3 Reasons Why Standing for the U.S. Anthem is Wrong

The beloved Star-Spangled Banner. Doesn't it take you back to the American Olympian who takes the podium, towering above the silver and bronze also-rans?

Yet, due to the racist history of the song, standing is not in order.

DACA Makes Sense: An Open Letter from a U.S.-Born Child of Immigrants

Here's an open letter to President Donald Trump from Tiffani Knowles, a college professor, editor, author and a U.S.-born child of immigrants.

Online Dating: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The online dating industry rakes in about $2 billion a year in the U.S. alone. It is growing in revenue but also growing in questions about it.

But, is it safe? Here's what makes it good, bad and ugly.

Just Thinking: The Limitations of Grace Part 2

Many of us are, theoretically and intellectually, familiar with grace--confining it to Sundays in our profoundly moving, eloquent sermons.

However, we must learn to break past those limitations.

Hidden Figures: 3 Big Lessons for Womanhood

The movie Hidden Figures was the best movie of the year, regardless of zero Oscar wins.

And, it's not because of the breakthroughs that these black women made in the field of aerospace science.

She has Guts. She has Grit. She has Grind.

Guts. Grit. Grind. These are the traits of journalist and professor Tiffani Knowles' parents.

Read their story and 9 others like it in her new paperback book HOLA AMERICA.

A Letter to Donald Trump: 'I Didn't Vote for You But I'm Praying for You'

The Donald was elected despite what the polls and many experts and pundits predicted would not happen. This is a clear example of why one should not believe everything you see, hear or read.

The pollsters got it wrong. And, on this day, I have just come from doing my prison ministry before sitting down to write this column.

The sun still rose in the east and apparently will continue to set in the west. The sky has not fallen and I am still alive, occupying until He comes, doing what He has called me to do. The pollsters got it wrong. And, on this day, I have just come from doing my prison ministry before sitting down to write this column.