Since Thursday, November 26, 1789, Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated as “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” This day was proclaimed as a day of thanksgiving by President George Washington. President Abraham Lincoln encouraged the practice by setting aside the last Thursday of November as a day of giving [...]

It may surprise you that many people have no idea what the Golden Rule is. To refresh your memory, the Golden Rule states, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” While it is upheld as a gold standard, it has a flaw that often goes unnoticed. [...]

"To whom much has been given, much will be required." (Luke 12:48) We are coming through one of those trying times in history. Times like these bring out the "givers" and "takers" in life. Some have profited greatly despite the devastation of the pandemic, while others have lost dearly. One [...]

I didn’t set out to be a pioneer. I just set out to be a punter in the National Football League, and I happened to be Black. Despite the odds stacked against me, through a life of overcoming disappointments, forging new trails, and taking a leap of faith when new [...]

I was taught at an early age about the importance of faith in God. If a door is closed in your face, God will open a window. It was a window that I opened in my 9th-floor apartment in downtown Cleveland after the disappointment of another closed door: being cut [...]

Rejection is nothing new, and it comes in all shapes and sizes. What’s important is what you do with it. Take your disappointments and use them as fuel to ignite your passion. Store them away, and when you get the opportunity to overcome them, use those experiences to reach new [...]