by Deb Farris | Jul 31, 2025 | Devotions, Faith & Art
Last week, my friend said he wanted to understand Parkinson’s spiritually. I didn’t realize it then, but when we were together this week, I said. “Marc, you already understand Parkinson’s spiritually. It’s in the book.” I opened it and turned to the last chapter. Then...
by Deb Farris | Nov 9, 2024 | Devotions, Faith, Mental Health
“You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” The Rabbi read Psalm 16 in Hebrew then English to open the memorial service for my friend Jonathan Brostoff yesterday, November 8....
by Deb Farris | Jul 29, 2024 | Faith, Family, Musings, Writing
I’m happy to share that “Turning Mourning Dancing” won a short story contest in @KaleidoScript Magazine: “After twenty-one years and forty moves, which included a career in theatre and dance, a marriage, a son, abuse, a divorce, a new career, a new marriage, and a...
by Deb Farris | Dec 20, 2023 | Advent, Musings, Writing
I was going to wait and post this tomorrow so as not to be annoying, you know? I’m always a little worried about that, but when I saw the “20th” day lit up on the ol’ Advent calendar in the lower left corner of the picture below, I thought I might better go ahead and...
by Deb Farris | Nov 23, 2023 | Faith, Family, Musings
Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving story? I do. Some stories never grow old, but this one had to grow old before it became a favorite. I thought of the story once again this year and considered sharing it, but since I had already shared it here—twice!—I changed my...
