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Chris began his career by writing poetry and song lyrics in high school. It wasn’t until years later that he discovered his love of writing fiction. He now self-publishes as an independent author. Chris is a full-time Help Desk Analyst for DaVita Healthcare and also volunteers with an inner city youth ministry named One7. He currently lives in North Carolina with his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters. (He is not the lead singer of Coldplay)
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Today is Thursday, May 23 2013.
Read this article the other day.
“In fact, the entire story of Jesus is about a God who did not just want to stay “out there” but who moves into the neighborhood, a neighborhood where folks said, “Nothing good could come.” It is this Jesus who was accused of being a glutton and drunkard and rabble-rouser for hanging out with all of society’s rejects, and who died on the imperial cross of Rome reserved for bandits and failed messiahs. This is why the triumph over the cross was a triumph over everything ugly we do to ourselves and to others. It is the final promise that love wins.
It is this Jesus who was born in a stank manger in the middle of a genocide. That is the God that we are just as likely to find in the streets as in the sanctuary, who can redeem revolutionaries and tax collectors, the oppressed and the oppressors… a God who is saving some of us from the ghettos of poverty, and some of us from the ghettos of wealth.”
–Shane Claiborne from the article “What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?”
http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/shane-claiborne-1209?src=soc_fcbks
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Have a blessed day,
Chris
Here is a list of books I have for sale on Amazon. Any novella I sell will only be $.99. I am working on some full length novels and hope to have them available soon. Be sure to check back for updates. Thanks!
Other Side of Night (A Novella)

When Luke Farmer and his two best friends find a cell phone in the park, they are thrust into a world of adventure and mystery. With his newly rescued Golden Retriever, Boone, Luke is determined to figure out what is so important on the phone and why someone will do anything to get it back. Other Side of Night is a heart-pounding story of three friends forced to rise above their fear and face unknown adversaries in order to discover the truth.
Available for $.99 on the Amazon Kindle Store. Kindle app can be installed on iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Driod, PC, etc.
The Stranger (A Novella)

Something horrible happened eight years ago in the small coastal town of Seal
Bay. Six high school girls were killed and dumped into the bay by a man named Lance Puckett. It was a crime which ripped apart a community and left emotional scars that time would never heal. A calm morning in Seal Bay is shattered by the appearance of a stranger who bears a striking resemblance to Lance. Has he come back to dig up memories from the past, or could this man be a drifter, just passing through? This suspenseful thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat with a twist that will leave you breathless. Who is The Stranger?
Available for $.99 on the Amazon Kindle Store. Kindle app can be installed on iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Driod, PC, etc.
Unknown (True Identity)

Without a past, we can have no future. A man wakes up inside a pizza parlor with no recollection of who he is or how he ended up there. He later learns that a ruthless organization, known only as The Company, will stop at nothing to retrieve vital information that only he is in possession of. Unknown is an action thriller that will keep you guessing at every turn. It is the first novella in the True Identity series.
SPACE
Available for $.99 on the Amazon Kindle Store. Kindle app can be installed on iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Driod, PC, etc.
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