(ThyBlackMan.com) Frankincense and myrrh may be a famous part of the story of Jesus’ birth, as a gift from the wise men, but these two substances have many health benefits too. Here’s what you need to know. What Are They? Frankincense and Myrrh are substances that are derived from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sure, a tree is an expected staple of the Christmas season, but there are two ways to go about dressing it. You can merely go through the motions, or insert some tender loving care into the process, making people say, “Wow!” upon seeing your creation. Do you know how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are some in the African-American community who are diametrically opposed to referring to themselves as black, it’s almost as if the sky is falling when they hear others refer to themselves as black. I say to them keep calm and don’t believe the negative hype about black. How ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Something was not right at the jail that housed inmate Sandra Bland but that does not mean she was murdered. In my professionally trained opinion, the jail should be held accountable for several reasons, but that is another article for another time. As a former detective, I have to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the media jumped all over Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy last week for his comments about how the Benghazi hearings have driven Hillary Clinton’s polling numbers down; I couldn’t help but reflect on what my buddy once told me: When the night has come And the land is dark ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A couple gets into a heated discussion that escalates into a shouting match. Tempers flare and the cursing begins as neither party seems to back down. In the heat of the arguing the woman involved punches the man involved in the face. She may not realize it but she ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A rock-star is a person who has achieved celebrity status and fanatical admiration in the eyes of his or her followers. There are rock-star musicians, rock-star athletes and rock-star entertainers. In this piece I would like to transfer this ‘rock-star’ phenomenon to the concept of fatherhood, in particular single-dads. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing is more embarrassing to a parent or teacher than to speak with a child for a period of time and get no reaction, the natural response is to say, “Did you hear me?” When children listen, it makes adults feel that what we are saying is really important, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray. Right after He went to the cross, everything was established. The Kingdom of God has come. Many times, we live in the past tense, when we need to be living in the present tense. There’s a spiritual law called, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From the moment he surfaced in 2013 as White conservatives’ latest “Great Black Hope,” Dr. Ben Carson has made any number of offensive remarks typical of the conservative commentary of the Obama years. But early last week, apparently goaded by a GOP presidential primary that’s set a cesspool-level standard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometime last month, I decided to but a new suit. It was on a Wednesday, and it was an unusually warm day in the city. The temperature was in the nineties, scorching the citizens. A fellow writer and I spent the day strolling through the streets of Brooklyn. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Good Riddance! The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line. You have a ...