(ThyBlackMan.com) We hear a lot of different phrases to describe wellness. Alternative medicine, naturopathic medicine, holistic medicine, and more. What does this mean, and how do they differ? They’re all pathways to feeling better, and today, alternative and traditional medicine converge to create integrative medicine, which is holistic, or complete. These ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I received word that a dear ministry colleague had died unexpectedly. He was fifty years old. I had known this young man for many years; he had taken over a ministry that teetered around two hundred members and guided it to mega-church status. He allowed me to stand in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Not too long ago, I started meal prepping. I heard about it and thought about it, but I never dived in and did it. Finally, at the start of the year I was determined to get myself together and so, I gave it a try. I wish I had started ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Through the tension, unspoken feelings, and presumptions of another person’s emotions, relationships can get pretty tricky. Everyone goes through the ebbs and flows of being with someone. Relationship problems are hard. But, there’s ways to help. You came to this blog to read about driving, but now you’re getting a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Could it be that it is our existence in a society where every moment can be recorded and distributed around the globe with the push of a button that explains the latest “Umar Johnson chronicle?” Consider for a moment that at the present moment, the fermentation process of a “beef” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Our 45th President has traipsed over to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, planning to rub elbows with world leaders, repair some relationships, and possibly shred even more.   He had hardly landed before he started threatening to cut off aid to the Palestinians unless they participate in peace talks ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In the Age of Trump, logging onto Twitter can elicit everything from hysterical laughter to deep concern and fear. From time to time, I’ve even had the urge to teach the Trump Administration basic math. However, the Wednesday after Democratic candidate Doug Jones won the special election in Alabama for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump reportedly asked why the U.S. is “having all these people from sh*thole countries come here.” I think he could have used better language, but it’s a question that should be asked and answered. I have a few questions for my fellow Americans to consider. How many Norwegians ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As President Trump lays out and implements his vision for American success – via his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” – there remain defiant naysayers. Among the most defiant are those who want to talk about race. They oppose Trump, claiming he is biased against minorities. Unfortunately, talking about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Do we really know what the past was, what actually happened, or is history “a fable” not quite “agreed upon”? Our knowledge of any past event is always incomplete, probably inaccurate, beclouded by ambivalent evidence and biased historians, and perhaps distorted by our own patriotic or religious partisanship. “Most history ...