by Deb Farris | Jun 2, 2024 | Musings
Sometimes I’m so excited to get back to my work that I forget to enjoy the French toast and blueberries and warm maple syrup. And butter. At breakfast. Sometimes I race through the raindrops so I don’t get wet and miss the best pictures of spring unfolding. And other...
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,...
by Deb Farris | Jul 16, 2023 | Devotions
I was tempted to sit down at my computer on the dining room table before church. Isn’t church enough time with God this morning, I wondered?, while I considered foregoing my usual quiet time. I picked up my big steaming mug of coffee from the counter and glanced at...
by Deb Farris | Apr 15, 2023 | Musings
“Valdaree Valdah rah…” he sings as we’re walking along through the neighborhood this morning. Soon enough, I realize I can’t get the tune out of my head and start humming it. It’s a beautiful morning, temperate, hazy sunlight has appeared—the sun comes in, the...
by Deb Farris | Mar 30, 2023 | Devotions, Nature
I have come from one place, arrived here, and am now in-between here and the place I am going. I wait in my favorite room facing north with a beautiful view, all yellow and blue like Van Gogh’s Starry Night. This artist trusted his life’s work and was not led...