Remembering the Pilgrims' Journey

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

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🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Jay Milbrandt shares his research about the Pilgrims’ journey from England to North America as they fled religious persecution. As a descendant of two early immigrants on the Mayflower, Milbrandt was curious about what the true story was behind their ocean voyage. He describes the harsh conditions that the Pilgrims and Puritans endured, as they barely survived the first couple of years, with the help of an Indian named Squanto and the native Wampanoag tribe, explaining how festivals in Plymouth, Massachusetts became connected to our modern-day Thanksgiving. He also shares about the significance of the Mayflower Compact, which in some ways laid a foundation for the U.S. Constitution.

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0:00.0	Ken spends a lot of time away from home, working on the pipeline in Alaska, and our podcast has become his lifeline.
0:08.2	Focus on the family has helped my marriage by leaps and bounds. You give us so much meat and potatoes to think about.
0:16.7	Like, don't focus on yourself. Put yourself in your spouse's shoes. What are they going through down there?
0:22.0	Ken finds our content so helpful.
0:24.2	He's eager to share it with others.
0:26.4	It can hit home.
0:27.5	Hey, I'm going through that same thing.
0:29.2	That's why I enjoy listening.
0:31.4	So I spread that to other coworkers who might not know Christ,
0:36.5	who might be having a bad day. You get to know them.
0:39.6	Say, hey, by the way, listen to this Focus on the Family podcast. I'm Jim Daly. Right now, we need
0:45.5	your help to deliver hope and joy to marriages like Kins. When you give before December 31st,
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0:57.4	or call 800A family.
1:03.4	Almighty God, we thank you for the sustaining grace of your love and provision through our
1:09.4	Savior Jesus Christ.
1:17.0	We thank you for the bounty of fellowship, which allows us to share in the food you have given to us.
1:19.9	May we receive it with grateful hearts.
1:28.4	Well, that prayer is an excerpt from Focus on the Family's radio theater episode, The Legend of Squanto,
1:33.9	which really captures the spirit and thankful heart of the pilgrims who traveled to North America.
1:39.0	Their purpose was to begin a new colony and to escape religious persecution.
1:42.0	And we'll talk a little bit more about that today on our show.
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