by Deb Farris | Dec 19, 2023 | Advent, Devotions, Poetry, Writing
I was going to wait till the end of the week to post my reflection on Joy for the third week of Advent, as I’ve been doing. But then realized I still have to fit in Love before the 24th… The photos in this post are taken with the eye and hand of...
by Deb Farris | Dec 7, 2023 | Advent, Devotions, Nature, Writing
The photos in this piece are the work of Photographer/Writer Gary Fultz “There are many things we don’t have language for,” our instructor Tolu said last Saturday in the One to One Care training I attend. It made me stop. She continued. “Often we don’t have words to...
by Deb Farris | Nov 30, 2023 | Advent, Devotions, Writing
All the photos in this piece are generously provided by Photographer/Writer Gary Fultz, Unsplash. Early on in my writing days, God sent along two women, a poet named Sarah and a painter named Lynn, to accompany me as I wrote in a safe little place. To me, they were my...
by Deb Farris | Nov 28, 2023 | Advent, Devotions, Mental Health
I say that I write to find Hope in hard places. But what does that mean? We are just upon the Advent season, my favorite stretch of the year—it’s like celebrating a Birthday for four weeks. The first of the four candles representing each week leading up to Christmas...
by Deb Farris | Nov 26, 2023 | Faith, Family, Musings
“Keep going, it’s okay if you mess up, you’re only human,” I tell myself. God’s grace is on you, His glory is in you.* I have the best writing friends. Their words arrive and bless me every day, even at 3:00 a.m. Especially at 3:00 a.m. When I can’t sleep these days,...
