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About Robert Franklin

Father to six (three boys and three girls, three from the USA and three from Uganda) Husband to one (and intent on staying that way!) Son to Jesus-freak parents. Brother to three great people. Weak, sinful, enemy of God rescued for adoption by grace through faith.

Getting Rid of the Fuzzies

[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=dryer&iid=162088″ src=”0158/a637e299-bac1-4c54-9089-9308ae4b0ecd.jpg?adImageId=12599585&imageId=162088″ width=”234″ height=”351″ /]After waiting a little too long, I finally asked Michelle to pick me up some new clothes. She did some great bargain hunting and arrived back home “mission accomplished.” The next day I … Continue reading →

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Power

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=power+lines&iid=5146947″ src=”2/5/f/f/High_voltage_electric_9a36.jpg?adImageId=12580546&imageId=5146947″ width=”355″ height=”360″ /]Modern Christianity has more or less limited itself to the ability to convince its adherents to voluntarily conform to a certain standard of acceptable behaviors.  This “self-betterment” is in essence no different from any … Continue reading →

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Wassuuuuuuup!

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=yes&iid=239328″ src=”0235/30d9280e-1520-494f-92ee-6fae6511a740.jpg?adImageId=12126734&imageId=239328″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /]Groovy! Keen! Awesome! You Bet! Yo! Wassuuup! Yes! All commonly used interjections or greetings over the past several decades.  My least favorite was the three year Budweiser “Wassup” campaign.  To those who blissfully don’t … Continue reading →

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And me…

The voice that bids the storms be stilled The hand whose scars remainThe eyes that see from heaven’s gate The heart that bears no stain Has once for all His life-blood shed, And claimed His rightful throne. The power that … Continue reading →

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Maundy, Maundy…

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=fireworks&iid=7915505″ src=”0/9/f/b/Spring_Festival_Celebration_5c7d.jpg?adImageId=11964558&imageId=7915505″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /]If the opportunity fell to you to make the Fourth of July a more intensely celebrated holiday, what would you do?  Would you order in bigger fireworks?  Would you make it mandatory that every city … Continue reading →

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A Box Full

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=full+box&iid=269263″ src=”0265/74554cf8-9dc7-4a9f-9026-fad09f9746b5.jpg?adImageId=11669056&imageId=269263″ width=”380″ height=”253″ /]I often wonder at the enormity of change in our culture.  As a child, the phrase, “Your box is full” meant simply that a box (cardboard or otherwise) belonging to me, was full.  Currently … Continue reading →

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