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Alyssa Farris

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus tells us that we are the salt of the earth. As a grain of salt on this earth, I am called to preserve the truth, season people's life with joy and grace, and cause others to thirst for the Living Water!

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Lessons as a nanny

I haven't written a blog post in nearly four months and to be completely honest, it’s because I’ve doubted if I have anything worthwhile...

Behind the scenes of the highlight reel

Some of you may have seen my Instagram post awhile back, announcing that I’ve started a Master’s of Clinical Mental Health Counseling at...

Body image; but married this time

If you’ve been following my journey for a couple of years, you might remember a phase when I started a fitness Instagram account, using...

The gifts of an introvert

I’ve spent the majority of my life trying to avoid, defend, and change my natural bend towards introversion. Up until recently, I...

My ducks are simply not in a row

In eighth grade, my literature class theme was on “order,” and we spent that whole year reading books that highlighted how important...

Silent Saturday

Today in the church calendar, we pause to remember the day that Jesus chose to stay in the tomb. The day that the whole world held its...

The only thing constant is change

A little over a year ago, I moved to Colorado. I remember being so excited—finally I would have some stability in my life! The last...

365 days

You know how there are sometimes those special little moments where you think, “God did that just for me?” Well, October 2nd will always...

When you work for a church...

“When you work for a church, you’re supposed to have your life together. When you work for a church, you’re not supposed to sin, and...

Wasted wounds?

Since moving to Colorado, I haven’t posted a blog, even though I’ve written plenty of pieces. For some reason, writing feels weightier...

Dignity admist insecurity

One of the biggest, longest battles I have faced in life is my fight with insecurity for my own dignity. Insecurity is that flushed...

Post purity culture reflections

If you grew up in the church like I did, you might be familiar with the term “purity culture”. This was a movement within many Christian...

What's your Nineveh?

In the past 9 months, I’ve been to 3 continents, 5 countries, 18 cities, and 10 villages. Needless to say, this has been a year of travel...

Battling indecision

I hate making decisions. Whether it’s something small, like what to wear or what to eat that day, or something big, like where to move or...

Glory to Glory

I don’t understand this “glory to glory” My last season felt full of glory– Adventure, breakthrough, freedom, revelation. Now I sit alone...

America, but from another perspective

Everyone told me to expect reverse culture shock when I came back to America, but what does that even mean? I hate being under-prepared,...

All the same inside

During the past 6-7 months overseas, I have had the privilege of learning so many lessons about other cultures and the global church. Yet...

Cambodia

After spending a long, hot, hard month in Cambodia, I sat on my bed staring at the reflection question: “What was your biggest testimony...

Loving the "lost" when the "lost" has a face

The past few weeks I got to spend trekking to various villages in the foothills of the Himalayas. Even as I sit down to write, my mind is...

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