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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Autumn Rising (A Prayer For the Discouraged)

    Christopher Francis / 05/11/2025 / 2 Comments

    (I have long thought of autumn as a season of new beginnings- the weather becoming crisp and invigorating, the falling of the leaves reminding us that things change and though some things begin…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    The Misery-Maker

    Christopher Francis / 01/11/2025 / 2 Comments

    Hello old friend! I haven’t seen enough of you lately. Haven’t you missed me? I was starting to think You might hate me. Don’t you remember All the good times we’ve shared? I…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Prayer Of The Apathetic Man

    Christopher Francis / 15/10/2025 / 0 Comments

    Though I find these confessions hard, They are hardly unnerving (At least not yet.) I am not unable but unwilling To say what I am needing. I cannot even muster the strength To…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Sabotage!

    Christopher Francis / 14/09/2025 / 0 Comments

    I have given You my best And we have both seen my worst. Failing and falling again To put You first Slowly I rise once more With a back nearly broken and burned…

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  • Blog,  Musings

    A Hateful Disagreement?

    Christopher Francis / 12/09/2025 / 0 Comments

    [Given the date of this post and joining in with countless others, this is a response to the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk and the divisive climate we find America currently in.  May…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

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

    Christopher Francis / 27/08/2025 / 0 Comments

    (This is a repost.)   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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  • Blog,  Poetry

    We Are All Guilty…And We Are All Sane

    Christopher Francis / 05/08/2025 / 1 Comment

    (This is a repost. I wrote this poem after losing my temper at an annoying co-worker one day.  It didn’t take long to realize the hypocrisy of my choice. We so often try…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    The Redemption of Loneliness- Part II

    Christopher Francis / 31/07/2025 / 0 Comments

    (This is a repost from April 2020.)   Just where can we begin to find out if any good can come from loneliness?  I assert that the place to start is by examining…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    The Redemption of Loneliness- Part I

    Christopher Francis / 28/07/2025 / 0 Comments

    (This is a repost from April 2020).   Loneliness can be more constant a companion than those expected to be its demise.  Many of us assume we know the definition of loneliness, as…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    The Widow Of Despair

    Christopher Francis / 11/07/2025 / 2 Comments

      Forty years of anticipation Four times as much longing Still she waits for emancipation From the pain her life brings. She bears scars She’ll never show, Hides secrets She thinks no one…

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Autumn Rising (A Prayer For the Discouraged)
  • The Misery-Maker
  • Prayer Of The Apathetic Man
  • Sabotage!
  • A Hateful Disagreement?
  • A Prayer for Stillness (Psalm 46:10-11)
  • We Are All Guilty…And We Are All Sane
  • The Redemption of Loneliness- Part II
  • The Redemption of Loneliness- Part I
  • The Widow Of Despair

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