by Deb Farris | Feb 1, 2020 | Devotions
Heart be still to heaven’s sound as the gull’s call greets the day. Joy, water’s ripples ever-widening, beyond all senses, beyond all knowledge, still bears fruit from long years’ past. Love’s rhythm alone shall last. 7 7 5 5 5 5 7...
by Deb Farris | Jun 6, 2019 | Greater Good, Musings
A fall leaves you shaken. Failure is no fun. Frankly, who wants to fall and as a dancer, I did everything possible not to, to the point of hurting my dancing. So in the end, in not wanting to fall, taking every precaution possible not to, I failed. If managed...
by Deb Farris | Jan 26, 2018 | Musings
Old white van parked on the roadside, mud speckled in snow. Marble streaks and tire tracks from window frame could be a photograph. Consider miles traveled through rain and ice, her engine puttering sparks of life as shiny sedans and semi road hogs blast their horns....
by Deb Farris | Nov 4, 2017 | Musings
Just as the whiff of lavender wafted through the air of my bedroom a year ago this week—and I was certain it was her—my mother’s essence had enveloped me as I sat reading the Creation story. In seven days, what was unseen became seen. At the end of Mom’s last...
by Deb Farris | Oct 29, 2016 | Musings
In the beginning God created. Formless and empty darkness covered the deep place of her soul. The Spirit of God was hovering, protecting, participating in the creative work. God spoke into her light. He knew Light was Good. He separated light from darkness for her...
