Smiling as I Cry

For more than 60 years, my father has fought the good fight. He has been a gentleman, a hard-working man, a one-woman man, a family man, a worshiping man, and a self-sacrificing man. Yes, Joseph Anthony Franks III, he has been a man’s man. For more than a decade, my father has fought the horrid … More Smiling as I Cry

An Inheritance Swap

In the beginning, the perfect God created a perfect planet, containing a perfect garden, filled with perfect animals, stewarded by perfect people. All was grand as Adam and Eve enjoyed perfect spiritual communion, intellectual veracity, emotional stability, relational intimacy, vocational satisfaction, physical health, and environmental stability. This is what God intended for his friends. Then it happened. Sometimes this tragic episode … More An Inheritance Swap