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From NBC News…a story of true love:
A woman who lived in a coma for 42 years, meticulously cared for by her family, died Wednesday in her home in Miami Gardens, Fla., the Miami Herald reported.
Edwarda O’Bara was a 16-year-old high school student in 1970 when she became sick from her diabetes medication and slipped into a diabetic coma.
According to the Herald, just before she lost consciousness, Edwarda asked her mother, Kaye O’Bara, to never leave her side, and her family never did.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, news, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
In honor of National Adoption Month, five wonderful and inspirational quotes:
Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.
– Mother Teresa
Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson: Any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child. I have born two children and had seven others by adoption, and they are all my children, equally beloved and precious.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: adoption, kids, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I’d like to invite you to listen to our radio broadcast today that features a conversation with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee about the election. The program can be accessed here.
In the midst of our visit, I asked Governor Huckabee to address the argument that many twenty and thirty-something Christians make when supporting a candidate that supports abortion and same-sex marriage. They often tell me that yes, those issues (life and marriage) are important, but there’s so many other things we should be thinking about like the environment, poverty and social justice.
Topics: Current Events Tags: kids, policy, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The election is over, and I sense there’s something of a gloomy spirit in many conservative corners of the country this morning.
Analysts and pundits, and even the candidates themselves, billed this year’s contest as a crossroads of great consequence.
They were right.
As many Christians who see the confluence of our faith and the many issues of culture, we poured our hearts and souls into this year’s election. We donated our time and gave of our treasure.
Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, policy, pro-life, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
Well, this is it. It’s Election Day in America. If you haven’t yet voted, what’s keeping you?
As we await the returns later this evening, it seems fitting to share an old story of presidential kindness. It was first told by former presidential speechwriter and Wall Street Journal columnist, Peggy Noonan. It’s not an urban myth but a true account from another time.
Here is the story, as told by Ms. Noonan:
The Story of Frances Green
Frances Green was an 83-year-old woman who lived in California.
Topics: Current Events Tags: events, policy, pro-life, religious liberty by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
On Tuesday we must vote through the filter of the morals and values by which we live.
We all know the issues in this year’s election:
The economy. Jobs. The ongoing and multifaceted threat of terrorism. Abortion policy. Health care and what role the government ought to play in it. Whether same-sex marriage should be legalized nationwide. Immigration.
There is no shortage of deeply held, passionately articulated opinions on these matters. You talk about them with your friends and family.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: news, policy, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
The sun is shining here in Colorado Springs this afternoon, but as you all know, Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the East Coast. Forecasters are suggesting the developing storm is of epic proportions and will paralyze life for days to come for those in the impacted areas.
Natural disasters are among the most peculiar of all human challenges, aren’t they?
Simply put, we’re defenseless against the cyclical and sometimes catastrophic reality of our environment. In a day and age when man seems to have conquered so many of life’s difficulties, it’s still impossible to tame the earth’s weather, be it the wind, the waves or the rain.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: church, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
A friend emailed me a story the other day about the actor Jack Nicholson.
I wonder if you’ve ever heard about his upbringing?
Mr. Nicholson was raised by his grandparents. His biological mother conceived him as an unmarried teenager. Now 75 years of age, he still speaks very lovingly about his childhood and the wonderful people who surrounded him as a young boy. It was this background that firmed up his opposition to abortion and his support for the pro-life movement.
Topics: Family and Home Tags: entertainment, family, pop culture, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
I know what I’m about to say may not be very popular, especially today.
Last night’s chaotic and controversial end to the Seahawks and Packers Monday Night Football game has thrown gasoline on the fire surrounding the performance of replacement officials in the NFL.
And let me just say that I get it. I’m a fan. I watch the games. I enjoy the purity of the sport and don’t appreciate the delays and the mistakes that impact outcomes.
Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, family, pop culture, pro-life by Jim Daly with Paul Batura
This is what you looked like at just 12 weeks in the womb:
Topics: Family and Home Tags: kids, policy, pro-life 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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