Author: Joseph Papik

By Joseph Papik — “Hey God, if you let me win this contest, then I’ll be good,” was C.J. Hobgood’s first interactions with God. He did indeed become very good — at surfing. He racked up championships Hossegor (France), Teahupo’o (Tahiti), Chiba (Japan) and Mundaka (Spain). But the successes didn’t fulfill C.J., who became an elite surfer with his twin brother, Damien. “What triggered a change for me was the realization that even when I got what I wanted, it didn’t fill the emptiness I felt,” the Florida native says. “It wasn’t a situation where I hit rock bottom or…

Tales of Tithes By Joseph Papik – After her dad was murdered in Vijayawada in 1990 for being a Christian and a politician, Asha Kantepudi’s family became destitute. When she got her master’s degree in computer science, Asha took charge of her mom, a housewife, and three siblings. She moved to Hyderabad to seek employment but really her dream was to emigrate to the West. “The only dream I had to become big, to grow in life, was to go abroad to America to earn in dollars.” Asha says. “That was my dream; that was my desire.” While her dreams…

By Joseph Papik — 6ix9ine – whose shock gangsta rap mixed with anime themes took the internet by storm in the late 2010s – says he wound up praying with Puff Diddy in prison. “Diddy seen me get on my knees three times a day to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ,” says the artist whose real name is Daniel Hernandez. “Can I pray with you?” Diddy approached him. “We both got on our knees and prayed to the Lord. And we said, ‘Um, Lord, we love you. We don’t get on our knees to ask you for anything. We…

By Joseph Papik — A Christian must give up his bed to a Muslim for the night, if the Muslim asks for it, under sharia law, says UK imam Abu Waleed (whose real name is Shahid Janjua). “Which wife is going to live with John under that type of circumstances?” said the London-based imam of Punjabi background and Salafist teaching. “What kind of dishonor honoring is this for me to live with (him)?” Even in the United Kingdom, hardline Muslims are free to spout hatred towards anyone who’s not Muslim. Waleed says Christians (and other infidels) are rightly second class…

By Joseph Papik – CEO of Nvidia Jensen Huang, who oversees $216B in revenues, got his start by cleaning up syrup spills. “I was probably Denny’s best dish washer. I washed the living daylights out of the dishes,” Huang says. “No task is beneath me.” Huang’s first gig at Denny’s when he was 15 taught him hard work and valuing customers, as he was scrubbing tables, doing dishes and dealing with the chaotic nighttime crowds. These early lessons in discipline and humility turned out to be the second most significant aspect of his journey. Huang’s story really took off when…