(ThyBlackMan.com) Scripture says, The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established. (Proverbs 19:21 NRSV). You do not create purpose. Purpose creates you. Before you ask, what is my purpose, though, ask these three questions: What does my life mean? ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a new year and 2021 brings both uncertainty and hope. The year 2020 was dominated by the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus. There was no industry on Earth that was not significantly impacted by COVID-19. Athletes were physically impacted and even emotionally impacted as in the story ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump, it turns out, was being quite literal when he told us Jan. 6 would be “wild.” And so Wednesday was, but it was also disastrous for the party and the movement Trump has led for the last five years. Wednesday, the defeats of Sens. Kelly Loeffler ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, a bunch of white rioters aka Trump rioters (not protestors) had stormed The Nation’s Capitol Of D.C. The White Nationalist Trump supporters are constantly referred to by corporate white media outlets like Fox News as “protestors” when in reality, they’re nothing but a bunch of thuggish white nationalist ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the Georgia runoffs are over, let’s talk about Donald Trump. When we really needed all hands on deck in Georgia, Trump was a wrecking ball. He went down to Georgia and insulted everyone, refusing to talk about anything but himself. Based on his rally speech this week, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many Black Americans are not ready to take coronavirus vaccine. With all the confusion and misinformation about the disease and the vaccine, we are not surprised. As physicians in the community, we study information and make decisions that are in the best interests of our patients, our families, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It looks as if African Americans cannot get any respite from racism irrespective of their education, stature and wealth. Most recently, a black doctor who had tested positive for Covid-19 accused the Indiana University North Hospital of racist treatment. Just a few days later, she died. The Hospital has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the COVID pandemic, many of us have struggled with different challenges. But one that we have in common is the shifts that the quarantine has brought. These require balancing old responsibilities with new obligations, like ensuring our children’s education. And increased limitations on our time have strained another challenge related to the pandemic: our inability ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Republican party has become the party of victims. It is led by the biggest “victim” of all, Donald Trump. Victimhood is an effective political ideology because it allows its holders to shunt off blame for their own culpability in having devastated the country, whether through presidential incompetence and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Normal political order has broken down. The prescribed Congressional proceeding to confirm the presidential election results has been disrupted. The peaceful transfer of power has been subverted. The Capitol building has been taken over by violent protesters. Pence, Pelosi, and Grassley have been evacuated by Secret Service. All others ...