Edwin Santiago: One Yes Changed Bronx Kids

Edwin Santiago: One Yes Changed Bronx Kids

https://youtube.com/@chrismichaelrushing5434 https://www.instagram.com/rushfitnessnyc/ https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836 Edwin Santiago: “Our slogan is more than a game. It’s bigger than the court.” 📝Description: A basketball court in the Bronx became holy ground when Edwin Santiago decided to say yes. In this powerful episode, Steve Ramona and Chris Rushing sit down with Edwin Santiago, founder of New York City Christian Athletic Leagues, also known as NYCAL. What began in 2009 with no logo, no money, three footballs, a few cones, and a handful of kids has grown into a life changing ministry that has introduced more than 1,500 young people to the gospel through sports, mentorship, and love. Edwin shares how basketball became more than a game. It became a bridge to trust. A way to reach kids who may never walk into a church, but will show up at a park, lace up their sneakers, and listen when someone treats them like they matter. In neighborhoods marked by violence, fatherlessness, fear, and loss, Edwin and his team bring something many of these young people are starving for: hope, belonging, and steady men of faith who keep showing up. You will hear the story of Jay, a young man who asked Edwin for a Bible during a tournament, then returned later to say he had been baptized. You will hear Edwin talk about leaving a 25 year education career at 48 because God called him into full time ministry. You will hear the courage of a man who is not leaning on certainty, but on obedience. This conversation is for anyone who has ever wondered whether one yes to God can change a city, a family, or a child’s future. Edwin’s story reminds us that purpose does not always arrive with comfort. Sometimes it begins on a cracked court, with a basketball in hand, a prayer in your heart, and a child waiting to be reminded that his life still matters. P.S. Listen to this episode with someone who believes in faith, youth, sports, or second chances, then consider making an assist for the next child who needs a safe place to belong. 🎯 What You’ll Learn: ✅ Start Where You Are ✅ Sports as a Bridge ✅Start Where You Are ⏱️Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Mission 3:07 NYCAL Origins 8:30 Bridging Sports & Gospel 13:40 Impact Stories 17:13 Edwin's Faith Journey 24:41 Call to Action 🤝Connect with Edwin Santiago: 💥Web: www.nyccal.org 💥IG: @nyccalsports 💥LinkedIn:  NYC Christian Athletic League 🤝Connect with Chris Michael Rushing: 💥LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-michael-rushing/ 💥IG: https://www.instagram.com/rushfitnessnyc/ 💥TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chris.michael.rushing  💥YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chrismichaelrushing5434 🤝Connect with Steve Ramona: 💥Web: https://steveramona.com/ 💥LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/ 💥IG: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/ 💥Podcast: https://www.servinginbusinesspodcast.com/ 🔖Tags: #Faith #Hope #Community

