by Deb Farris | Mar 21, 2023 | Devotions
We will not be content existing like the groundhog, burrowing beneath the beauty, hibernating throughout the winters. But like the golden eagle, we will mount up and nest on the cliffs above waterfalls and grasslands, harbingers of the heights, traveling through the...
by Deb Farris | Mar 16, 2023 | Devotions, Poetry
Through the tall wooden door she leaves one realm and enters another, turning the nob, stepping into dawn’s light, streetlights yet lit, half-moon lingers. The sun hovers above horizon, a mirage, holy light, appears with early morning dog walkers. Icicles break free...
by Deb Farris | Dec 23, 2022 | Advent, Devotions
“What was so special about your wife?” Dr. Marsha Fieldstone asked Sam. “How long is your program?” Sam asked Dr. Marsha Fieldstone. “There were a million tiny things…” “How did it happen?” “I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. I was...
by Deb Farris | Dec 22, 2022 | Advent, Devotions, Nature, Uncategorized
Joy, how do we meet with you? How are you made manifest In the fury? Where do you begin and, tell me, Will you ever end? Are you like the broken iceberg Weighted by the storm, loosened From the shore, now set afloat and free? Or are you like the waves that make...
by Deb Farris | Dec 20, 2022 | Advent, Devotions
In the night, when ego has fled, self sinks into bed and soul rises to its Keeper. Motives awakened, He traces His fingers across dreams, morning separating night, joints from marrow, soul from spirit. Is it strange that He gives talents and abilities then uses...