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This past weekend, Tim Goeglein, one of my colleagues at Focus, visited New York City’s Ground Zero Memorial.
There, at the southern tip of Manhattan, the names of all the twin tower victims are etched into the walls of one of the two waterfall cascades that commemorate where the two towers stood, and fell.
All the victims are memorialized…including the unborn child of a woman named Vanessa Lang Langer.
The child was known to her family and God.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, kids, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Just when you didn’t think Penn State’s sexual abuse scandal could get any worse, last week’s independent investigation revealed that it’s done just that.
A seven-month study comprised of more than 400 interviews and a review of 3.5 million documents found that top university officials seemingly cared more about the school’s football program than they did the safety of innocent children.
It turns one’s stomach to think of the abuse of any child, let alone a child abused by a predator who was being protected by people with the power to prevent the evil.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, relationships by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Possibly one of the most devastating things that can happen to us as Christians is that we cease to expect anything to happen. This may be one of our greatest troubles today.We come to our services, and they are orderly, they are nice – we come, we go – and sometimes they are timed almost to the minute. But that is not Christianity, my friend. Where is the Lord of glory?
Where is the One sitting by the well?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith, family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
If you had only a few minutes to gather up a few select treasures of your life before fleeing a raging inferno, what would you take – and what would you leave behind?
Families in Colorado Springs were faced with this very question this past Tuesday. In just a matter of minutes, a wildfire that had been contained in canyons bordering the city swept down through the hillsides. The sky, which had been sunny, turned red.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, news by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
In a post last week, I mentioned the many disasters that seemed to befall TV’s Brady family while on vacations. From losing Bobby in the Grand Canyon to getting locked in an old jailhouse, all on the same trip, one might be left with the impression that a family getaway is akin to playing with fire.
Why even bother going anywhere?
We go because trips can be a lot of fun. I have some great memories as a kid going from here to there in the car.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, family, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
To see a vintage advertisement is to get a brief peek into the past:
Wrisley – Father’s Day, Wrisley Spruce for Dad (1945)
Recognized Hatter – Father’s Day, Straw Hat (1946)
Studebaker– Car Craftsmanship, Father/Son Photo (1946)
US Steel – Father/Son Gardening Theme (1946)
Inter Woven Socks – Father’s Day (1951)
Anaconda Copper – Father & Son Workshop Art (1951)
Thermos Products – Father’s Day (1959)
Shulton Old Spice – Fathers Day Sailboats (1960)
A very Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and grandpas!
Topics: Family and Home Tags: events, family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Here’s the scenario:
If you could turn back the clock and spend one last day with your father, what would you do? If your dad is still living, what would be the ideal way to enjoy his company?
Father’s Day, which is this coming Sunday, doesn’t receive nearly the same degree of attention as Mother’s Day. Nevertheless, millions of dads will still be hailed as heroes, and rightly so.
Not everyone has a happy story or good memories of their upbringing.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
John Strege is a friend and a talented author and writer for Golf Digest. He recently penned a moving story about a son’s last round of golf with his dying father at Pebble Beach.
John writes:
It began as a dream, a boy, 16, and his father, descending the steps behind The Lodge at Pebble Beach and gazing wistfully at Eden. Some day, the boy vowed on behalf of both of them, before life intervened, as inevitably it will.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I recently came across an excellent article from Abraham Piper, the son of author and pastor John Piper. For parents who are currently struggling with a child (of any age) who has either strayed from their Christian faith or never professed Jesus as Lord of their life, this will serve as practical guidance to help you manage what is a very difficult reality.
Do you resonate with the following sentiments? If you do, I’d like to know what you’re currently struggling with and how you’re managing.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, faith, family, homosexuality by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Dr. Al Mohler is a dear friend and member of the Focus on the Family Board of Directors. He has one of the sharpest minds of anyone I know and I deeply value his input and counsel concerning many matters, both personal and professional.
Al was recently invited to contribute to CNN’s Belief Blog and deftly answered a question that is being asked in many circles today:
If the Bible condemns many sins, why do Christians seem to focus on the sin of homosexuality?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, family, homosexuality 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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