As a theologian, I often hear people debating the spiritual meaning of sneezing because of it using the phrase, ‘God bless you.’ The other day as we were chatting with my colleagues, a friend sneezed three times in a row; one of us blessed him and said, it might be your lucky day today. This … Read more
As a Christian and theologian for many years, I have always been intrigued by the many superstitions and beliefs surrounding different natural phenomena across religious denominations and communities worldwide. I was perplexed to learn that various communities have attached meaning to the appearance of clouds in different colors, shapes, sizes, and even the time of … Read more
As a Christian interested in values such as integrity, I became curious to know the meaning of finding money on the ground. I was intrigued by this topic since I was wondering whether picking money you found on the ground was considered stealing. I therefore decided to conduct more research. After reading mythology articles and … Read more
As a theology professor, I never pay too much attention to petty things, such as twitching eyes, as I believe it is natural. However, things changed a few months ago after my right eye kept on twitching continuously for five hours. I shared this with some of my friends and suggested the situation could be … Read more
As a devout Christian and theologian, I often marvel at the different meanings people attach to dreams. Last week I was having a conversation with a dear friend, and he was telling me about a dream he kept having recurrently. He was pretty embarrassed about it because this particular dream was about pooping. He confided … Read more
As a Christian Theologian, I am highly interested in what other religions and cultures believe about the things that occur in the world. I particularly developed an interest in what other people believe about an itchy nose after my encounter with someone who believes in it at the hospital. I had gone to see a … Read more
As a theologian, I’m interested in studying different cultural and spiritual beliefs, omens, and superstitions. I was intrigued by the omens and beliefs surrounding a dead bird after reading a book titled “Feathered Omens: Messenger Birds from the Spirit World” by Ted Andrews. This topic interested me, and I decided to do further research online … Read more
As a theologian associate professor, I’m continually intrigued and interested in the spiritual symbolism of birthmarks on various body parts. I did some research on birthmarks for both males and females to get more insight into the matter. I interacted with various theologian professors and later used various mythology-based articles to acquire this knowledge. Recently, … Read more
As a theologian, I have a keen interest in the superstitions and beliefs surrounding different creatures across communities worldwide. People have attached strong beliefs to the appearance of certain animals and birds. Last year, while on a holiday trip, a raven flew over my head, and a young man walked up to me and said, … Read more
I had an interesting conversation with one of my classmates in theology school who approached me with a question regarding nose piercing. He wanted my opinion on whether nose piercings had a spiritual meaning. Since it was not taught in class, I spent a few days researching by reading different books and articles addressing the … Read more