Focus on the Family Commentary

There are twists and turns in every marriage. Jim Daly shares why good marriages aren’t good because a couple never faces obstacles but because they keep their marriage a priority … even when things don’t go as planned.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Many parents underestimate their influence. Jim Daly shares why, when circumstances are difficult, it’s mom and dad that keep their child’s world steady and enables them to thrive.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Very few people have lived up to their name like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jim Daly shares how Dr. King’s life teaches us to transform our lives – and others’ – by standing for transcendent principles.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Self-centeredness ruins marriage. Jim Daly explains how to build a relationship that’s bigger than either one of you by sacrificing for each other and striving for unity.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

How far would you go to overcome a bad habit? Jim Daly explains why, when we’re facing an out of the ordinary problem, we often need an out of the ordinary solution.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Moms and dads are often shortsighted in one crucial area of parenting – their kids’ ability to think for themselves. Jim Daly shares how to teach children to make good choices by helping them learn self-discipline.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Many people think of faith in strictly spiritual terms, but faith can improve your relationships as well. Jim Daly explains why one of the greatest factors to a strong marriage is a strong shared faith.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

As you may have discovered, helping your family live a healthy lifestyle is often easier said than done. Jim Daly shares how to encourage your children toward good health and good relationships.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Do you find it hard to lose weight? Jim Daly explains why the secret to shedding extra pounds is more than diet. It’s a little bit of grit and a whole lot of support from a strong community of friends and family.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Which is more important: equality of outcome for all or individual freedom? Jim Daly explains why it’s impossible for everyone to be equally happy, or equally wealthy, or equally successful.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

What is your top priority for your children – good grades or good character? Jim Daly shares how to help your children make maturity and kindness a priority in their lives.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Without pain, life would be perfect, wouldn’t it? Believe it or not, no. Jim Daly shares why even though pain doesn’t feel good it does good.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The key to a successful marriage engagement isn’t whether it’s long or short, it’s what you do with it. Jim Daly shares why an engagement period isn’t dead space but an opportunity to lay the groundwork for a successful marriage.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Do your children know how to handle money well? There is a simple test you can give your kids to find out. Jim Daly shares what it is and how it will help your children develop a healthy relationship with money.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Do your children know how to handle money well? There is a simple test you can give your kids to find out. Jim Daly shares what it is and how it will help your children develop a healthy relationship with money.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

As the new year gets underway, it’s wise to stop, take a moment, and look back over the past twelve months. Why? Because, as Jim Daly shares, looking back is key to moving forward.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

As the new year gets underway, it’s wise to stop, take a moment, and look back over the past twelve months. Why? Because, as Jim Daly shares, looking back is key to moving forward.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

When the clock strikes midnight, you may usher in the New Year by singing the traditional, “Auld Lang Syne.” But what do the lyrics mean? Jim Daly shares how the words can bring new hope and richness to your relationships.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

In comic books, heroes wear capes. Jim Daly explains why real heroes are everyday people who make the world a better place by stepping forward instead of looking the other way.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Everybody wants a better life, but many people aren’t willing to change. Jim Daly offers encouragement for ending your complacency and reaching out for something better in life.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

In marriage, broken does not equal worthless. Jim Daly points to the Japanese art form of Kintsugi to describe how to transform the broken pieces of your relationship into something beautiful.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

If life has gotten so dark this Christmas that you can’t see good things right in front of you, take heart. There is reason for hope. Jim Daly shares why the light of Christmas is bright enough to pierce through any darkness.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

There’s beauty to be found in holiday traffic. Jim Daly shares why: All of those planes, trains, and automobiles are headed to the same place: home, and few things are as beautiful as being home for the holidays.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

What creates men of great character? Most people answer, “Fathers.” However, according to research, moms have a much bigger influence than is often assumed. Jim Daly explains why.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

