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Are you a fan of Oprah Winfrey or did you ever watch her popular television program over the last twenty-five years?
In a recent essay in the Wall Street Journal to mark the end of her award-winning show, writer Joanne Kaufman offered an interesting observation:
To watch Oprah, who just wrapped up 25 years of syndicated pastoral work – her last hour of power, number 4,561, aired Wednesday – was to be part of a congregation of true believers.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
For many, it’s the ever elusive dream:
Who doesn’t want to be fit, smart and have enough resources to make ends meet? It’s very often easier said than done. But now, according to recently released census data, the quickest way to happiness is also the oldest way:
Get and stay married.
According to a Heritage Foundation report:
Intact families tend to fare better financially and marital satisfaction has been linked to better physical and emotional health.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, finances by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
America has become a peculiar place, especially for people of faith in general, and Christianity in particular.
Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments involving a religious discrimination case out of Plano, Texas. Students of several elementary schools in that district have been strictly prohibited from referencing Christmas and even vague Christian references and symbols.
This means that red and green Christmas colors are banned from the classroom in December, and students who write cards to soldiers or shut-ins at retirement homes are not permitted to write “Merry Christmas” on any of the correspondence.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith, policy by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The editors of FOXNews.com published the following editorial of mine on their website today. I thought you would appreciate knowing about the piece and would welcome and invite your feedback.
Why the Same-Sex Marriage Experiment Will Not Work
Throughout its grand history, America has regularly been willing to reevaluate cultural norms, especially when the change that challenges the status quo promises to right a wrong or advance and improve the social welfare. Many of these watershed movements have delivered precisely and as powerfully as promised (woman’s suffrage and civil rights) while others have failed (prohibition and no-fault divorce).
Topics: Family and Home Tags: homosexuality by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The latest high profile sex-scandal surrounding the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahan, brings to mind comments from a previous guest on the Focus on the Family radio program.
Steve Farrar, author of Point Man: How a Man Can Lead His Family, once wrote:
“If you were accused of sexual indiscretion, would your family, friends and co-workers fall down on the floor laughing because the charge was so ridiculous?”
It’s always shocking and sad when a person of influence is accused of a violent crime, as Strauss-Kahan has been for allegedly raping a hotel maid in New York City.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Children are incredibly observant creatures, regularly keying in on that which you think sailed right over their heads. If you’re a mom or dad, you know they’re also astoundingly perceptive, which is why this essay written from a child’s perspective resonated with me. The author is unknown. But I think it will strike you in a similar manner.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: kids, parenting by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
By now you’ve picked up on the buzz that, according to Harold Camping of Family Radio, the rapture will occur this coming Saturday, May 21st. He’s even gone so far as to predict the exact time (6 PM), though there’s some confusion concerning time zones around the world.
So, May 21st, give or take a few hours.
This isn’t the first time that Mr. Camping predicted the Second Coming. He had previously proclaimed Jesus would return in September of 1994.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Several years ago an enterprising individual began marketing a line of t-shirts. Printed in large bold lettering across the front of the shirt was a variation of this message:
“(Fill in the blank) Is Life. The Rest Is Just Details.”
They sold millions of them.
Largely, I think, because we tend to see our passions (family, sports, music, art, etc.) as the center of our life – and everything on the periphery is just the small stuff.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The late Dwight Eisenhower, a five-star general and the 34th president of the United States, was once asked who he believed to be the greatest man he’d ever met. He replied in a snap:
“It wasn’t a man. It was a woman – my mother. She had little schooling, but her educated mind, her wisdom, came from a lifelong study of the Bible. One night we were playing a card game, mother, my brothers and I.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
There’s news out of Great Britain this morning that scientists have devised and perfected a blood test that proposes to predict how long you can expect to live.
It’s scheduled to be available by the end of the year.
By almost every account, this is not medical quackery, but instead a highly technical development that’s been years in the making.
Scientists believe a person’s “biological age” can be measured by examining the length of their telomeres, which is another word for the tips of their chromosomes.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: news, 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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