by Deb Farris | Dec 23, 2023 | Advent, Devotions, Poetry
The lovely photographs featured here are taken with the eye and hand of photographer/poet/writer Gary Fultz. _________ I’m waiting for a breakthrough as Bach’s Magnificat breaks through the silence. He was just a young man when he wrote this amazing piece of music...
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,...
by Deb Farris | Oct 24, 2023 | Devotions
Maybe you can understand why I said yes without hesitation last week. My dear friend, Harriet, asked if I would represent the Christian faith at a Shabbat Service Friday evening, to participate in an interfaith grief ritual. “To come together, facing our broken...
by Deb Farris | Oct 16, 2023 | Devotions, Nature, Writing
It was one of those Monday mornings in early fall when I realized it was time to move on into a new season, but I wasn’t quite there yet. I was struggling. I grabbed at the minutes, wanting more of them, before I had to pack up my briefcase and head into the office...
