Tackled by Faith – When Sports and The Cross Collide: A Student Athletes Guide to Success!

This post sponsored by Tackled by Faith. Learn more at www.tackledbyfaith.com Tackled by Faith (Now Available at www.tackledbyfaith.com) is a motivational guidebook and autobiography by Minister James Faison Jr. designed to help athletes understand how to build and maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ while endeavoring to achieve academic and athletic success. Join Minister Faison [...]

Aspire: Magic Johnson’s channel for black families launches

by Frazier Moore, Associated Press | July 2, 2012 at 10:38 AM As the crowd counted down, Magic Johnson pulled a large silver lever jutting from a box labeled “ASPiRE.” With that, his new cable network went live. Then stagehands whisked the contraption off the dais at Aspire’s gala premiere party Wednesday night. The switch was just [...]

Are You Into God…Or Is God Into You?

An editorial by Pastor Will Thomas I recently saw an article where the Mayor’s of Pittsburgh and Denver had made a friendly bet (which normally happens as a gesture of goodwill among the two cities playing) for whichever team wins the game the losing Mayor will do something for the other Mayor. Well, unless you [...]

Portrait of an Overcomer

Thirty-year-old Tamika Catchings is an Overcomer! She was born with a hearing deficiency in both ears. Because she couldn’t hear well, she developed a speech impediment. As a result her of disabilities, she was teased and bullied by classmates. One day, while in the second grade, after having a particularly difficult dayl, Tamika took her [...]