by Deb Farris | Dec 24, 2022 | Advent, Devotions, Faith, Family, Writing
Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 We had been to a Christmas Eve service together—my husband, son and his wife—that year. It had left us wanting more, or less, as the case may have been. It was 2019, they had gone to church for me. The music had been a...
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 10, 2022 | Advent, Devotions, Poetry
Fanny sleeps, Mary Watches as Todd fixes the Window that blew off The house. I breath in The scent of pine and coffee And wonder if there Was a send-off. I Look at the lights on our tree And wonder if Christ Met with Moses or Walked with the Father beside Glistening...
by Deb Farris | Oct 26, 2022 | Faith, Musings, Writing
Some trees grow straight and Some trees grow curved, but they all Grow in the same woods. My heart is breaking for those who have walked away from their churches and faith because of people’s opinions, or lack of opinion. My heart is breaking over any time I didn’t...
