Welcome 2019, step right in. The pages on the calendar continue to turn, and that is called life in real time. I pray that you have come to this point ready for the challenges of the future because that's what we must deal with; as we hopefully learn from the past, we must embrace the future. What is the future ? Hope is the future. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13 NIV). Like the calendar of life, we get to turn a new page every day; it's our choice, and we can choose to trust and believe in the Holy Spirit. I kind of figure we have an account with the Lord, and he grants us an endless reservoir of hope , but like Father Time on this earth, we have a more limited amount of strength of emotion , and we draw down on that account daily. Should we be wise enough to not waste that more limited God-given resource on the negative, when we have the same choice to use it on positive emotion like hope , rather than despair? To me, this is not a half-full, half-empty question. You have hope full time and not just when things are going well. Trust in the power of the Holy Spirit; 2019 here we come. We're proud to serve you. -Les PUBLISHER 2 JANUARY 2019 Good News • South Florida Edition South Florida Edition • Good News • January 2019 • Volume 20, Issue 10 - Leslie J. Feldman - Back Row from left to right: Laura Cusack , Human Trafficking Prevention and Education Coordinator, Place of Hope; Jumorrow Johnson , President, Broward Human Trafficking Coalition and Programs Manager, Children’s Services Council of Broward County; Kristine Bradley , Assistant State Attorney, 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida; Char Talmadge , Director, Rescue Upstream; Tabitha Bush , Reach Pro- gram Coordinator, PACE Center for Girls; Middle Row: Christina Silvestri , Anti-Human Trafficking Pro- gram Administration, Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach; Ana Ferrer , Crisis & Counseling Administrator, Nancy J Cotterman Center; Holly Carotenuto , Sexual Assault Advocate, Crisis Unit, Nancy J. Cotterman Center; Front Row: Becky Dymond , Founder and Executive Director, Hepzibah House; Lisa Manns , Founder, Katallege House; Sarah Gillespie Cummings , Treatment Manager, Broward County Juvenile Assessment Team; Sandrine Gaillard-Kenny , Associate Dean and CREATE Director, Nova Southeastern University; and Brianna Black Kent , Assistant Dean and CREATE Director, Nova Southeastern University. Photo by Justus Martin. www.justusmartinphoto.com On the Cover PERSPECTIVE 4 We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Box – by Stephan Tchividjian CHURCH UNITED 6 Church United Enters Fourth Year of Collaboration – by Edwin Copeland PARENTING 8 January Is Parental Half-Time – by Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts YOU ASK, WHY? 10 Mirror, Mirror on The Wall – by Tommy Boland LIFEPOINTS 12 Perhaps We Have Gone Too Far – by Dr. Gary Hewins THE POWER OF US 14 Resolve to Forgive – by Lisa May LIFEWORK LEADERSHIP 16 - 17 Banyan Air’s Don Campion Defined His Mission at Lifework Leadership – by Shelly Pond GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW 18 - 19 In your lifetime, are there any New Year's resolutions that you've kept? COVER STORY 26 - 27 Revealing the Dark Truth About Human Trafficking in South Florida, Local Women Advocate for Victims and Fight Back Thru Prevention – by Shelly Pond GOOD NEWS PALM BEACH COUNTY 38 - 43 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 44 - 45 CLASSIFIEDS 50 - 51 Publisher: Leslie J. Feldman
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