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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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Favorite Tweets of September

By Daniel Edwards | December 5, 2011

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Shaun King
Heading into one of those uncomfortable grown man meetings.
28 Sep
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Jonny Diaz
The “Complete Guide To Understanding Women” is finally available.
28 Sep
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Chris Forbes
Something I’d like to see: Spiderman save the day in a rural area with no buildings. Some ideas only work in the big city.
28 Sep
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Jim Gaffigan
“How old is your baby?” is the “How about this weather?” of parenting.
26 Sep
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David Jones
Arkansas-Alabama: a dentist’s nightmare
24 Sep
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Dustin Stokes
“: If Facebook was a church with people in suits, today Zuckerberg put the drums on the stage”
21 Sep
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Justin Farley
Reproducing is never about size, it’s about leader readiness -
20 Sep
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Carlos Whittaker
Sometimes I wish I could photoshop my conversations.
20 Sep
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Thom Rainer
Your employers quickly forget the long hours you give them at work. Your children never forget memory-making moments with them.
20 Sep
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Britt Merrick
Leaders: The degree to which you enjoy the praise of people is the same degree to which their criticism will wreck you.
18 Sep
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Darrin Patrick
“One of the biggest differences between me & God is He doesn’t believe He is me” 
15 Sep
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Christopher Talbot
Why was the Hipster’s mouth burnt? He ate food before it was cool.
15 Sep
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CJ Hoyt
Some of the most AMAZING video I’ve ever seen. Bystanders rescue motorcyclist from fiery wreck: 
13 Sep
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Shaun King
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” -William Shedd /Be! Go! Do!
13 Sep
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Jeremy Riggs
Travel Channel keeping it classy with a new episode of Truck Stop Missouri for the 10th anniversary of 9/11. 
11 Sep
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stephenlopes
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic
11 Sep
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Jeff Postlewaite
Jack prayed “Jesus, help me come into Your heart.” That’s probably a better description of salvation.
10 Sep
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marc neppl
2 teens asked me what 9/11 is. They had to write a paper on it. Joking around in the van stopped for few minutes as I described it. 9.11.01
9 Sep
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Michael O’CC
WARNING: if you see tweets offering free clip of the new Nickelback album DO NOT CLICK. It links to a free clip of the new Nickelback album.
9 Sep
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Scotty Smith
A sign u’re growing in grace: You know “for better or worse & in sickness & in health” pertains to your church vows too
8 Sep
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Chris Forbes
Yahoo CEO said she was fired over the phone. They could have used Yahoo mail, but only spammers use that.
8 Sep
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Rick Warren
I hire staff who’ve been deeply hurt. It softens u to other’s hurts.Unhurt leaders are often arrogant know-it-alls.1 Cor1:4
8 Sep
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Drew Breaux
Nothing makes me feel more grown up than carrying an umbrella. It’s like I have important places to go, with people who expect me to be dry
7 Sep
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Mike cline
Rita says she only watches cartoons with kids. I thought that I counted.
6 Sep
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mikeherrity
Must be best notice ever in museum display case- I cried with laughter at this: 
6 Sep
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Dan
May ur silver perish with u, b/c u thought u could acquire God’s gift w/ money! // popular fund-raising verse? 
4 Sep
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Jamicyn Weaver
Twitter needs a special font for sarcasm.
3 Sep
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Joshua Riggs ?
Boys are showing some new friends around the house - Andrew says “Mom and Dad share a room.” 
3 Sep
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Fake Dispatch
BREAKING: Tressel joins Colts as instant replay consultant. He has a lot of experience looking back in time at bad decisions.
2 Sep

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#30Thanks - November 23

By Daniel Edwards | November 23, 2011

I am a preacher. That is my career, but it is more than that. It’s my calling. When I say it is my calling, I mean that it is what I was made to do. When I stand in front of a group of people to preach, I feel at home. It’s weird, but I do not feel at home if I speak to a group about anything else.

Plus, it doesn’t matter where I am. I feel at home in our church sanctuary, the church basement where the teens meet, or the weight room at Warrick County Jail where we hold monthly jail services.

I believe this is what God built and designed me to do. I am thankful I found it or that it found me. I am thankful I get to do what I love and support my family through it.

I am thankful that God has chosen to use the “foolishness of preaching” to convey His message of grace.

I am blessed to preach and I am grateful.

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#30Thanks - November 16

By Daniel Edwards | November 16, 2011

I have done quite a bit of work on our Trailblazer lately. It hasn’t been the “I’m a teenager who wants to trick out my car” kind of work. It’s been the “the car is broken and I need to fix it so my wife can go to grocery store” kind of work. I can’t really complain about the car, because even though it has over 100,000 miles we have never been stranded.

Since I have done just about all the work on it myself, I am thankful for my hands. I am thankful that I have full use of two relatively strong hands. They are great for working on a car, picking up a book, typing up a post about #30thanks, and holding a cup of coffee.

I am also thankful that I was taught some basic skills in how to use my hands. Skills like holding a wrench, threading a bolt down in the guts of the car that you can’t see, and flipping to the right page in the Haynes Trailblazer repair book.

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#30Thanks - November 14

By Daniel Edwards | November 14, 2011

I get messages all day. Text messages, emails, tweets, voicemails, etc. They are constant. They are convenient. They are instant.

None of them are appreciated as much as a hand written note. Whether its the rarity or the nostalgia, a good had written note is something you hold onto. You file it away, then you come across it years later. You don’t do that with a text message.

So today I am thankful for the mail. Not the junk, ads, or bills, but the notes and messages from friends and family, the cards I got for pastor appreciation and my birthday.

When was the last time you wrote a note or sent a letter the old fashioned way?

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#30Thanks - November 13

By Daniel Edwards | November 13, 2011

My birthday was 2 days ago. Now I’m 29. I don’t feel older, but I am not crazy about having only one more year as a twentysomething.

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While there are several reasons I am not crazy about getting older, I am thankful for age. With age I become a little wiser, a little more patient, a little less arrogant.

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(I really did try to avoid being the 23 year old who knew everything. I apologize for failing.)

I believe that God is still working on me. He’s still preparing me for the work and calling He has for me. I am excited to see what He will transform and correct in me next.

God’s working on me as I age, and I am thankful.

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