Distracted by Ants

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
“What in the world are you doing?”
My wife had been watching me as I was outside, bent over, intently watching the ground, […]

Personal Update

This has been a week!
My mom was having post-op issues from her cancer surgery and so we had to take her back to the Denver hospital. She spent 6 days there. We picked her up yesterday and she is now in a full nursing facility for follow-on care until she can come home.
My dad’s stroke […]

36 Years of Being One

“‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This mystery is profound…” Ephesians 5:31-32
Growing up, I never had a love for history. All of that has drastically changed now, but when I started college, I groaned when my advisor penciled in […]

Hats Off to the US Navy: The Crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln

Next to watching flight ops, the second best experience was talking with the crew as we toured throughout this immense and amazing ship. They all work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week. When the carrier is deployed, they are gone for at least six months, often longer. The devotion, skills, and character of this diverse […]

Hats off to the Navy: Trapping & Flight Ops

Forty-five minutes after boarding a Navy C-2, our crew raised their arms, index fingers pointing up, and made furtive circles in the air. That was the signal to all of us that we were about to “hit the deck” of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Even with all of the pre-flight descriptions, the force of it […]

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About

Dr. Del Tackett is president of the Focus on the Family Institute and Senior Vice President to Focus on the Family. He is also the architect and chief spokesperson for Focus on the Family's The Truth Project--a nationwide initiative designed to bring the Christian worldview to the body of Christ.