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A Hypocrite’s Hope (Isaiah 42:16)

I’ve been walking through The ruins of my life Longing desperately To be only a tourist I’ve searched high and low For answers I don’t know And become quite blind…

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02/06/2019
Blog, Poetry

A Prayer for Stillness (Psalm 46:10-11)

    I need Your whispers To speak louder Than my complaints Your soft answers To turn away my wrath And offer restraint Your words To overtake my thoughts Your…

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01/04/2020
Blog, Short Story

The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part IV

Part IV: A Funeral Without Finality Arising the next morning he noticed the signed Bickerhoff book lying on top of his dresser. He opened it and read the inscription to…

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01/04/2025

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Man Of A Thousand Sighs

    Christopher Francis / 05/05/2025 / 0 Comments

      Some days all I see is the rain Filling the sky, Consuming my life And I am sinking Amidst the storm Drifting far from shore.   Some nights all I want is…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts – Part V

    Christopher Francis / 13/04/2025 / 0 Comments

    Part V: Running to Conclusions He stayed the rest of the weekend and left for school early Monday morning. Once on campus, he proceeded to the administration building and withdrew despite their protests…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part IV

    Christopher Francis / 01/04/2025 / 0 Comments

    Part IV: A Funeral Without Finality Arising the next morning he noticed the signed Bickerhoff book lying on top of his dresser. He opened it and read the inscription to his father: “To…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part III

    Christopher Francis / 16/03/2025 / 0 Comments

    Part III: A Disappointing Encounter He was awakened very late the next morning by his aunt telling him that she was going to the funeral home to make arrangements, his mother was finally…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part II

    Christopher Francis / 03/03/2025 / 0 Comments

    Part II – A Living Dog Is Better Than A Dead Lion As he returned to his room and prepared to read, his resident advisor, Tom, popped in hurriedly with an impatient and…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part I

    Christopher Francis / 21/02/2025 / 0 Comments

    (This short story that will be published in 5 parts.) Part I: A Typical Day at College (Until It Wasn’t) “Hi, what are you reading?” John asked Charlie as he entered the room.…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts on Exodus 2:23-25

    Christopher Francis / 15/01/2025 / 0 Comments

    Exodus 2:23-25:  (23) And it came to pass in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried,…

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  • Blog,  Musings

    Christmas Rain And The Birth Of The Gospel

    Christopher Francis / 24/12/2024 / 0 Comments

      Part I A humble attempt at reconciliation, a Christmas card, remains unopened, thrown in the snow, its sentiments ignored forever…a dejected man with little strength to lift his head above his woes…

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  • Blog,  Children's Story,  Short Story

    Eli And The Gratitude Box

    Christopher Francis / 17/12/2024 / 0 Comments

    This story is dedicated to my nephew, Eli.    Eli groggily woke up, pulling his arm from behind his head.  He had slept well and was excited to tell his mother about what…

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  • Blog,  Musings

    Thoughts On Darkness and Justice

    Christopher Francis / 27/10/2024 / 0 Comments

        There was darkness over the land, but no one seemed to notice. There was the perishing of the innocent everywhere, but few paid any mind.  The face of cruelty revealed itself…

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  • Man Of A Thousand Sighs
  • The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts - Part V
  • The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part IV
  • The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part III
  • The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part II
  • The Demotivation of Charlie Fitts- Part I
  • Thoughts on Exodus 2:23-25
  • Christmas Rain And The Birth Of The Gospel
  • Eli And The Gratitude Box
  • Thoughts On Darkness and Justice

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