Christian F Johnson: When Faith Stops Performing and Starts Demonstrating

https://youtube.com/@chrismichaelrushing5434 https://www.instagram.com/rushfitnessnyc/ https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836   📝Description: Welcome to the Men Walking in Faith and Purpose Podcast! In this enlightening episode, we focus on the critical themes of information, transformation, and dedication in the Christian faith. Listen as we share valuable insights on how to transform your life through the renewal of your mind, as discussed in Romans 12. Learn about the importance of dedication to a life of faith and how to effectively demonstrate these principles in your daily life.    🎯 What You’ll Learn: ✅ Importance of information in spiritual development ✅ The transformational power of renewing your mind  ✅ Commitment to faith and practical demonstration in the real world    ⏱️Timestamps: [0:00] Faith as Lifestyle — Opening remarks on faith as a daily practice [0:38] Podcast Intro — Welcome and guest introduction [4:24] Life Coaching & Leadership — Who Christian works with, purpose-filled coaching [7:48] Masculinity & Faith — What it means to be a Christian man [9:15] Presence-Based Leadership — Kingdom model vs. performance [11:35] Personal Development MC — How the emcee role was born [19:29] Present-Centered Living — March 2025 turning point, aligning with God's presence 🤝Connect with Christian F Johnson: 💥Web: https://iamchristianfjohnson.com/ [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iamchristianfjohnson.com/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0mKE2jfQVMksXf6Vbg_Hio]  💥LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamchristianfjohnson/ [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamchristianfjohnson/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3UgYfD6kKw3rLRPXB5fV95] , 💥Book: https://amzn.to/4lpbwlO [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://amzn.to/4lpbwlO&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0JrgmN1-UG0GLMZ6PocYuH]  💥YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CFJpodcast [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@CFJpodcast&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0r4dChMv77u1taO2TvzMMe]  🤝Connect with Chris Michael Rushing: 💥Web: https://steve-ramona.com/ 💥LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-michael-rushing/ 💥IG: https://www.instagram.com/rushfitnessnyc/ 💥TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chris.michael.rushing  💥YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chrismichaelrushing5434 🤝Connect with Steve Ramona: 💥Web: https://steveramona.com/ 💥LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveramona/ 💥IG: https://www.instagram.com/bizopportunitynow/ 💥Podcast: https://www.servinginbusinesspodcast.com/   🔖Tags: #ChristianPodcast #FaithJourney #Transformation

Stan Gibson: The Morning Ritual That Changes Everything

What gets a man out of bed when life has tested his faith, his heart, and his hope? In this deeply moving conversation, Steve Ramona and Chris Rushing sit down with Stan Gibson, a man whose life radiates purpose, discipline, and unwavering faith. Stan does not speak about success as a trophy. He speaks about it as stewardship. Through stories of losing his mother, walking beside his wife through years of cancer battles, and learning how to prepare his spirit before the world wakes up, Stan reveals what it really means to live with intention. His words are not polished theory. They are hard-won truth, shaped through grief, love, resilience, and a daily decision to trust God in every season. You will hear how Stan begins each day with affirmations, scripture, movement, and deep personal alignment, not because life is easy, but because he knows who he must become in order to serve others well. He shares why purpose is the missing link for so many high achievers, why faith and success are not in conflict, and how understanding your God-given design can transform the way you lead, love, and live. This episode is a powerful reminder that your routines are not just habits. They are evidence of what you believe about your life. If you have been feeling stretched, distracted, uncertain, or hungry for a deeper reason to rise each morning, this conversation will meet you there. Stan brings both fire and wisdom, calling listeners to stop drifting and start living on purpose, with clarity, conviction, and courage. P.S. Let this episode be your invitation to reclaim your mornings, reconnect with your purpose, and remember that the life God gave you is still asking to be lived fully. Stan Gibson is a faith-driven speaker, coach, and author who helps people live rich and intentional lives from the inside out. With decades of life experience, deep spiritual grounding, and a passion for human transformation, Stan guides leaders, teams, and individuals toward greater self-awareness, stronger purpose, and more meaningful impact. His story is not just about achievement. It is about endurance, surrender, and choosing every day to become a servant leader in mind, body, and soul. Website: www.stangibsonspeaks.com [http://www.stangibsonspeaks.com/] LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stangibsonspeaks [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stangibsonspeaks?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios]

Joey Drolshagen: From Rock Bottom to Relentless Clarity, Unlocking God Sized Purpose

