Advent 20

nodbear sent me a book of Advent reflections by Dietrich Bonhoffer, which I've been working through this Advent. They're great - very simple, very thought provoking. The one I read yesterday made me smile, because it's about the real meaning of Christmas and how its being forgotten and should be at the forefront again. Sounds a modern complaint, but this was written in 1933.

I honestly believe that very little changes, fundamentally, including what people complain about. People have always looked back and said the past was a better time, that young people 'nowadays' (whenever that is) aren't like they were when young. Even the Anglo Saxon chronicle moans that taxes are too high and it rains all summer.

Let's be positive this Advent!