Ed's Newspaper Articles

The purpose of these articles is to connect the community to the church. I'm building a bridge, not burning a bridge to the community. I'm trying to redefine God, church and Christians in the eyes and minds of those in the community. I'm making it easier for the whole community to go to church in NW Phoenix. The combined circulation of the Peoria Times and the Glendale Star is 25,000 paid subscriptions weekly. Two people read each newspaper each week or 50,000+ are reading these articles each week in our area! I have the biggest church in Phoenix....thru my articles! According to the publisher, it's the most popular article in the newspaper.

I feel my definition of God, church and Christians is better than CNN's (I'm not perfect but I know I'm closer than CNN!) I speak 'community-ese', not 'christian-ese' in these articles. I put it God's way, but nicely. Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. So, I'm doing heaps of redefining....in words and concepts that 98% of the community can relate to. I have been doing these articles since November 2004. These articles are now being published weekly in around 20 newspapers...I can't keep track of the number. One of the newspapers is the Southern Johannesburg....400,000 daily subscriptions in JB, South Africa.

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• The Paradox of Problems - January 24, 2011
• The Worship Is Over, the Service is just Beginning - January 17, 2011
• The Guy Who Wanted a Wife but Got a Nation - Part 1 January 31, 2011
• Aim at heaven and You Get Earth Thrown In - Part 2 February 7. 2011
• Moving From a Me to a We to an Us to Bless Them - Part 3 February 14, 2011
• People who Overcome - February 21, 2011
• Meet What You Will Never Get Rid of - February 28, 2011
• The Second Most Important Truth You Will Ever Learn - March 14, 2011
• Breaking the Trust Barrier - March 21, 2011
• Two 'Prac-a-demic' Principles of Trust - March 21, 2011 
• Sometimes the Best Message is the Message is a Message Unspoken - March 28, 2011
• People Are Normal and Life Is Fair - April 4, 2011
• Unique Realistic Perspectives on Leadership - April 11, 2011
• Fresh Perspectives on Love From a Fresh Group - April 9, 2011
• Upside Down, Inside Out, and Right Side Up - April 18, 2011
• The Discovery of Purpose is the Discovery of Life - April 25, 2011
•  Lessons From Storks, Logs and Frogs - May 2, 2011
• Fresh Perspective on Love From a Fresh Group - May 9, 2011
• Crisis is a Temporary Opportunity for a Permanent  Gift - May 16, 2011
• Blessed to Bless, Helped to Help, Transformed to Transform - May 23, 2011
• Did the Rapture Rupture - May 30, 2011
• Nine Takers and One Maker - June 6, 2011
• The Top Ten Things To Do And Not To Do - June 13, 2011
• Headlines - Blind Squirrel Finds Nut - June 20, 2011
• Foster Defining Moments - June 27, 2011
• Of Course I'm Listening - July 4, 2011
• Try Me Again, I'm Listening - July 11, 2011
• Living in the Big Picture - July 18, 2011
• Be Wise and Let God Be God - August 1, 2011
• Free and Marching Off Your Map - August 8, 2011
• Today's Market Activity - August 15, 2011
• 57 Cents That Made History - August 22, 2011
• Three Friendship Ideas That You Won't Forget - August 28, 2011
• Aiming For The Right Target - September 5, 2011
• Your Health is More About What's Eating You Than What You're Eating - September 12, 2011
• Trying to Figure Things Out - September 19, 2011
• How a One Year Old Miracle Child Says Thank You - September 26, 2011
• A Wiser Way to Look For A Leader Or Candidate - October 3, 2011
• Did You Know That Your Heart Has Eyes? - October 17, 2011
• What Do John Hancock and Some People in Captivity Have in  Common? - October 24, 2011
• Making an Agreement With The God You Can Know - October 31, 2011
• The Better You Get, The Better It Gets - November 7, 2011
• Dry Times and World Class Harvests - November 14, 2011
• The First Thanksgiving - November 21, 2011
• Admiral Nimitz - November 28, 2011
• For We Need a Little Laughter - December 5, 2011
• Love Isn't Love Until You Give It Away - December 12, 2011
• The Christmas Gift That Always Fits - December 19, 2011
• Where We Have and Have Not Been - December 26, 2011
• Growing Past the Passivity - January 2, 2012
• Contagious and Constructive Passion - January 9, 2012
• Still Trying After All These Years - January 16, 2012
