Carl Lance

Walking Through The Valley

While assigned in Vienna, Austria (2008) we enjoyed the beautiful city, attended a great Church and we found new friends. I enjoyed my job and having just been promoted, I enjoyed a measure of success. I suffered from allergies, so the Medical Unit prescribed a well-known allergy medicine. I just had to wait for it […]

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My Feet were Dry

I watched with interest from China as a typhoon passed through the Philippines. Seeing people wading through flooded streets on the news, my feet were dry, and I complained about interrupted programming from our Philippine-based television channels. Seeing news accounts of Christians being persecuted and dying for their faith in Iraq, I was annoyed when

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My Prayer

My prayer was put together while on my way to work in Vienna. I knew I needed to pray and while walking and while riding the bus or subway I came up with this prayer. Parts of it come from the Bible, from preaching and teaching I’ve heard over the years, and from other prayers.

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Unity Sunday

We enjoyed “Unity Sunday” at Beijing International Christian Fellowship (BICF). That’s when all 29 congregations (70+ nations) got together in two services (because the building won’t hold 4000 people) for Sunday worship. I can tell you it was wonderful! GOD doesn’t have a problem understanding Chinese characters, but for many of us “foreigners” the words

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Prove It!

I saw a response to an ad for a Christian Church event on the internet that is all too common these days. It said, “Prove the Bible is true, and I will come.” It wasn’t a serious request, but more like the religious leaders who as JESUS hung on the cross said, “He saved others;

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