THE GOOD LIFE WITH DR. DANNY - ” JIM DALY - JOURNEY FROM ORPHAN TO EXECUTIVE”

“Journey from Orphan to Executive"

Jim Daly

www.focusonthefamily.com

 

How does an orphan become an executive? Michel Eyquem de Montaigne said, "The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them. A man may live long yet live very little." Jim Daly is making full use of his days. He is the president of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame-honored daily broadcast, heard by more than 2.9 million listeners a week on over 1,000 radio stations across the U.S. Jim's personal journey from orphan to head of an international Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive is a powerful story. 

 

Abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5, Daly lost his mother to cancer four years later – a wound deepened when his grieving stepfather emptied the family home and took off with almost everything while Jim, the youngest of five children, and his siblings were at their mother's funeral. Several tough years in foster care followed, before Jim Daly became a Christian in high school and found meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging. "I am living proof," he wrote in his 2007 autobiography, Finding Home, "that no matter how torn up the road has already been, or how pothole-infested it may look ahead, nothing – nothing – is impossible for God." Daly assumed the presidency of Focus on the Family in 2005 after 16 years with the ministry.