(ThyBlackMan.com) The English word advent comes the Latin word adventus – which means “impending arrival”. We are currently in the season of Advent. Many Western religions observe the season of Advent as a period of observation, preparation, and celebration towards the nativity. Christmas is, of course, the birth of Jesus ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Names are very important because they become part of our identity. The definition of a name is that it is a label given to a noun, either a person, place or thing. When it comes to names for people, it is more than just a label; the name is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A friend told me an inspiring story the other day. While driving through a heavy Atlanta rainfall, he noticed a couple standing at a bus stop with two small children. The woman was under an umbrella, the children were hovered closely to her on each side and the man ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even as a kid, I saw the cat danglin’ out the bag that let me know that my “pastor” was standing up there in the pulpit spewing a lot of nonsense. Every week he’d stand there screamin’ at us about what God was gonna do for us if we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start off with a disclaimer: I am not a Beyonce fan, meaning I do not religiously follow her career or listen to her music. Though I don’t dislike Beyonce, I don’t keep up with her either. In high school, like every other black girl, I looooved me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, Joyce Jones, a columnist for BET.com wrote an article titled, “The Loneliness of the Black Republican: What attracts young African-Americans to the GOP?” Although the article was off-base on so many points – No I won’t waste my time listing them here – it got me reflecting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s been a really ridiculous debate going on between the 30 and 40 somethings and older athletes/entertainers from the civil rights generation. First, there was the weird spat between Jay-Z and Harry Belafonte, where Harry basically said that Jay-Z owes something to the black community, but Jay wants to believe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An article published on http://nky.com, titled, Running for Senate not job for paupers, cited: “The average household in the United States has a net worth of $69,000, but the average wealth of a U.S. senator is about $12 million, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau and Center ...