• Faith is Not The Absence of Doubt - January 23, 2012
• Truthfulness: Earning Future Trust by Accurately Reporting Past Facts - January 30, 2012
• Don't Get All Steamed Up When  You Don't Know What's Cooking - February 6, 2012
• Hearts That Need Peacemakers - February 13, 2012
• Need a Big Contractor for a Big Job? - February 20, 2012
• The Balance Sheet of Life - February 27, 2012
• Don't Give Up What You Want Most For What  You Want Now - March 5, 2012
• Becoming What You Believe - March 12, 2012
• Meeting and Needing the Greatest Hearing Aid - March 19, 2012
• The Opportunity of a Lifetime For a Lifetime of Opportunity - March 26, 2012
• There Goes The Judge - April 9, 2012
• Easter in the Eyes of a Child - April 2, 2012
• There Goes the Judge - April 9, 2012
• The Up and Down Life of a Dove - April 19, 2012
• Change is Such a Constant That Things Are Constantly Changing - April 23, 2012
• Big Shots Are Little Shots Who Just Kept Shooting - April 30, 2012
• A Real Life Lesson - May 7, 2012
• Two Contrasting Types of Leadership Named E.G.O. - May 14, 2012
• You Can't Turn People On If They Want To Turn  You Off - May 21, 2012
• Connecting The Message With The Audience - May 27, 2012
• Letting Ourselves Out of the Bag - June 4, 2012
• Getting In and Out of the Trap of Disappointment - June 11, 2012
• Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time - June 18, 2012
• A Horse Whisper - June 25, 2012
• The Sage on the Stage or the Guide By Their Side - July 2, 2012
• You're Not Home Yet - July 9, 2012
• Your Shadow Releases Whoever or Whatever Overshadows You  - July 16, 2012
• The Professor, the Academic Advisor and the Custodian - July 23, 2012
• Have Success in Our Finances - July 30, 2012
• You Can Possess Money, But Money Should Never Possess You - August 6, 2012
• Some Practical Thoughts for Living in an Impractical World - August 13, 2012
• Someday is Today and Somebody is You - August 20, 2012
• The Best Days are Blessed Days - August 27, 2012
• Waiting for the Wind - September 3, 2012
• The Instruction Manual that Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking - Sept 10, 2012
• Your Ministry is Your Career, and Your Career is Your Ministry - September 17, 2012
• Mirror,  Mirror on the Wall - September 24, 2012
• Chasing the Words Out Of Our Mouths - October 1, 2012
• Flying by The Instruments In Cloudy and Turbulent Times - October 8, 2012
• Your Ministry is Your Career and Your Career is Your Ministry - October 15, 2012
• Busy Waiting or Waiting to be Busy - October 22, 2012
• A Lesson on Mountain Moving Faith - November 5, 2012
• Increasing Your Capacity and Compentency - November 12, 2012
• Increasing our Thankfulness Capacity - November 19, 2012
• Increasing Your Capacity and Competency in Times of Ambiguity . . . Successfully - November 26, 2012
• Live Life Through the Eyes of a Child - December 3, 2012
• Six Foolproof Rules on Buying Christmas Gifts for Real Men - December 10, 2012
• The Christmas Lesson of a Lifetime - December 17, 2012
• The Good News About Good News - December 24, 2012
• Are You Nervous About What is Happening in Society Right Now? - December 31, 2012
• Ten Short Thoughts That, If Applied, Could Revolutionize Your Life - January 7, 2013
• Ten Short Thoughts, Part 2 - January 14, 2013
• The Letter That Took World History a New Direction - January 21, 2013
• Why Churches and People In Churches Misbehave - January 28, 2013
• How to Get Your Best Ideas - February 4, 2013
• Motives That Motivate, and Motives That Unmotivate - February 11, 2013
• Can You Read This? - February 18, 2013
• You Know Who You Are By Knowing Whose You Are - February 25, 2013
• The Art of Workship - March 4, 2013
• Was It The Coffee's Fault - March 11, 2013
• The Expert Who Became The Ex-Spurt - March 18, 2013
• Who Is He And Why Did He Come - March 25, 2013
• Getting In And Out of Trouble - April 1, 2013
• Manage Your Conflicts Or Your Conflicts Will Manage You - April 8, 2013
• And Now, The Rest Of The Story . . . On Strategies of Conflict Resolution - April 15, 2018
• Sawing Off The Limb You're Sitting On - April 22, 2013
• The Craziness of Laziness, the Awfulness of Slothfulness - April 29, 2013
• When is a Friend, a Friend - May 6, 2013
• A-Z Quotes On Insights Into Life's Roadblocks and Detours - May 13, 2013

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