(ThyBlackMan.com) Everyone comes to the dating table with a set of values developed over time. For Christian men, these values are especially important. They deeply influence dating behaviors, and so it is important to be honest with oneself and with dates so that everyone’s value system can be respected and appreciated. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all know the lyrics: “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way.” I think you know the rest, so I’ll stop singing now. In fact, I would argue that in a world of wealth building and “paper chasing,” our kids ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was shopping for groceries on a Thursday evening when it happened. A little Black elf who should have been smiling and cute was tearing his way through the canned goods aisle, kicking some cans and trying to juggle a few. He was cursing at an older girl, who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not too long ago the media was in frenzy over the so-called break up of Will and Jada Smith. News spread like wild-fire that the couple were headed to divorce court, when Will supposedly discovered Jada and Marc Anthony (Jada’s costar and love interest on the now cancelled Hawthorne) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Okay I will make this nice, sweet and short. Fathers and mothers, please stop using your child or children as a pawn. When couples separate they sometimes tend to become emotional and the feelings they felt when they were creating their little bundle of joy are tossed out the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is there a systematic assault on Black marriage? Seemingly every week a new poll, study or blog reports disheartening statistics and commentary on the abhorrent conditions of Black men and Black women in the United States, adding fuel to the often fiery discussion of male-female relationships and its effect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just because I like to talk doesn’t mean I don’t like to listen. I see and appreciate the feedback that “Frank Love” readers provide each week. And there are often comments that inspire me to continue the conversation. In response to a recent blog about verbal abuse, Jim Accetta, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We live in a time and culture when the importance of fatherhood is very much maligned. The media has gone out of its way to portray fathers as unreliable, silly and spineless. Can you name even one television program where a father is portrayed as he should be? Not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Would you take relationship tips from your grandfather or your mom to make your marriage happier? Modern married couples just might do well to emulate some of the successful strategies of their happily married parents and grandparents — from sleeping in separate beds to maintaining same-sex friends. Could “old-fashioned” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bitterness is a hateful and spiteful condition of the heart that evolves out of being wronged or thinking that one has been mistreated. It involves continual contemplation of hurtful things done to you, which typically results in displaced anger that never seems to go away. Within the context of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are constantly discussing the plight of single mothers, women who are left to raise children without fathers in the household. We have heard stories of dad’s taking off and leaving, never seeing their offspring again or hardly keeping in touch. However, we rarely hear about the mother that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Essence Magazine’s Demetria Lucas (who I consider a friend after having her on my show once) recently hit on her oft-discussed topic of black women and relationships by questioning whether or not the stereotype of the single, bitter black woman is true. Her words were a reflection of comments made by Ralph Richard ...