Bits of Being

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

  • Good Friday

    Post Views = 1005I want Easter. I want hope and joy and excitement. I want resurrection. I want the bright colors and the songs of glory. I want parades and games and celebrations.  But how do I get there? The only way to get to the excitement of this transformation is by walking through the…

  • Logos

    Post Views = 1132Logos is a Greek word often translated as Word or Word of God in the Bible. I believe it is a powerful and important word to understand. Sometimes it is interpreted as Voice. (See The Voice translation of the Bible, John 1.) It is a word that is almost always related to speaking. It…

  • Book Review: Live Loved Free Full

    Post Views = 1179By Wayne Jacobsen I have read Wayne Jacobsen for years, starting with A Passion For God’s Presence, back in the early 90’s when I was a young adult, and coming back to his writings again and again through the years. Because of his honesty and depth, Wayne’s words have always captured me at…

  • Meeting Jesus

    Post Views = 1019(as inspired by Iona Community’s Wild Goose Worship Group Resources, Present On Earth, “Four changed lives”, page 183) Today I felt like Martha: Cooking, paying the bills, cleaning the sheets for the next guest, Organizing the next reunion, the next Bible study, the meals for the housebound. I’m good at doing it all….

  • Let’s Be The Church

    Post Views = 1099Not a place to go, nor a group to belong to, nor a club to attend. But wherever I see God, love being born, kindness being spread.  Not a group who looks just like me, thinks like me, believes like me. But a diverse crowd of every race, every gender, every worldview. …

  • Practicing Presence

    Post Views = 1013My word for this year of 2021 is PRESENCE.  I am starting to explore this concept. How can I be aware of the immediate? How can I love in “the now”? When things are in chaos around me, such as what happened in our nation’s capital this week, how can I remain present…

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