Bits of Being

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

Category: Christmas/Advent

  • Advent 2020 – Day 24 Solidarity

    Post Views = 837How distracted I am by the material aspects of Christmas: the gifts and the lights and the shopping and the decorations? I so easily forget the real meaning of Christmas, walking right past that nativity with barely a glance. When was the last time I knelt before the manger? Oh, sure, the…

  • Advent 2020 – Days 22 & 23 A Peace Carol Mashup

    Post Views = 828So, I wrote a little poem today with bits and pieces of many different Christmas carols used within its lines. Can you identify from which carols I unearthed these words and phrases? Comfort, comfort, O my people,  Speak of peace, now, from each steeple. Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning ‘neath…