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Another Dissatisfied Day

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,…

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30/01/2021
Blog, Poetry

On Separation of Life and Love

[This post is dedicated to my sister-in-law whose father died a year ago this week. This poem was written many years ago when he was on his deathbed. Through God’s…

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25/07/2019
Blog, Poetry

Freshly Fallen Hope (Greeting Card Remix)

In the deadness of winter With your blinking thoughts Refusing to yield To anything But the wind and confusion Of disappointment and disillusion In the dreariness of what hinders With…

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01/08/2019

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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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  • 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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  • The Misery-Maker
  • Prayer Of The Apathetic Man
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  • A Prayer for Stillness (Psalm 46:10-11)
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  • The Redemption of Loneliness- Part II
  • The Redemption of Loneliness- Part I

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