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 | 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 | 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 16, 2023 | Advent, Devotions
The pictures featured in my 2023 Advent Reflections are provided by writer/photographer, fellow blogger (and friend), Gary Fultz. Here I am sliding in under the wire for a second week of Advent reflection. The truth is, this was a hard one to write. Then my son came...
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 class 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. Many companions have joined me along my way—the Way to deeper understanding of the heights of Love. Two in particular, I have named Joy and Peace. I’ve never traveled...