Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) In December, 2023, approximately a year before the 2024 presidential election, I wrote an article in which I had Donald Trump winning the 2024 election. President Biden had yet to drop out and I had Trump narrowly beating President Biden. The article went on to discuss how within just a few months after Trump took office he issued a series of executive orders significantly increasing his power beyond anything anyone had done before. The US Supreme Court was requested to weigh…
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Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 12 (ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop history have matched the meteoric rise and cultural impact of MC Hammer. Emerging from Oakland’s music scene in the late 1980s, he quickly evolved from a local sensation into an international icon. With his blend of rap, dance, and showmanship, Hammer redefined hip-hop performance and expanded the genre’s reach to audiences far beyond its traditional base. Known for his charismatic delivery, high-energy choreography, and bold fashion choices, he became a household name while breaking commercial records few…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) In 2008, Madeline “Kara” Neumann, age 11, died of diabetic ketoacidosis in Wisconsin. Her parents treated her symptoms with prayer instead of medical care. The day before she died, Kara could no longer talk while suffering terrible stomach pains. Yet her adults still wouldn’t take her to a doctor. A Wisconsin jury convicted the mother of reckless homicide. This is one of several famous cases involving parents charged with murder for denying their children medical treatment that could have saved their…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Sometimes, a television show can touch your heart in unexpected ways. For me, it’s Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court. Every time I watch, my heart aches for those longing to know who their father is. Some are seeking answers to fill in the missing pieces of their identity. Others are searching for closure they’ve never had. And every time, I’m reminded of the priceless gift I’ve been given—the blessing of knowing both my mother and father. I am so deeply grateful for the courage they showed in parenting. They allowed me,…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond (The Conversation) — There is increasing evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths“ in Gaza, a group of United Nations and aid organizations have repeatedly warned. A July 29, 2025, alert by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a global initiative for improving food security and nutrition, reported that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” as access to food and other essential items is dropping to an “unprecedented level.” More than 500,000 Palestinians, one-fourth of Gaza’s…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 2 (ThyBlackMan.com) Been a while, my apologies. Had to drive my daughter back to university for the fall in Virginia, and daughters are way more complicated than sons. Add to this getting prepared to teach this fall and working on a screenplay, I had to rewire my reaction from right-brain to left-brain activity daily. So I will take a little space in the time continuum to drop a little perspective on tariffs and the economy. Imagine living your whole life offended and outraged…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know that nearly 40 million Americans are hit with a surprise tax each year on gains they never received? $1,500 is the average amount millions of savers pay the IRS every year in phantom gains taxes. Why? Because buried deep in our outdated tax code is a policy that penalizes Americans holding mutual funds in brokerage accounts. When mutual fund managers make trades within a fund, even if individual investors never sell a single share, investors are often hit…
Glow & Grow: Black Beauty, Haircare, and Skincare Tips A braider that comes to you—sounds like a dream, right? No rushing across town with a bonnet barely holding your hair together, no awkward small talk in a packed salon, and definitely no waiting for your turn when your appointment was supposed to start 30 minutes ago. Now, more and more Black women in LA (and beyond) are booking hair braiders that come to their homes—and honestly, it’s about time.Whether you’re new to the mobile hair scene or just curious about how it all works (and what it costs), here’s everything…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, August 13, 2025A Wells Fargo branch is located in Silver Spring, Maryland. | Wikimedia Commons/Farragutful https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wells_Fargo_-_Downtown_Silver_Spring.jpgA Texas megachurch pastor claims he and his family were defrauded of more than $18,000 by scammers pretending to be Wells Fargo employees, who reportedly had inexplicable access to their personal banking information.Pastor Brian McAnally, who serves as spiritual formation pastor at Grace Fellowship near Houston, said Wells Fargo did not restore the money stolen from his bank account and initially dismissed his story, according to local FOX…
Faith & Reflection: Voices from the Black Church and Beyond (RNS) — Your Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, I hope you’re as well as anyone can be in these horrific times. You may be tempted to dismiss Madonna’s recent Instagram post begging you to single-handedly break the siege on Gaza by going to Palestine. I dismissed it too — not only as misguided and uninformed, but impossible. Madonna’s claim that you “are the only one of us who can’t be denied entry” and her suggestion that your visit would open the gates for humanitarian aid doesn’t appear grounded in any policy.…