Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute, supported by listeners just like you.

I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us.

Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast ministry of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Roger Marsh, and you know, as we're starting off a brand new year, the first full week

of broadcasts here in 2026, we think back to the moment that every ministry has.

I mean, every ministry has a beginning, right?

A first broadcast, a first program, a moment when everything gets underway.

And on today's edition of Family Talk, we're going to set the way back machine for Monday, May

the 3rd, 2010.

That was the very first day that the very first Family Talk broadcast aired.

Now, this special program that you're about to hear features our own

Dr. James Dobson alongside the original broadcast team for Family Talk, and that was Dr. Dobson's

son, Ryan, along with his longtime producing friend Luan Crane. Now, what we're going to hear is

Dr. Dobson and Ryan and Luann kind of setting the table for the Family Talk ministry,

give you a chance to look back into the archives and see how far we've come?

But what you're also going to hear is Dr. Dobson's heart for this ministry,

as he will be sharing the covenant and vision for the Family Talk ministry.

The ministry was called Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk when we first started.

It has since grown into the Dr. James Dobson's family talk when we first started. It has since grown into the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

Now, interesting to note, this program has only ever aired once before.

It was on that very first day 15 and a half years ago.

So let's set that way back machine, step back in time a little bit, and relive this historic moment as we kick off our 2026 broadcast year with the very first edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk.

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