“My mom and dad were struggling. My dad had a problem with alcohol. And when I was 5, it was done. My dad got arrested. My mom was on the run.

“Dad was trying to get back with us, and my mom wanted to keep him away from the five kids and her. Every year, I was in a different elementary school ...”

In this special program, Focus on the Family President Jim Daly describes how God carried him through the valleys of his turbulent childhood, healing his heart and strengthening his faith. He also discusses how displaying God's love and grace is the most effective way for impacting culture.

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Finding Home

In this deeply personal memoir, Jim Daly relives horrors no child should endure. Orphaned at an early age, Jim saw firsthand the worst this world had to offer. He somehow managed to catch enough glimpses of grace that he knew he wanted more – both from himself and from a God he had to believe existed. And from that small spark of grace, a great man emerged.

A Beautiful Adoption Story

Last year I was asked if I would share my experiences with foster care and adoption with a group of soon-to-be foster parents. I asked if my son, Boone, could come along with me. The organizers didn’t mind; in fact, they said it might even be fun.

The room was full and the audience was seated very close to us, to the point that I was feeling uncomfortable. I had literally just opened my very large, happy-to-talk mouth when a little voice beside me began to speak.

“Hi, I’m Boone Stokes and this is Cecil Stokes, but I call him Daddy.”

I immediately began to cry.

Last Christmas (PG-13)

Kate is a talented singer with show-biz dreams, but a recent medical crisis has shoved those aspirations sideways. Then she meets a handsome bicycle delivery guy named Tom, who motivates the cynical Kate to look up and see the joys, not only of Christmas, but of life.