Site History

Focused and Free Celebrates its 8th Anniversary!

It was the month of June, in the year 2002, during a time of earnest prayer and meditation, that Focused and Free was first conceived.

For there arose out of one man, a great and burning desire to share the joy of being delivered from a life of hopeless despair by the very One whom he had despised and cursed for nearly thirty years.

The phrase Focused and Free was simply a thought that came to mind during this time of prayer and meditation. But as the days past and the thought remained and it became more than a passing notion.

So by October of that year, FocusedandFree.com became a registered domain name and by December of that year Focused and Free joined the online Internet community. While Focused and Free has undergone several design changes over the years, its main purpose and goal has remained the same, that is to "FOCUS on the TRUTH that sets us FREE" from the chains of sin and death.

Focused and Free has always been privately owned and operated. Site content has come from personal experience as well as outside resources. Over the years, various web site building programs and Content Management Systems (CMS) have been employed, in an effort to make the site attractive and enjoyable, while providing helpful and interesting content, as well as various interactive features, such as discussion forums, chat boards, and instant messaging. Informative and entertaining audio and video files have been offered from time-to-time as well. 

Focused and Free is not about religion. Rather, it is about coming to know and trust in God, so that we may grow in Him and become the person He created us to be. It is about becoming free from everything that has kept us in bondage to our fears. It is about discovering and living a life of love beyond measure.

Karl Rhoads
Site Administrator