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Moving Day

By Daniel Edwards | April 8, 2012

I am moving this blog to wordpress.com.

There are several reasons why, but I doubt that any of them matter much to you. Hopefully what matters to you is where the blog is headed. You can go to pastordanieledwards.wordpress.com and find that the blog has already set up shop over there with all of the old posts, comments, etc.

If you get my blog via email, you’ll need to go to the new address and sign up for delivery from the new site.

It’s been fun here at this yahoo hosted site. Thanks.

Looking forward to good times over at wordpress.

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Favorite Tweets of December

By Daniel Edwards | March 25, 2012

Favorite tweets from December, also known as the month of Christmas and Tebow Time.

Enjoy.

A guy tried to check bags onto a plane with 247 snakes inside them. That’s insane, isn’t it like $25 bucks per bag?
THis is why you simply must fly Southwest when carrying more than 5 snakes.
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Aiden: “Put on your Manning jersey so both of us can be wearing Colts jerseys!” Me: “Sorry. I don’t wear blue & white when UK is playing.”
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And he didn’t look too happy about it. RT : LaMichael James rode a roller coaster. 

Too funny. Poor guy.
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This is called an Edwards serving size of cake. It comes with a side of diabetes for free! 

Good cake. Good day.
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People in the building are stealing light bulbs out of the elevator.

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Pedicures with the edwards women. Man in here getting his toes done asked for them to change the tv to the speed channel.

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Why does every pizza commercial after 7:00 look so flippin awesome?

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Would you like your netflix knock-offs lame or extra-lame?
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That Pottery Barn slave labor in China is superior to the Pier One Chinese slave labor.

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Today everyplace is Chick-fil-a 
Merry Christmas restaurant employees!
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Dear Christmas morning group texters…  :)

and New Year’s.
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No better way to start a Christmas service, then with a Baptism.

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“I hope you got what you wanted for Christmas. At least you can be thankful that you didn’t get what you deserve.” -Dale Burden

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Mele Kalikimaka!

It’s the thing to say!
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Heading to Christmas Eve service 

Thoroughly enjoyed this service even though I was sick as a dog.
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Just ordered NFL Redzone for my dad. It’s my way of saying “Merry Christmas. You don’t have to watch the Rams.”

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Hoping Jesus calls Santa to tell him that the reason I’m on Santa’s naughty list has been forgiven. 

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Can we agree that “In order to be green we emailed our Christmas card” is usually code for “We forgot to send a real one out”

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Considering how much I remember about my own childhood I don’t have to get my kids any presents for a couple of years.

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Rode Kracken roller coaster 2x. If ppl think that’s scary, they’ve never been to a denominational mtg w/ open mics.
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What’s the difference between the baby grand and the grand piano? I’m sure a few grand

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20 Dec
Bought my kids McRibs for Xmas. May have bought them a little early.

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Enjoyed time with , , and Haven!

Cute kid. Good day.
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Wish it would snow, I got nothing for Instagram

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I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve tried to type a phone number into the calculator on my phone and wondered why it won’t call out.

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Next time your blow a demo or presentation remember the lights went out on MNF on ESPN…twice.

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Geoff Surratt
If you are stressing over what to get your dog for Christmas, STOP IT. Its a dog. You’re welcome.

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Happy Birthday to my favorite son-in-law ! Looking forward to seeing you next week!

….also her least favorite FYI….
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“You can not do all the good the World needs, but the World needs all the good you can do” - 

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“Santa is the ultimate hipster. Works one day a year and spends the rest of the year judging you.” 

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Twitter is so much easier than being outgoing.

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If I had the money I’d hire 2 private investigators to follow each other.

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2nd round of cookies and cocoa at our house was great!

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Put Tebow in charge of the US deficit and put 5:00 on the clock. Problem solved.

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If this were one of those Christian sports movies I’d turn it off for being too unbelievable 

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They should send Tim Tebow into Iran to get our drone back. With just a knife.

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Garage sale complete, now someone else owns my crap. Kind of like seeing a psychiatrist.
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Here’s a fun idea - let’s stop dressing little girls like whores. How does that sound? Everybody on board with that? Great.

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Finishing a successful day with the in-laws. That’s always worth tweeting. 

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Parents today spend 40% less time with their children than their parents did a generation ago. We need to change that. 

