Well, not really goodbye - just goodbye to this site. This site is officially deprecated in favor of my new site - www.robertwitham.com .
I have done little with this site for the past few months. I have been in a transition process and finally launched the new site today. There are a few reasons for […]
Ash Wednesday officially ushers in Lent. This day arrived at its name from the ashes that Catholic and some Protestant churches put on worshiper’s foreheads during a church service. This tradition is inspired by the Biblical practice of placing ashes on one’s head during times of mourning or repentance.
As I noted in a post earlier […]
Mardi Gras, from the French for Fat Tuesday, falls between Shrove Monday and Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is also known as Pancake Day because of the foods traditionally eaten on this Tuesday. Fat left over from cooking breakfast on Shrove Monday would be used to make pancakes or donuts on Tuesday. Mardi Gras or Fat […]
Shrove Monday, celebrated on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the Lent season for many Christians. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, after the traditional breakfast meal eaten on the day. Collops are strips of leftover meat - usually bacon. The meat is eaten along with eggs.
I am finally back after an inexcusably long absence. Actually, I have been working on setting up a new site and planned to migrate the content here to the new site and then publish at the new site. The process took longer than anticipated. My daughter would say, “My bad!”
I will be posting again […]
One of my children made a statement last year that speaks loudly of our modern outlook on spirituality. The exact subject of the conversation is now forgotten but one statement sticks in my mind. “But Dad,” my son said, “you can’t think about God all the time!” This is a child who has been raised […]
An Experiment in Living Biblically
AJ Jacobs, editor at Esquire Magazine, enjoys conducting radical lifestyle experiments and subsequently writing about his experiments. Jacobs’s previous lifestyle experiments include:
Radical Honesty - Jacobs practiced only telling the truth and candidly recounts his experiences afterward
Reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica - Jacobs read all 33,000 pages of the encyclopedia and published […]
Many of us act as though we have a lot in common with a Labrador Retriever. Of course, some people act like they have a lot in common with other less friendly dog breeds (I’m certain none of my readers fit in this category though…). Labradors (in all of their colors) are just wonderful dogs. […]
Fall is in the air where I live. The days are still warm but the nights are cooling and leaves are beginning to change and drop from the trees. The winds of change are beginning to blow. I debated for many years as to my favorite season. Living in the northeast we experience four fully […]
Did you ever wonder which theologian you are most like? There is now an online quiz that will tell you after you answer a few theological questions. I’m not sure how accurate the results are but it’s rather fun anyway.
I just took the quiz and discovered that my closest theological match is with Anselm, the […]
