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Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson died this past Friday. She was 84.
Born in Pittsburgh, Texas in 1926, Dr. Jefferson was the first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School (’51). She served as a surgeon at Boston University Medical Center and was a professor of surgery at the university’s medical school. She excelled in everything she pursued and ran in pretty high circles while doing it, but her greatest passion was for the very least among us: the unborn child.
Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
“Amy” looks like a typical 22 year-old college student. She is smart, focused, energetic and enthusiastic. She acts and talks with an eye towards a bright future, even thinking about law school after finishing her bachelor’s degree.
She is also not ashamed to be happy, though just over three years ago, she was told her life would be ruined unless she did the very thing she least wanted to do. Many of her friends may have disagreed with her choice, called her crazy and assured her that regret would follow all the days of her life.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Are you feeling a bit frazzled? If so, I hope you’ll tune in today to the second part (Part one is available here) of a two-day broadcast. To listen, simply click here.
Our guest is my friend Dr. Richard Swenson. Dr. Swenson is a trained medical physician who served for 27 years in both private practice and as an instructor with the University of Wisconsin. He left the profession when he felt God was leading him to be what he calls a “watchman on the wall”–someone who interprets the signs of the times.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, technology by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
GUEST BLOG
Catalyst 2010: A Movement of Restorers
Esther Fleece
Where can you find 13,000 multi-generational leaders who wholeheartedly desire to serve God’s purpose within their generation?
The Catalyst conference in Atlanta is a great place to start.
Thousands of “grass top” leaders gathered there last week, displaying a beautiful spirit of unity among evangelical subgroups.
It’s not an overstatement to suggest those in attendance are changing the world.
How?
One person at a time.
Groups like TOMS Shoes celebrated an incredible milestone of giving the one millionth pair of new shoes to a child in need.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, events, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
If you’re a guy and attend either a male-led small group or Bible study, or even pay the slightest attention to discussions about gender, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the catchphrase, “Man Up!”
What does it even mean?
My friend and Focus on the Family board member and president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Al Mohler, has an opinion. Responding to a recent Newsweek cover story on the subject of modern masculinity, Dr. Mohler wrote the following:
A true masculinity is grounded in a man’s determination to fulfill his manhood in being a good husband, father, citizen, worker, leader, and friend — one who makes a difference, fulfills a role for others, and devotes his life to these tasks.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family, husband by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
He was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, a Jewish son of Nettie and Martin, and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
As a child, he sparred with his tough-minded mother, who worked in a delicatessen at the same time his father toiled away as an accountant. There was always tension in the family, a functional dysfunction. His parents didn’t get along, and they stumbled through a rocky marriage.
As a young boy, Allan attended Hebrew school for eight years, spoke Yiddish and found his niche making people laugh, most likely out of self-preservation and as a way to make sense of the senseless.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I am pleased to join several of my friends and colleagues in adding my name to a simple but straightforward statement, published in a full-page advertisement, in today’s New York Times.
It’s sponsored by the American Bible Society. It reads as follows:
“Burning the Qur’an does not illuminate the Bible.”
The ad, along with its signatories, can be viewed by clicking here.
Of course, this was in response to the planned “Burn the Qur’an Day” which was scheduled for this coming Saturday down in Gainesville, Florida.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
As promised, here is the first chapter of my new book, Stronger: Trading Brokenness for Unbreakable Strength.
Thanks for reading along!
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Chapter 1: When I Am Weak
This isn’t how it works in the movies.
On a chilly Sunday morning in December, David Works and his family—his wife, Marie, and daughters Stephanie, Laurie, Rachel, and Grace—finish worshipping at New Life Church in Colorado Springs.
As usual, they stay after the service to enjoy conversation with friends.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family, promos by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
“Writing a book is an adventure,” wrote Winston Churchill.
“To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.”
Leave it to Winston Churchill to paint a colorful picture with words.
But on a related note, the mistress crack notwithstanding, today is September 1st, the official release date of my new book from Cook Communications, Stronger: Trading Brokenness for Unbreakable Strength.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Have you ever overslept? Who hasn’t?
But when was the last time doing so potentially caused you to miss out on a $10 million paycheck?
Professional golfer Jim Furyk overslept yesterday and missed his tee time at a pro-am event in New Jersey. He said he had set his alarm on his cell phone but didn’t realize its battery was low. The phone died overnight. Mr. Furyk woke up 7 minutes before he was scheduled to begin play.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, news 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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