On The Cover Doug Campbell, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, and Mark Alfieri, Founder & CEO of BrandStar, are pictured at their studio in Deerfield Beach. BrandStar Studios is South Florida’s leading Production Hub. The 43,000 sq ft facility is home to a 13’ x 100’ plus LED video wall with three 27’ x 9’ ft LED ceilings. Learn how BrandStar is using its forces for good, supporting local charities and going beyond to impact the South Florida community in our cover article on pages 28 and 29. Photo credit: BrandStar PUBLISHER 6 AuguSt 2022 www.goodnewsfl.org good News • South Florida Edition When leaving church service today I rounded the walkway bend on my way to the parking lot to get in my car, and as I passed the picnic tables, I gave a polite two finger silent “hi” sign to the only guy sitting there outside and kept walking. I had now passed him when I heard his voice, “Hi.” Surprised, I stopped and turned around to acknowledge his response. The young man then asked if I liked the service today? That stopped me in my tracks; he was in a blank T-shirt suggesting he was just a kid hanging out, and I responded, “Yes, I liked it.” He smiled big, and then I kept on walking. Unremarkable as it was, but profound. I often think, “Does HE hear me?” I know HE hears and sees everything, but there are billions of people all talking seemingly at the same moment… How do I know? As a kid I loved statistics and would check things: batting averages, home runs, stolen bases, team win-loss records. You name it and I checked it all for my own curiosity because it was boring to talk about it. Boring because numbers changed every day, all day long, but I was obsessed with stats and then later in business it helped me define “trends” to recalculate things I put effort into. Feedback. Sometimes feedback defines pathways; if it’s a good path or a dead end? From time to time you must make a bold statement against trends if you have a strong conviction or if you are moved by the spirit. Faith, Trust, Belief I once thought were just a product of trends, a report card. I needed feedback because my life has been in the public square, not a biochemist lab. So I’ve often wondered and relied on statistics of readership, listenership and viewership to help determine what was working. I’ve been asked as frequently as I have self-pondered, is anyone really listening or been moved/motivated by what’s in the Good News without that need for feedback or statistics? I know we have endeavored to deliver superior writers who are wonderful communicators in an attractive format and at plentiful distribution locations, but is somebody listening like HE listens?And if that’s now really important and to whom? People ask weekly if they can write for us, cover stuff, participate in some way, and last week a Kansas City Christian publication asked if they could republish our July cover feature article in its entirety for their readership? (which we granted - apparently people are listening) Media share sources all the time so that’s no biggie, but this article and subject matter was different because this subject was how an entire city through the City administration, Chamber of Commerce and an extensive and booming entertainment and attractions industry in Branson, Missouri, has rallied together to raise awareness and money to provide children’s pediatric wheelchairs for children with serious disabilities through Hope Haven International, a Christian ministry in Iowa that has taken the Global lead to manufacture and distributed kids pediatric wheelchairs through mission trips to over 109 countries while spreading the gospel of Jesus. That’s Good News. We internally asked and challenged ourselves, was this newsworthy here in South Florida for a cover feature we produced, and would anyone be curious or listening? Bigger question, would it inspire some to think about “what could” be done in contrast to the more predictable “what can’t” be done among others to think bolder and bigger for the Kingdom? “Call tome and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known” (Jeremiah 33:3, ESV). Stay cool, it’s hot out there. Les South Florida Edition • Good News • August 2022 • Volume 24, Issue 5 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 publication is affordable and effective to help grow your business. Call us today! Distribution: Available inmore than 800 locations 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 2022. 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 [email protected] Editor: Shelly Pond [email protected] Art Director: Milton McPherson [email protected] Advertising & Marketing: Robert “Buddy” Helland Jr. V.P. Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected] Al Lehman Sr. Marketing Director [email protected] Vice President: Michael Denker Corporate Engagement [email protected] Social Media Manager: Ariel Feldman [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Eric Solomon [email protected] Cover Photography: Justus Martin [email protected] Howdoes theSpiritmoveyou? PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . .8 I Have (Had) a Friend – by Stephan N. Tchividjian IN THE WORD . . . . . . . . .10 Franklin Graham: They Did the Right Thing – by Franklin Graham OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Build Your Church - Newton Fairweather YOU ASKWHY? . . . . . . . .14 Down, But Not Out – by Dr. Tommy Boland LIVE THE LIFE . . . . . . . . . 16 Marriage is Like Hiking – by Lisa May PARENTING . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Self-Image:What Mirror Do You Hold Up? – by Dr. Bob Barnes &Torrey Roberts HEART AND SOUL . . . . .20 Pharmacy Students Loved Serving People of Honduras – by Dr. Debra A. Schwinn THE CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 We All Live in FourWorlds – by Dr. O.S. Hawkins GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW 24 - 26 If you had to change your name, what would your new name be and why? COVER STORY . . . . . .28 – 29 Creating a Culture to Positively Impact Lives, BrandStar Gladly Pays It Forward – by Shelly Pond FAITH AND VOCATION .30 Are Faith and Enterprise Compatible? – by Art Bailey VILLAGE HYMNS . . . . . . .32 WhichVoice AreWe Listening To? – by Joshua Sherman ENCOURAGEMENT . . . . .34 Trials andTribulations – by Omar Aleman LEGAL Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . .36 School Choice, More than Ever: Three Big Reasons – byWilliam “Bill” C. Davell and Ed Pozzouli EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . .38 Homeschool? Me? – by Mai Lyn Colangelo Chung CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . .43 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . .44 - 47 Leslie J. Feldman C O N T E N T S Good News • August • Volume 24 Issue 5
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