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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Effigy (Galatians 2:20)

    Christopher Francis / 20/09/2024 / 0 Comments

      (This is a republishing of my very first post.  It deals with the battle to believe in the Lord despite a heart drowning in an ocean of apathy and doubt.) I’m finally…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    The Fists Of Rebellion

    Christopher Francis / 16/08/2024 / 0 Comments

      I will not abide fearful Of Your lack of approval Or even if the sincerity Of my thoughts of You Are unbecoming to both of us.   I will not be led…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts on Psalm 107

    Christopher Francis / 12/08/2024 / 0 Comments

      Psalm 107: 10-16 (10) Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; (11) Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the…

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  • Blog,  Personal Essay

    The Façade

    Christopher Francis / 25/04/2024 / 0 Comments

      What’s behind the façade?  I’m too afraid to show You, to invite You to look behind my eyes and into the depths of my heart lest You become contaminated by the muck…

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  • Blog,  Personal Essay

    The Graduation of The Little Sun

    Christopher Francis / 05/07/2022 / 0 Comments

      (My oldest niece, Hailey, recently graduated from high school and asked me to speak at the ceremony.  In honor of her graduation, I am sharing my speech.) Isaiah 42:16:  And I will…

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  • Blog,  Musings

    The Weight Of Questioning

    Christopher Francis / 22/03/2021 / 0 Comments

      Why do we question everything but the questions?  What right do we have to second-guess God’s ways or motivations for how and when He chooses to move?   Is He the master of…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog,  Musings

    Another Dissatisfied Day

    Christopher Francis / 30/01/2021 / 0 Comments

    Another Dissatisfied Day:  Thoughts on Complacency and Indifference There is something about the combination of complacency and loneliness that silences a man.  This silence is not a relative of solitude, for in solitude…

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  • Blog,  Musings

    A New Year’s Choice

    Christopher Francis / 01/01/2021 / 0 Comments

    I will break the mirror of my past And burn the regrets with the fires of hope. (“…but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts on Faith And Disappointment

    Christopher Francis / 12/08/2020 / 0 Comments

    Is part of walking by faith never feeling disappointed by God? That even if He doesn’t move today we don’t allow ourselves to become disappointed, but choose to continue to trust and patiently…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part V)

    Christopher Francis / 06/06/2020 / 0 Comments

    Part V:  Evening’s Rest and Rebirth   My thoughts are interrupted by a strange and benevolent voice. “Why are you troubled?” the physician asks tenderly. I find little courage to answer for obviously…

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