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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part III)

    Christopher Francis / 02/06/2020 / 0 Comments

    Part III:  A Key Conversation   The next town is so near I can hear some commotion overtaking my own thoughts. “What’s going on here?” I manage to ask as I stumble upon…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part II)

    Christopher Francis / 31/05/2020 / 0 Comments

    Part II: Noonday Strivings Whatever hope I found lying alongside the road earlier today is beginning to dissipate in the heat of the noonday sun and the scorn of passersby. Though not an…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Part I)

    Christopher Francis / 29/05/2020 / 0 Comments

    Part I:  Morning’s Choice Though my eyes found little sleep, I arose early this morning, finding a bit of optimism with the first rays of sun on my face.  The pain of my…

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  • Blog,  Short Story

    The Gloaming (Short Story Version- Preface)

    Christopher Francis / 27/05/2020 / 0 Comments

    (This is a short story I started many years ago based on Luke 4:40.  It is meant to provide hope for those in desperate situations, even “when the sun is setting…”  It will…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    The Redemption of Loneliness- Part II

    Christopher Francis / 30/04/2020 / 0 Comments

      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 the most lonely experience this earth has…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    The Redemption of Loneliness- Part I

    Christopher Francis / 26/04/2020 / 4 Comments

        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 if we memorized its meaning the…

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  • Biblical Commentary,  Blog

    Thoughts on Isaiah 42:16

    Christopher Francis / 21/04/2020 / 2 Comments

      Isaiah 42:16:  And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known:  I will make darkness light before…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    The Gloaming (Poetry Version)

    Christopher Francis / 05/04/2020 / 0 Comments

    In the twilight of faith In a darkening hour When the wick is all but spent I have become A reed bruised But not quite bent. With pain that screams louder Than the…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

    Whispering Fears

    Christopher Francis / 02/04/2020 / 0 Comments

    The whispering fears echo the loudest Reverberating through my mind Like ripples of trepidation That want to keep me off balance Doubt attempts to overwhelm me And crown itself the proudest Resident of…

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  • Blog,  Poetry

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

    Christopher Francis / 01/04/2020 / 0 Comments

        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 wounds to heal…

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