Bits of Being

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

Category: Christmas/Advent

  • The Hope Of Advent

    Post Views = 109Week One of Advent 2024 I used to think that hope meant wishing for a desired outcome, and being certain of what that outcome would be. I thought hope was being confident that my wishes would be satisfied. It was the fulfillment of my expectations. And this was easy during Advent, because…

  • What I am learning from the Christmas story this year:

    Post Views = 476~God didn’t hold on to stability, keeping things as they had always been. No, God came to switch things up, to destabilize the status quo. (Why else would God have chosen to be born as a baby to an unwed teenage mother?) ~God’s birth story isn’t run-of-the-mill, but full of creativity (who…