What if the reason you feel stuck is not because you are incapable, but because you are trying to do it alone? There was a season when Joey Drolshagen did not want to live anymore. On the outside, he was climbing. Corporate success. Vice President of Sales. Leading teams. Hitting numbers. On the inside, there was a hole in his soul that no achievement could fill. He had learned to forecast revenue, build action plans, and grind through resistance. What he had not learned was how to surrender. In this powerful conversation, Joey opens up about the moment pain became his turning point. He shares how clarity became his lifeline. Not surface level goal setting, but deep, internal alignment with God and purpose. He reveals why we will never reach our full potential if we are trying to think our way there. If the vision is small enough to achieve alone, it is not big enough. Through his Subconscious Mindset Training method, Joey guides leaders to slow down, breathe, and confront the hidden programming that shapes their reality. He explains how your subconscious patterns determine your perception, and how your perception creates your results. When that shifts, everything shifts. Businesses grow from 7.5 million to 22 million in a year. More importantly, men grow from survival to significance. This episode is about more than business. It is about becoming. Becoming the person internally who can carry the vision externally. It is about wrestling with God and discovering you did not lose. It is about refusing to settle for Plan B when your soul was designed for Plan A. If you have been running at full speed yet feeling empty, this conversation will meet you right where you are and call you higher. P.S. If something inside you whispered, there is more for me, do not ignore it. Reach out. Start the conversation. Your next level of clarity may be one brave step away. Guest Bio  Joey Drolshagen is a transformational coach, pastor, author, and creator of Subconscious Mindset Training. After 28 years in corporate America rising from sales to Vice President, Joey discovered that external success without internal alignment leads to exhaustion, not fulfillment. Having walked through seasons of deep pain and personal struggle, he now helps leaders align their faith, clarity, and subconscious patterns to create lasting transformation in business and life. His mission is simple and profound, to help people become internally who they were created to be so their external results finally reflect it.

Malcolm Cepeda: When the Storm Spoke, He Chose the Rainbow

https://youtube.com/@chrismichaelrushing5434?si=PtEtdAwUF59TqXfM https://www.instagram.com/rushfitnessnyc?igsh=cXB3d3Q2dnd4ZWFx&utm_source=qr https://www.skool.com/steve-ramona-community-9836 What if the storm in front of you is not the end, but the birthplace of your legacy? At fifteen years old, Orlando Cepeda sat on the edge of a cold exam table in Puerto Rico, his knee swollen, his dreams hanging in the balance. Doctors spoke in statistics. Surgery. Limitations. The end of running. The end of baseball. But his father did not look at the charts. He looked at his son. No surgery, he said. Do not lose your spirit. This is where the real fight begins. In this unforgettable conversation, Malcolm Cepeda invites us into the private rooms where legends are truly formed. Not under stadium lights. Not inside Hall of Fame ceremonies. But in hospital rooms, in storms, in moments where faith either collapses or becomes unshakable. Malcolm shares how his father, Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda, carried grit not as bravado but as inheritance. A legacy born from poverty in Puerto Rico. From sharing bats. From playing barefoot. From a father who believed character was stronger than any diagnosis. Then the story shifts. Years later, sitting beside his father in another hospital room, Malcolm hears devastating news from doctors. Fear fills the space. But Orlando does not see a storm. He sees a rainbow. He speaks of building a foundation. He speaks of helping children who cannot choose their zip code. He speaks of progress, not legacy. In the midst of his own health battle, he plants seeds. The Orlando Cepeda Foundation was not born in a boardroom. It was born in pain transformed into purpose. It was born from a refusal to let hardship have the final word. Malcolm also shares the sacred moment near the end of his father’s life, when fear dissolved and peace entered the room. A moment that deepened his faith and reminded him that redemption, forgiveness, and grace are always within reach. This episode is about grit. About surrender. About faith in the fire. About becoming a rookie again in the Kingdom of God. If you are walking through a storm right now, this conversation will remind you that you are not drowning. You are being shaped. And somewhere ahead of you, there is a rainbow waiting to be built through you. P.S. If this story stirred something in your spirit, reach out to someone who needs encouragement today. Be the steady voice in their storm. Your faith might be the beginning of their rainbow. Guest Bio: Malcolm Cepeda is an educator, storyteller, and son of baseball legend Orlando Cepeda. Raised in the shadow of greatness, Malcolm chose not to live off legacy but to build progress. Through the Orlando Cepeda Foundation, he carries forward a mission rooted in faith, grit, and service, helping young people rise beyond their circumstances. His life reflects what happens when storms are met with belief and pain is transformed into purpose. https://orlandocepedafoundation.com/