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Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Family Focus Newsletter | April 2024

It all begins with marriage. From the beginning, God blessed marriage. “In the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them” (Genesis 1:27-28 ESV). God created marriage to be the cornerstone of the family. And families are the foundation of our communities. It all begins with marriage. …

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Inside a Foster Home the Real Story

Inside a Foster Home: The Real Story Several years ago, I was given this blessing, “May you be covered by the dust of Jesus.” The quizzical look on my face prompted the pastor to explain his blessing to me.It was a contemporary version of an ancient Hebrew phrase, “In the Dust of the Rabbi.” The …

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Quirky Questions for Couples

How well do you know your spouse?

Family Focus Newsletter | February 2024

Empowered by peace! By Jim Daly, President During the past several months, it certainly seems like our whole world is on fire. Terrorists attack Israel with unspeakable brutality while cultural wars rage here at home. The foundational concepts of family, marriage, social justice, patriotism, faith, life, and religious freedom are under attack. Families are stressed …

Friendship Breakups

Finding the courage to make new friends

Writing Letters to My Younger Self

What three women wish they’d known as teens…so they wrote letters to themselves

Family Focus Newsletter | November 2023

Grateful for YOU this Thanksgiving! This Thanksgiving, we are especially grateful for friends like you who have invested in families over the past year. Issues like increased financial stress, cultural attacks, and gender confusion have been a burden to families. That’s why your support of family ministry has been such a blessing. By providing Bible-based …

23 Oct FOTF Broadcast

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Disciplining Your Kids With Grace

Karis Kimmel Murray reminds parents that we need to stay calm in the midst of misbehavior, look for the reason behind the behavior and gives a “sushi menu” of discipline tactics, including tagging bad behavior, putting things in a “basket,” and teaching the behavior you want to see. She ends with insights into children’s “currency” …

Family Focus Newsletter | October 2023

YEAR IN REVIEW 2023: You restored broken families. God is at work through you to save marriages, empower parents, rescue mothers and babies from abortion, give children and families in foster care hope, and more. Here’s a quick glimpse of the impact you’ve made on families so far in 2023 . . . Evangelism— 170,000 …

23Sep: FOFOTF One Question Engagement YES

  Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)   /*! elementor – v3.14.0 – 26-06-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} /*! elementor – v3.14.0 – 26-06-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}Thank you for responding “Yes, I have listened to a FOTF Podcast.” Your feedback is appreciated!

Family Focus Newsletter | September 2023

Thank you for Investing in Students through Bring Your Bible to School Day! Bring your Bible to School Day is coming! On October 5, students across the country will celebrate their faith and religious freedoms by bringing their Bibles to school and sharing the Good News. This nationwide, student-led movement encourages others with the hope …

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Tackling 5 Tough Questions About Christianity

Do you know how to answer these tough questions about Christianity? And is your home a place where you can ask your own questions and talk about faith? Psalm 118:8 tells us “it is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man” (ESV). Still, at some point, we will have questions about …

Erin’s Story

Encouraged to Abort: Why Erin Chose Life https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/erins-story.movAt 14 weeks into her pregnancy, Erin received heartbreaking news: her baby boy, Devin, was diagnosed with spina bifida. Doctors repeatedly urged her to consider ending his life, insisting his condition would be severe and his life painfully difficult.But Erin chose life.She faced immense fear and uncertainty. The …

23Jun: FOFOTF One Question Engagement Mountains

  Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)     Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)    Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)    Helping Families Thrive™ © 2022 Focus on the Family, 8605 Explorer Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 809201-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459)   Thank you for responding “Mountains.” Your feedback is appreciated!