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Tim Tebow walks the walk. I hired a lipreader to see if he swore during Vikings game. Not once. Worst was an angry: “Let’s go!”

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For Halloween we watched 3 hours of News broadcast and first 48 Memphis edition

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In NYC and just watched “Book of Mormon” on Broadway. Bitterly disappointed. No Jimmer.

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Other pastors will accept your idea if you claim Spurgeon said it. (Spurgeon said this)

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Favorite East End sign: Forget dogs, beware of kids

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Hey, who’s ready for no-pedophile December?

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I was so happy this morning when I saw that nothing related to Free Will Baptist were trending on Twitter (not even Freewill Baptist)!

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I bet later that night Mary asked Joseph “Who though it would be a good idea to bring that kid with the drum to see a baby?”

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Guess what Haven weighs? 16.11-no lie! haha

We’re not IFBs. I promise. To prove it I will swear with my hand on a modern translation.

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Animal Crackers at the Jail

By Daniel Edwards | March 21, 2012

Dear little friend,

The other day I went to see a man at the place where your dad is staying.

I knew you had been there because you left some of your animal crackers in the booth with the phones where you go to visit your dad sometimes.

When I saw your animal crackers I was a little sad, but later they made me think of something very important.

I was reminded that I preach and talk to people there because there are other little boys and girls just like you who are waiting for their dad’s to come home and just like you they want their dads to stay at home. They want to get  picked up from school by their dads, be driven to basketball by their dads, and eat chicken nuggets with their dads. Just like you do.

I can’t promise that any of those things will happen, but I hope they all do.

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Favorite Tweets of November. Of 2011.

By Daniel Edwards | February 19, 2012

Here are my favorite tweets from November of 2011.

As always, let me encourage you to find some good people to follow.

Follow me here.

Friend me there.

  • It used to be that it took a celebrity for there to be a scandal; now you need a scandal to become a celebrity.

At least this shift hasn’t affected the caliber of role models for our kids.

  • Now quite possible that an Indiana-based pro sports team will win a game in 2011!! Sweet. 

  • Working at mickey d’s and wearing  and  prove how proverty can be cyclical

This is so sad.

  • watching  and Haven play hide and seek. Java gives away Daniel’s hiding spots though!

  • ESPNU covers college athletics. Their advertising motto? “Never Graduate”. I’m surprised they don’t carry more UK basketball games.

  • 3 Musketers always make me sad. They mean I’m almost done with my kids Halloween candy.

I had resorted to one of Haven’s 3 musketeers that same day.

  • That awkward moment when you were waiting for Chris Hansen to appear from the shadows while Bob Costas was interviewing Jerry Sandusky.

That was the creepiest live television moment I have ever experienced.

  • Young bruhs confuse spiritual maturity & calls 2 ministry b/c they R isolated from godly grown men in other vocations

The preacher is telling the truth and it hurts!

  • With the lockout dragging on, many NBA players have called John Calipari asking to play for Kentucky so they don’t have to take a pay cut.

  • FACT: The internet was invented to globalize complaining. via

Blogging was invented to perfect it. Twitter was invented to make it more convenient.

  • “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else,” - Judy Garland

  • Eating at the barking dog cafe. It was featured on diners, drive-ins, and dives

I ate the best BLT at that place. Of course, I had just run 13 miles, maybe that helped it taste better.

  • Haven and I waiting at the finish line.  is almost done with half marathon

It is so great to know they are waiting for me at the finish line. It was wonderful to experience that finish and accomplished goal together.

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Marriage. A series for you- no matter your status.

By Daniel Edwards | January 31, 2012

Most married couples recognize they could use some advice and counsel on making their relationship stronger. But what about people who aren’t married? What about people who are single, divorced, or widowed? No matter your marital status or the status of your marriage, you will find our upcoming series “MARRIAGE.” helpful.

It is my prayer that God will use these services to:

prepare future marriages,

enrich healthy marriages,

rescue struggling marriages,

& restore broken marriages.

Reasons this series of message will be helpful for singles:

You are not married, but you struggle with sexual temptation.

God created sex to be enjoyed within marriage, so dealing with God’s plan for marriage will help us better understand God’s intention for sex. When we compare God’s plan with our perversion of that plan, we appreciate God’s guidelines for sex.

