(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent conversations, the theme “be you” came up several times.  And when themes emerge, I always like to seek the lesson for myself and eventually share it with you.  If you feel like sometimes you struggle with saying what you mean, doing what you love or relaxing around ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The summer of 2009 will always occupy a permanent space in my heart and soul. I was a rising senior in high school and during that summer, I lost 25 pounds playing basketball with friends and family, and also had my high school sweetheart by my side. I went ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) On the eve of the Viet Nam War, Malcolm X declared, “[As] long as the white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. You bleed for white people. But ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote my book, Financial Lovemaking, I did it because I found that there are a huge number of similarities between money and love.   So, when teaching Finance to my students at Syracuse University, I would often explain financial concepts to them in ways that related to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Liberal’s love living the American Dream, they just can’t afford for their constituent’s to know it. Hillary Clinton is determined to convince people that she knows what it’s like to struggle to earn a living; Joe Biden and Michelle Obama have jumped on the bandwagon as well. They don’t ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am a big sports fan. I have been since I realized in middle school that in spite of having speed to burn, my height would most probably prohibit me from even being invited to actively participate in organized team sports. Tall and slow was far preferable to short ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The seven days in Genesis 1:2 – 2:3 are each from seven different weeks, taken from seven different time periods.  Chronologically, the Fourth Day (Wednesday) was first, being in 4.6 Billion BC.  Next was (Thursday) the fifth day of Restoration Week One, at 244 Million BC.  Then follows the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As humans we tend to think that we need to figure everything out on our own by over thinking situations, giving in to concerns that we have no control over, and finding excuses as to why we cannot accomplish goals we have set for ourselves in fear of the ...