“Let’s Roll” were the last few words heard by Todd Beamer when he led a charge on United Airlines’ flight 93 against the terrorists that hijacked the plane on September 11, 2001. He was able to reclaim the plane, leading them to crash it into a field in Pennsylvania, saving the hijacker’s intended target. A major tragedy struck our country that morning and left us all speechless, and paralyzed. Thousands of people lost their lives that day. This was the day where we witnessed bravery from our first responders and our service men and women. This is also the day…

This past weekend I had two speaking engagements for the same church. This church’s congregation is mostly comprised of immigrants, many of them from Africa. On Friday, I spoke to the youth group about the culture shock we face as immigrants when we first come to America. I also talked about the pressures of life, especially when we start to grow and adapt to this new way of life and our parents remain stuck in the old, afraid to change because change is unknown. On Sunday I had the opportunity to share my testimony with the parents and the rest…

The word believe is so uplifting, just to be able to say you and I believe in something. Others don’t have to believe the same thing we do but there’s an attraction to that word and to the person when they declare they believe in something. However, the opposite is true to those who have to see something in order to believe it…doubting Thomas. Most of us are familiar with the story of doubting Thomas. After Jesus’ resurrection, he appeared to many of his disciples but Thomas wasn’t with them when it happened. So when the disciples told him “We…