by Deb Farris | Dec 23, 2024 | Advent, Devotions, Faith, Writing
Part II of II Part I click here or just continue reading❤️ As Muriel reassembled herself at the table, she said, “The first woman in the list of Jesus’s Family Tree is Tamar. She committed adultery. Do you remember who with?” “No,” Miriam shook her head. She was...
by Deb Farris | Dec 22, 2024 | Advent, Devotions, Faith, Writing
Part I of II Find Part II here “Who does she think she is,” Leonora said as she leaned in to her friend Lucy. Lucy glared back and shushed Leonora as the two boys sitting in front of the girls turned around. Leonora sat up straight, lifted her chin and gave the...
by Deb Farris | Dec 16, 2024 | Advent, Devotions, Faith & Art, Writing
Something happened this past week I’ve been wondering if there are new ways to write about really old things. This particular pondering began when I was asked to read from Luke 2 for a wrap-up breakfast at church at the end of our Bible study on following Jesus. It’s...
by Deb Farris | Dec 6, 2024 | Advent, Musings, Writing
We’re almost to the second Sunday in Advent. I was thinking about sharing a post from last year about Joy and Peace…but…instead, well, let’s just say when you open your hands and bow your head before moving the pen across the page, plans change. Maybe it was a...
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...