But that’s another topic for another time. Jesus, however, wasn’t always entangled in Christianity, especially not Christianity as we know it today. Odyssey was birthed from Focus on the Family and, like it or not, is a product of its parent organization. “Whit’s Flop,” that very first episode, aired one year and four days before I was born, and all my life the show and I have been moving in tandem toward our own milestones.Ĭan I say I like Odyssey but not Focus on the Family, as I would say I like Jesus but not Christianity? The story, set in the small, Midwestern town of Odyssey, is bookended by a skit with the show’s host, Chris, who tells a story about Abraham Lincoln to reinforce the theme. On this day in 1987, a 25-minute episode aired about a boy named Davey who feels like a failure until kindly shop owner John Avery Whittaker (“Whit”) helps him realize his worth as they invent something that goes wrong before it goes right. Adventures in Odyssey ( AIO or Odyssey for short), Focus on the Family’s seminal children’s radio drama, turns 30 this year – today, in fact.
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