What’s your favorite Christmas memory? More than likely, even more than the gifts you received is the time you spent with family. Jim Daly explains how this Christmas you can make new memories while you cherish old ones.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Most of us prefer predictability. Jim Daly explains why the joy of Christmas is all about uncertainty, expectation, and surprise.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

If you fear Christmas will feel icy and cold because of a strained relationship, Jim Daly has a few suggestions for warming things up.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Most couples plan their wedding, but not their marriage. Jim Daly shares why a good marriage isn’t about the “big day,” it’s about the “every day.”   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Children become healthy, successful adults by discovering their potential. Jim Daly explains how to help your children soar by guiding them toward a vision for who they can become.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The Christmas season may not slow down, but you can. Jim Daly shares how to take a break from the holiday’s usual hustle and bustle and devote yourself to what Christmas is really all about.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Jim Daly shares how the classic cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas teaches us that, while presents and decorations are wonderful traditions, the spirit of Christmas isn’t commercialism and “getting.” It’s about giving.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Sometimes love is soft and tender. Sometimes it’s rugged. Jim Daly explains why healthy marriages aren’t the product of wishful thinking, easy circumstances, or good feelings but of commitment.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Jim Daly shares the story of how finding a lost stuffed animal made one couple better parents by teaching their daughter how deeply mom and dad loved her, no matter what.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Life goes by fast, so fast that we often miss the beauty in small, ordinary, everyday moments. Jim Daly shares how to be present and appreciate them all.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The death of a loved one is hard for adults. It’s even harder for children. Jim Daly offers practical answers for parents trying to help their child cope with the death of a family member.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Leftovers are a lousy business model for a company. They’re a lousy model for a marriage, too. Jim Daly shares why it’s a good idea to give your marriage your best, not your leftovers.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

When life is hard and things don’t work out the way we’d hoped, small steps forward are often the best we can do. Jim Daly explains why a good life isn’t about avoiding all pain; it’s about finding meaning in it.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Married couples have a hard time settling their disagreements when they both think they’re right. Jim Daly shares why the solution to overcoming marital conflict is learning to see through your spouse’s eyes.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Do memories from your childhood stir up difficult emotion? Jim Daly encourages you to believe that healing is possible because while you can’t erase bad memories, you can overcome them.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Is technology bad for relationships? Jim Daly explains why addressing problems through electronic means may be the worst thing we can do when we’re engaged in conflict with someone.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Studies show that those with a poor self-image are more likely to compare themselves to others. Jim Daly shares how to be happier and more content by escaping the comparison trap.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

In honor of Thanksgiving, Jim Daly reads a portion of an editorial that has been published in The Wall Street Journal every Thanksgiving Eve since 1961.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The first settlers didn’t have it easy, but they gave thanks anyway. Jim Daly shares why we should do the same by humbly giving thanks to God for the many blessings He’s given us and trusting Him to guide us into the future.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Life can be tough when you feel weighed down by the “stuff” of your past. The solution starts by leaving the negativity of your past … in the past. Jim Daly shares helpful tips for doing just that.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

We don’t always recognize a thing’s value by what we see on the outside. Jim Daly explains how a broken Christmas figurine taught author Gary Thomas to handle marriage with the same care as an irreplaceable keepsake.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The reason relationships can be hard is because of what John Lennox calls “beauty and barbed wire.” Although the people we love may wound us, they’re also the ones who infuse our lives with healing, beauty, and new life.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and stuffing. Jim Daly shares why, at its heart, Thanksgiving is all about being aware of the blessings God has given us.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

The silent treatment has been around as long as marriage. Which is ironic because cutting off communication is the worst thing you can do. Jim Daly explains why you should talk more, not less, when your marriage hits a rough patch.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.

Every parent has suffered the dreaded “toddler tantrum.” And yet, many moms and dads don’t know what to do. Jim Daly offers helpful suggestions for gaining control when a little one loses control in public.   Support Family Ministry   If you enjoyed listening to Focus on the Family Commentary, please give us your feedback.