Bits of Being

thoughts on life, faith, family….and, yes, just learning to "be"

Category: Reviews

  • Thanksgiving Hymn

    Post Views = 3397 One of my favorite Thanksgiving hymns is actually a 2-part song. The first part is Praise To God, Immortal Praise, and the second is Lord, Should Rising Whirlwinds. The text was written by Anna Barbauld in 1772. I enjoy singing old songs and thinking about what the composer must have been…

  • Book Review ~ Sight in the Sandstorm

    Post Views = 2547  Ann J. Temkin’s book, Sight in the Sandstorm, Jesus in His World and Mine, is part personal memoir and part biblical storytelling. Ann creatively weaves bits of her background growing up as a half-Jewish child into a Catholic nun and a Protestant minister with the story of Jesus and his message…