the ban was rescinded.
Sandy Dean, a public affairs officer at Walter Reed, tried to explain the origin of the offensive policy.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, policy, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
He arrived at a time when the nation was fearful and fighting malaise, hungry for a hero to root for, eager to find hope amidst the dark clouds of uncertainty.
That the “he” was a three-year-old thoroughbred racehorse made no difference. After all, Americans enjoy rooting for the little guy, especially when that little guy is criticized and counted out by so-called experts.
Do you remember the story?
It was 1938, smack in the middle of the Great Depression.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture 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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