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Connecting with Your Spouse for a Lifetime

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Connecting with Your Spouse for a Lifetime

Let me ask you this: Which part of your marriage relationship do you believe will develop the deepest intimacy?

Here are your choices:

Sexuality
Emotions
Spiritual connection

They each have their place, of course, but all things considered, spiritual connection with your spouse will create a deeper, more meaningful connection than the other two areas.

Here’s why. The benefits of spiritual intimacy naturally spill over to the other two areas, but not necessarily the other way around.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, marriage February 14, 2019 by Jim Daly

A Mother’s Influence on Her Son

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A Mother’s Influence on Her Son

Mom, you play a pivotal role in your son’s life.

It’s you who will help your son learn how to communicate verbally, to express his emotion, and to share his feelings – things he’s not as likely to learn from his dad.

You’re also the primary woman who will demonstrate how your son ought to treat other women – with love, strength, kindness, and character.

Then, along about junior high, your relationship with your son will begin to shift.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, mom, parenting February 7, 2019 by Jim Daly

Trusting God with Your Adult Child

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Trusting God with Your Adult Child

I know of a couple whose daughter disappeared from home in a fit of rebellion on her 18thbirthday. Her parents were devastated. For years, they didn’t know if she was alive or dead.

Early on, her mother made a simple decision. Every night – all night – she would turn on the porch light. It was an unspoken message to her daughter: “You’re always welcome home.”

Many nights, tears streamed down that mother’s face as she locked the front door, switched on the light, and prayed for her daughter.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, kids, parenting February 1, 2019 by Jim Daly

The Power of a Father’s Words

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The Power of a Father’s Words

Author Joe Pellegrino discovered it’s never too late to let your children know you love ‘em. When his son Joey was little, Joe taught him to play baseball.  As a challenge, he told Joey, “If you hit the ball over my head, I’ll buy you the Lego pirate ship you’ve been wanting.”

As Joe remembers the story, Joey never hit the ball over his head. Joey remembers the day differently.  Over the years, those differences in memory occasionally came up. 

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, father, kids January 29, 2019 by Jim Daly

Starting Your Marriage Out Right

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Starting Your Marriage Out Right

Years ago, while working as a camp counselor, author Craig Jutila floated on a canoe to the center of the lake for a few quiet hours alone. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and the water was completely still.

It was after hours, and no other boats were out. So he did the only sensible thing: With an extra life jacket for his pillow, he nestled in for a short nap.

An hour later, he woke up to the voices of strangers.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, marriage January 18, 2019 by Jim Daly

Helping Your Teen Become an Adult

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Helping Your Teen Become an Adult

Imagine your boss asking you to train someone so well that you’d no longer be needed. What would you do? That’s an important question to answer because that’s precisely your role in the life of your child.

As your children grow older, they’ll naturally and progressively seek their own identity apart from you. That path toward independence prepares them for adulthood, but it can be painful for you. It’ll feel like they no longer need you.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, kids, parenting January 17, 2019 by Jim Daly

Coming to Tucker Carlson’s Defense

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Coming to Tucker Carlson’s Defense

Do you watch Tucker Carlson’s show on FOX News?

A few weeks ago, the popular television host offered a bold and pointed commentary on how the decline of marriage and family is driving the majority of the poverty in our nation. (You can watch and read the text here.)

He didn’t so much lay this decline at the feet of declining morals, but poor economic policies perpetuated over the last few decades by the growth of Big Government.

Topics: Current Events Tags: events, faith, family, marriage January 16, 2019 by Jim Daly

Saving Your Marriage from Divorce

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Saving Your Marriage from Divorce

There’s good news about bad marriages: No matter how dire your circumstances, there is hope. When a marriage enters dangerous territory, the journey out isn’t easy, but the results can be beautiful.

Dr. David Clarke has a proven 90-day strategy for getting a broken marriage on track toward healing and intimacy. He says healing begins by identifying the type of marriage you’re in:

First is the couple who admits they’re unhappy and struggling, but are willing to work on it.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, divorce, faith, family, marriage January 8, 2019 by Jim Daly

The Christmas Pajamas I Never Forgot

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The Christmas Pajamas I Never Forgot

What’s the most thoughtful Christmas present you’ve ever received? 

Technology gifts tend to top the “most popular” lists these days. From iPhones to iPads, video games to flat screen television sets, holiday giving can be an inordinately expensive undertaking – if you’re so inclined to follow current trends. According to Gallup, the average American will spend $885 on gifts this year, and a third will shell out more than a $1000.  

At the risk of dating myself, Christmas gift-giving looked a lot different back when I was a child.

Topics: Current Events Tags: christmas, faith, family December 19, 2018 by Jim Daly

Game Plan for Raising Well-Behaved Children

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Game Plan for Raising Well-Behaved Children

Dr. Kevin Leman humorously says of children, “We have seen the enemy, and they are small. They’re unionized. The ‘ankle-biter battalion’ is on the move, so you better have a game plan.”

I’m sure many parents would heartily agree with that assessment. To that end, Dr. Leman is with us on our program “Game Plan for Raising Well-Behaved Children” to share a wealth of practical tips that can bring order to the chaos in your home more quickly than you might think possible.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, kids, parenting December 6, 2018 by Jim Daly

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Jim-Daly 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.

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