FAQs

Earl has spoken at many different types of events. He has delivered the keynote address at local conferences, and spoken at retreats and worship services for audiences ranging up to 1,000 people. He has also spoken at outreaches and afternoon and evening events at churches. Generally, Earl's messages are designed for, and he speaks most specifically to, Christian parents and children, but he has also given addresses at public and private schools, memorial services, and to community and government groups. He has also spoken to correctional organizations.

Earl is happy to do workshops at multiple-sized conferences. Some of his topics, especially, lend themselves better to workshops than to larger venues since they only apply to a certain group of parents or children. Earl would be happy to do a workshop on his book, 40 Parenting Skills, for instance.

Earl speaks on a variety of topics, which you can see here. His main focus is helping people overcome parental rejection and break through their inner ceilings to greater success by leading them through the Five G.R.A.C.E. Steps. He has a passion for the family Yahweh originally intended, and most of his talks go in that general direction. However, he is sensitive that many parents in his audiences are empty-nesters, no longing raising children at home, and so strives to be as inclusive as possible when speaking to general groups.

Earl knows that people are at all different stages of life, and endeavours in his presentations to be sensitive to all. When speaking to larger groups, he tends to focus more on how we can ensure that we’re journeying towards Christ and his design for our lives, and not away from Him, rather than focusing exclusively on family.

Earl is happy to work with churches or committees who have a theme in mind for their service, retreat, or conference. However, due to the time involved in prayer and Bible study to prepare completely new messages, Earl limits these types of requests in order to insure the quality and effectiveness of each presentation. Therefore, we ask that you let Earl know what topic you would like at the time of booking.

Earl is happy to give groups a shorter list of topics after hearing about the group’s demographics and recent activities. However, he would prefer that the event organizers choose the topic, since they are more familiar with the audience and know what they would like more.

Earl’s fees are set depending upon the type of event and the distance he has to travel. If you would like to know specifics, you can fill out his booking form and someone will get back to you so that you can discuss fees. His fees are set taking into account the amount of preparation that goes into each event, the amount of time away from his family, and the time spent at the event. He does, however, after prayerful consideration, accept events from churches or organizations that cannot afford his honorarium. He also believes that his local area is part of his local ministry, and so he is more likely to discount his fees in the Los Angeles area at this time. Earl personally guarantees that your church's or organization's ability to pay his full honorarium will never determine whether or not he accepts your invitation to speak. Never.

We ask that the event committee cover all of Earl’s travel expenses, including mileage at 40 cents a mile, or airfare where applicable. When an overnight stay is necessary, we ask for Earl’s meals and hotels to be covered by the event committee, also.

In general, Earl prefers to stay in hotels, especially the evening before the event. He needs quiet time to pray, reflect, and prepare, and when staying in a home often the social demands can be disruptive. If an overnight stay is necessary after an event, Earl is happy to accommodate his sleeping arrangements as best suits the group.

Earl flies out of LAX, his local airport in Los Angeles.

When Earl accepts an event, he will send you a letter of understanding which will include his anticipated expenses, including mileage, meals and hotels. If a speaking event requires Earl to leave the house before 7:00 a.m. in order to arrive at the venue, Earl will request a hotel for the evening before so he won’t be too tired at the event. Because of traffic, this means that events in the San Diego or Ventura County area must start after 10:30 a.m. in order for Earl not to need a hotel the night before.

If you want to host a retreat for your church, one way to do it very economically is to purchase a DVD of a retreat that Earl has given. He can supply you with a church kit for retreats that includes the DVD, song suggestions, and discussion questions. That way you can have a great weekend away with your men or women at very little expense. You can email him here about that.

If you want to host an event and have him come to speak, another idea is to team up with other churches in your area and host an event together.

Earl personally guarantees that your church's ability to pay fees will never determine whether or not he accepts your invitation to speak. Never.

Please fill out Earl's booking form here. Someone will get back to you within twenty-four hours to let you know that your request has been received and is undergoing our prayerful consideration process. Although Earl is grateful for every invitation and opportunity to speak, he seeks Yahweh's direction and approval for each invitation and opportunity because he speaks as a service to and servant of Yahweh.

As of January, 2011, Earl has assembled a three person advisory team to meet on a rolling basis to consider speaking requests as they come in. The team prays over the requests and, along with Earl, makes decisions based on Earl’s commitments to his family, his writing schedule, the direction in which they believe Yahweh is leading Earl's ministry, and most importantly, the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, he makes all decisions as they are presented, on a first-come, first-served basis. If, for instance, you request a date 24 months into the future, you will know within twenty-four hours whether or not Earl has committed to that event.

Please fill out a booking form and ask any questions you need to. If the event date is currently available, it will remain available until Earl accepts a booking invitation for that date. Earl cannot commit to being available before knowing if you definitely would want him to speak. He can, however, assist you in making your decision by pointing you to testimonials and samples, if that can be helpful.

Earl has some short video clips of some of his presentations online, and several from a former television show that he has hosted. You can also listen to any of his many, complete messages stocked in our online store and available for immediate mp3 download, including those in the free section of this site. In our ongoing effort to be green and do our part to conserve resources, we can’t send out DVDs and tapes to every group. However, if you really need one to take to a committee, contact Earl and we will see what we can do.

Earl prefers to deal mostly with email because he spends most days writing, guiding his companies, and meeting with clients, and so often finds the phone distracting. He is also much better at promptly returning e-mails than phone messages! If, however, you need to chat on the phone about topics or dates, please feel free to call Earl (310.880.5978) and, if he is unable to answer the phone at that moment, he will do his best to return your call as soon as possible.

When we receive an invitation, we will send out an email within twenty-four hours letting you know if your invitation has been accepted.

Yes. As long as a date is available, Earl and his team will prayerfully consider the invitation and get back to you within twenty-four hours with a decision.

To keep in touch with Earl and hear what new messages Yahweh is giving him, you can sign up for his ministry newsletter in the upper right hand corner of this page, or subscribe to his RSS feed by clicking on the RSS icon in the navigation bar near the top of this page.

The easiest ways are to return frequently to this website to monitor Earl's calendar, or to sign up for Earl's newsletter on the upper right side of this page, which will list his upcoming speaking engagements.