You are not married, but you have other relationships.

Marriage is about adoration, commitment, and sacrifice. So is every good friendship & partnership. Many of the principles we will learn about a healthy marriage will be principles that should be present in any healthy relationship- even non-romantic relationships. These messages will teach us to be better spouses. They will also teach us to be better friends, classmates, siblings, parents, co-workers, etc.

You are not married, but you have friends who are or will be.

Most likely you will have opportunities to support, encourage, and pray with friends and family who are married, even struggling in their marriage. These sermons will better prepare you for those moments of influence.

You are not married, but you may be married in the future.

It isn’t God’s plan for everyone to be married. Marriage isn’t God’s only plan for His people to find happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment. For many, though, God’s plan for the future includes glorifying Him through marriage. This series will be an excellent base for such a future.

MARRIAGE. starts at 10:30 on February 5.

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Favorite Tweets from October. Yes October.

By Daniel Edwards | January 23, 2012

Remember Halloween? Remember Colts’ losses? Remember October?
Here is the first installment of some very overdue favorite tweet roundups.
Look for November & December in 2013.

  • I confiscate my kids good candy to teach them about taxes.

I think my parents did this. I have always felt a need to hide my Resses from the IRS.

  • 20 yrs from now we’re gonna remember 2011 as “that year we thought those 5 toe’d shoes were cool”

  • Just told my 5 year old that it is bad luck to go outside on the first day it snows.

  • The shorter ur grass in the fall, the more ur leaves blow into ur neighbors yard. Yes, I just mowed my lawn.

  • Watching the Walking Dead. No I’m not talking about the Colts!

  • Pakistan was just elected to the U.N. Security Council. Seriously… this is not an Onion headline.

Looks like this will be the first time in years that I don’t head up to snowshoe.

I enjoy this show about sports more than I enjoy sports.

  • If you are trying to “keep up with the Jones’s,” STOP! Because they just filed for bankruptcy.

  • My daughter loves her horse head pillow, but doesn’t get the awesome Godfather connection. 

  • Korean scientists have cloned a coyote. In other news, ACME company sales have recently doubled.

  • Why is it when I’m in a TSA line I’m always behind the person that has never left their house?

  • Being able to label my issues doesn’t mean I’m working on them. Unfortunately, it does make it easier to pretend that I am.

  • Church of celebrity, consumerism & competition. “Our pastor is amazing, our programs meet all my needs, our church is better than yours.”

  • To the police surveillance van outside our flat, renaming your wifi would make you stealthier 

  • Warning: Blackberrry phones are crashing, there is an increased chance today of making eye contact with people in heavily starched shirts.

  • Dear future me: When you make egg sandwiches for the kids, it’s a good idea to check to see if we have bread BEFORE cracking the eggs

  • When I see a printed out, taped up sign, my first thought is “Somebody must have thrown a fit about this”

  • “If I could get a transcript of your prayers over the last month, what would be the one thing you kept praying for?” – Francis Chan 

  • Hey people that sit on planes not reading, listening to or watching anything: you look like serial killers.

Love that.

It was great! Thanks to Rachel and Mel!

  • At the State fair I’ve been called “boss” about a million times. I’m firing the next guy who does. I can, I’m the boss.

I have so many great memories from the VA State Fair. Our family went every year for several years. Twist & Shout!

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Foundation Class

By Daniel Edwards | January 14, 2012

I want to invite you to participate in the Foundation Class that will meet at the church on February 4th.
The class covers the basic important truths of the Christian Faith as well as some basic info about Faith Church.
This class is a great way to learn more about Christianity, become familiar with our church and our beliefs, and get to know the pastor and deacons.
(I will teach the class and our deacons will join us for lunch.)
In the past we have offered the class on a weeknight or during Sunday School for several weeks. This time we are going to try something different and cover all of the material in one day. We will start at 10:00, break for a provided lunch, and finish by 2:00.
Hopefully this will be more convenient than carving out time for a class over an extended period of time.
This class is a pre-requisite to church membership.
To become a member of Faith Church you must confess Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior, be baptized, and complete this class.
You don’t have to join if you take the class. In fact, you don’t even need to be considering membership to take the class.
Please let me know by January 28th if you plan to take the class so we can prepare the lunch.

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