by Deb Farris | Jul 25, 2023 | Devotions
I spent last weekend participating in the Trauma Healing Training Workshop I mentioned last week. What an experience. Who knew I still had wounds of my own that needed healing? Does it ever end? I guess it shouldn’t surprise me. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that God...
by Deb Farris | Jul 19, 2023 | Devotions, Mental Health, Not According to Plan
It was Saturday morning. We were having breakfast, farm fresh eggs so yellow that Todd asked, “How did you make the eggs this color?” Summer air was blowing in through the window. The neighbor had just finished mowing her lawn, the smell of fresh cut grass still...
by Deb Farris | Feb 22, 2023 | Faith, Family, Musings
Dear One, The wind is blowing hard, it’s snowing across the country. We’re in the depths of winter but it’s the first day of Lent and Spring is coming! I am writing this to you this morning because my heart feels a little like that. It’s overflowing and I must. I...
by Deb Farris | Dec 28, 2022 | Devotions, Poetry
Different moods of water float with ease through broken ice. Let our moods too. As water is drawn through rocky shores toward sandy beaches, may we be drawn to? What is love that it should shine through the dark nights of our souls? What is darkness that it should...
by Deb Farris | Dec 6, 2022 | Faith, Mental Health, Musings
I am on a mission to write meaningful words with fewer word counts. (Thank you for the reminder, Gary Fultz.) I respect your time. So I’m telling you in advance, this is a little longer than my last post which was long. Hmm. That’s why I like Haiku. This is not Haiku....