Bits of Being

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

  • Book Review: Dawn Through The Shadows

    Book Review: Dawn Through The Shadows

    To all who accompany others toward freedom in Love

  • Book Review: Brother John

    Post Views = 4339A Monk, a Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life Written by August Turak and Illustrated by Glenn Harrington Take time to sit down with this book and go on a journey. A journey with a man looking for the meaning in life. A journey into the life of a Trappist monastery, Mepkin…

  • Book Review: Confessions of a Funeral Director

    Post Views = 4047How The Business of Death Saved My Life By Caleb Wilde When I first decided to read this book, I was rather skeptical. Why would I read a book about a funeral director? Isn’t this topic rather morbid? I tend to avoid the topic of death, if I can. Though, somehow, sooner…

  • A New Look At Darkness

    Post Views = 2793  Darkness is usually a word with a negative connotation. It brings up images of evil, something lurking, sinister motives, mystery, and scary nightmares. In our minds we like things to be black and white, dark and light, bad and good. We separate. We divide. We want to keep those clear lines…

  • Movie Review: The Road To Edmond

    Post Views = 4992 The Road To Edmond Starring Tripp Fuller and Nathanael Welch So, I branched out a little and decided to review a movie today. And I’m having a little bit of a hard time with this review. On the one hand, the movie was entertaining, funny, and brought up some controversial subjects…

  • Listen

    Post Views = 3153 I hear a moan Crying for relief Crying to express Crying to make its voice heard Crying for acknowledgement of suffering   I hear a moan From a hospital corridor From the belly of a slave ship From a refugee camp From loneliness and boredom and pain   I hear the…

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