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“When it comes to a professional career, what percentage of people do you think are doing what they really want to do?”
A colleague of mine recently posed that question to Kurt Warner, the former NFL quarterback and host of a new reality show titled “The Moment.”
What would you guess was his answer?
According to Kurt, it’s between 25 and 30 percent. Put another way, nearly three-quarters of Americans would rather be doing something else for a living.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Have you ever wondered where great ideas come from? The simple answer to that question is, of course, people. But why do some people get them and others don’t?
If you ask me, God is constantly planting thoughts in our minds, or permitting us to cross paths with someone who will inevitably trigger a thought or do something that sets off the spark of creative energy inside of us. But what about those seemingly “dull days” when you’re feeling tired and uninspired?
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Karla Dial is our talented editor of Citizen Magazine. In this month’s issue she penned a wonderful profile piece on the History Channel’s epic miniseries The Bible. Since its debut on March 3rd, over 68 million people have tuned in to watch this magnificent dramatization of God’s Word. Many of them have been people curious about Christianity. I hope they (and you!) will continue to watch this coming Sunday.
Because I’m so eager to encourage people to watch, I want to share with you a brief excerpt from Karla’s cover story in Citizen about the show.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
“Jesus is coming!”
This weekend, on television, that is.
So says Roma Downey, the co-executive producer of History Channel’s The Bible. “He’s the ‘leading man’ of the Bible’s grand story of God’s love for us, and he makes his entrance this week.”
She sent me a clip earlier today of Sunday’s episode and I wanted to share it with you here:
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I received an email from Roma Downey and Mark Burnett yesterday about Sunday night’s premier of History Channel’s “The Bible,” which garnered nearly 15 million viewers.
Here’s what she wrote:
Number one on tv…Number one on history website…Number one on twitter. People all over our nation are talking about the Bible. People are talking about God , what a blessing that is…
It begins!
We are so grateful to you all for your love and encouragement and prayers.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The following essay was penned for The Wall Street Journal by our friends, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett.
As a friend of mine wrote on Facebook this morning, “All thoughtful, no thumping.”
But what do you think?
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Why Public Schools Should Teach the Bible
Westerners cannot be considered literate without a basic knowledge of this foundational text.
By ROMA DOWNEY AND MARK BURNETT
The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2013
Have you ever sensed in your own life that “the handwriting was on the wall”?
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, kids, pop culture, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The highly anticipated five-week miniseries, The Bible, debuts this coming Sunday, March 3, on the History Channel.
Produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice) and his wife Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) the ten-hour presentation is a dramatic and ambitious project. It’s also a labor of love for the Burnetts, who began this endeavor with a noble and classically evangelistic goal: to encourage people to read the Bible.
Let’s face it – it takes some moxie to lift up the Bible in the middle of Hollywood.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, faith, pop culture by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The following “Kid President” video is the creation of actor Rainn Wilson. It’s been making the rounds on the Internet and has become something of a sensation.
If you haven’t seen it, take three minutes and give it a look.
And then do something because, well, in the words of the Kid President, “The world needs you to stop being boring.”
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, kids, technology by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The Barna Group released a new study last week finding almost two-thirds (64%) of Americans believe professional athletes have a greater influence on society than faith leaders. The report also suggested most people are increasingly comfortable with the blending of faith and sports, even to the point of having no problem with the fact that an athlete like Tim Tebow is widely seen as a more effective ambassador of the Christian faith than a given national religious figure.
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How are friendships forged and formed?
There are many ways, of course, from the traditional to the unorthodox, but C.S. Lewis once put it this way:
Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another: “What! You too?”
Dan Cathy is the president of Chick-fil-A and the son of the company’s founder, Truett Cathy. Dan is also a friend of mine, and I was reminded again this week of how much I appreciate the man when I saw a column about him from a homosexual activist in the Huffington Post.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, faith, relationships 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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