PUBLISHER 8 october 2025 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida edition We live for today, but HOPE is our future. The proverbial question for people of my age: “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?” November 22,1963. I was just returning from Detroit, Michigan, my annual preThanksgiving pilgrimage back to Miami Beach. I traveled alone without my family, but that’s another story. I was just entering high school, and as I was walking in the hallway between classes, I heard screams… kids crying. Not knowing exactly what happened, a voice over the PA said, “President John F. Kennedy has been shot, and is dead.” I’m not exactly sure why, but I remember staring at that brown speaker on the wall, frozen, as those words came across …but what did that mean? shot? why? The next several days felt like one long day. Being more accurate, it was perhaps a week or two that never seemed to end the nightmare; everybody was glued to their television set getting minute-by-minute updates. As kids we all felt somehow hope in our future seemed diminished. The promise of a storybook young handsome Prince charming of a president was gone. Dead. I haven’t had that feeling of diminished hope since that fateful day. Thirty-one years young, Charlie Kirk was murdered and that same sense of loss came over the following few days, that hope was somehow diminished, a helpless feeling again. The good news is the tragic incident has sparked a certain revival. You can see it, and you can feel it. Much is being written, and much more will be covered. Churches across the nation are reporting large crowds coming to church in numbers never seen before during this generation, and the fact that Charlie Kirk’s legacy: TURNING POINT USA has reported just today that 121,000 requests have come in from young people wanting to start new chapters in schools and colleges throughout America. That number grows each and every day on significant increases. Praise God. The Bible presents hope as a gift from God, deeply connected to faith in His promises, especially the promise of a future and a living hope through Jesus Christ. It's not just positive thinking, but an eager expectation and a confident reliance on God, which provides strength, endurance and peace, especially during suffering. True biblical hope is in the unseen, eternal future God has planned, rather than in what can be seen. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). I Am Grateful, Les HOPE Is a Good 4-Letter Word - Leslie J. Feldman - Publisher President John F. Kennedy 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 in more 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 2025. All rights reserved. Good News Media Group, LLC. 600 S.W. 3rd St., Suite 4000, Pompano Beach, FL 33060 954-564-5378 • www.goodnewsfl.org Publisher: Leslie J. Feldman [email protected] Editor: Shelly Pond [email protected] Advertising & Marketing: Robert “Buddy” Helland Jr. V.P. Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected] Art Director: Milton McPherson [email protected] Associate Art Director: Joseph Sammaritano [email protected] Social Media Manager: Ariel Feldman [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Eric Solomon [email protected] On The Cover A conservative political activist and bold defender of the Christian faith, Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10, 2025, causing an outpouring of support and kindling revival. This AI generated image, pictures Kirk draped in an American flag with a Bible in hand and Mount Rushmore in the background. Read more about his life on pages 24-25. Good News • October • Volume 27 Issue 7
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