Out kick your coverage? I’m about to unfold a story that has a few main characters in my life that in- tertwined and provided a mentorship to me. The first scene takes place in the late ‘70’s when I was in my twenties and was welcomed to join the adults, and in this case the adults were about 30 years my senior. Oddly enough we were all contemporaries in business. We looked the same and dressed the same; such is the life among those in the “industry.” About 20 years ago I attended the funeral of my longtime friend “Hank,” who introduced me to the main characters in this story. Hank was well known from “coast to coast” as was said back in the day, and the funeral service was “booked” at the 3,000 seat, Jackie Gleason Theatre at Hank Meyer Boulevard (naturally) in Miami Beach. Hank had brought Jackie Gleason to Miami to do his weekly TV broadcast live from “The sun and fun capital of the world, Miami Beach” the announcer bellowed each week to the National TV audience, back in the 70’s. The day before the funeral the family announced the funeral would instead be directly across the street from the “Jackie Gleason” at Temple Emanuel, Miami Beach’s largest synagogue but only half the seating size of the JG Theatre. Zev, Charlie and I attended the funeral together and I noticed surprisingly that it was only filled to half capacity. Hank passed away at about 80 and he outlived many of his contemporaries. I commented to Zev and Charlie “ Hank out-kicked his coverage,” and if Hank had passed a decade earlier, the Jackie Gleason would have had standing roomonly, a complimentary termof endearment. Five years ago Charlie Cinnamon passed at 95. I never until his funeral knew his actual age, a closely guarded secret for his boyish enthusiasm and America’s most celebrated “press agent,” and more importantly The Godfather to my oldest son Lee. A few months ago Zev Buffman passed at 89. Zev was the founder of the Na- tional Touring Broadway Across America shows as we know them today and the founding partner of the Miami Heat . The three: Hank, Charlie and Zev along with my father Max were my mentors in life. They were Jewish and Zev was also Israeli. I never gave it thought until last week when walking through my house and viewing the living memento pictures of us all at countless joyous occasions. They are all gone. We spent our entire professional years together with a sense that we would always be together. Until last week it never dawned on me we would never be together again, ever, not in eternity. They were righteous people but not believers, and although I assumed Heaven was surely the final act, now I’m not sure? We know and read in our Bible, John 14:6: “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ ” I can’t imagine eternity without my guys, but I also knowmy God is a compassionate loving God and I have to believe in their last dying breath they all accepted the Lord before the final curtain. -Les PUBLISHER 4 APRIL 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition South Florida Edition • Good News •April 2021 • Volume 23, Issue 1 - Leslie J. Feldman - Advertising: We reach over 110,000 readers each month. 80,000 in print and 30,000 via our online digital edition. Placing an ad in our publi- cation is affordable and effective to help grow your business. Call us today! Distribution: Available in more than 800 loca- tions throughout South Florida. To become a free distribution point for the newspaper, please contact Shelly. The Good News is published by Good News Media Group, LLC, Reproduction in whole or part strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. Good News Media Group, LLC. PO Box 670368, Coral Springs, FL 33067 954-564-5378 • www.goodnewsfl.org Publisher: Leslie J. Feldman
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[email protected] On The Cover Governor Ron DeSantis stands at the podium used for the Opening Ceremony of the US Embassy move to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Then Representative for Florida’s 6th District, DeSantis was a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a congressional delegation along with former Governor Rick Scott. In April 2020, DeSantis declared churches essential services allowing them to remain open during the pandemic. Read the cover story on page 26. Photo used with permission from the Governor’s office. PERSPECTIVE.......................... 6 Crumbs - by Stephan N. Tchividjian IN THE WORD........................ 8 The Voice of God Can Never Be Canceled – by Franklin Graham INSIGHT ..................................10 Corporate Prayer: Worth The Investment – by Rob Hoskins CHURCH UNITED................12 Unity: A Death and Resurrection – by Edwin Copeland YOU ASKWHY? ....................14 The Gospel “Newness” In A New Command – by Tommy Boland LIVE THE LIFE........................16 The Power of Questions – by Lisa May VILLAGE HYMNS..................18 Undivided by – Amber Grete THERE & BACK AGAIN......20 The Last Enemy – by Dr. Gene L. Green PARENTING...........................22 When Parents Don’t Agree – by Dr. Bob Barnes & Torrey Roberts 2021 SUMMER CAMPS GUIDE.............. 24 - 25 COVER STORY...............26 - 27 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Works With Churches Throughout The Pandemic - by Shelly Pond HEART AND SOUL ..............28 Life Lessons Learned Through The Magic of Music – by Dr. Debra A. Schwinn ENCOURAGEMENT.............30 Who Do We Seek For Justice? – by Omar Aleman LEGAL Q&A ............................32 ASK BILL Can I legally require my employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of coming to work? GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW ...........34 – 36 CALENDAR .............................42-42 CLASSIFIEDS ...........................44-47 Zev Buffman, Les, Charlie Cinnamon C O N T E N T S Good News • April 2021 • Volume 23 Issue 1