Farm of the Rising Sun

In a quiet corner of East Texas, past the cattle fences and under open skies, Kelly Walker has spent the last 25 years nurturing more than just pastureland. Her ranch in Grand Saline, Texas, is a place of peace — where barefoot kids once raced through fields and mornings began with coffee on the porch. Evenings ended in stillness, watching the sun melt behind the trees.

In 2020, Kelly and her husband built a new home on the property. The front porch faces the sunrise. The back captures the day’s last light. Those daily moments — the sky turning peach and lavender, fog lifting off the grass — started calling to her. She picked up her phone and began snapping photos. What started as a casual habit soon became a quiet spiritual ritual.

A Sunday sermon from Charles Stanley brought new meaning to her practice. He spoke of using social media not to chase attention, but to bring glory to God. That stuck. With the help of her daughters and sister, Kelly created @farm.of.the.rising.sun, pairing each photo with a Bible verse. Since November 2021, she’s posted every single day without fail.

Her posts aren’t polished or curated to perfection. That’s not the point. They’re honest, peaceful, and grounded in faith — and that’s exactly why they connect. As her community grew, two close friends nudged her toward something new: scripture cards. At first, she brushed off the idea. “I ignored them for two years,” she laughs. “But eventually I realized — that was God speaking through them.”

Now she prints those scripture cards using the same photos and verses she shares online. Each one is a small, tangible reminder of the peace she finds on her porch — printed right here at Lawton. Some cards are given away at church, others tucked into gifts. Some folks buy them to keep a little light nearby.

“It’s not about the cards,” Kelly says. “It’s about pointing people back to Him. That’s all I’m really trying to do.”

And in her own quiet way — one verse, one sunrise, one photo at a time — she is.