Carl Lance

Happy Chinese New Year

Here in Beijing, we are celebrating Chinese New Year. It is a few days off from work for me, but Susan is traveling with “the largest human migration in history” as masses of Chinese people return to their hometown during this important Holiday. Deeply rooted in religion and tradition, they will have a reunion meal […]

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It Isn’t Realy Free

The advertisement says, “Buy one and get one free.” What a deal! You pay for the first, but that second one is free! How could it be? Can anything these days really be free? It isn’t really free at all. It is an advertising gimmick to get you to pay the full price for the

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Too late

I got up early this morning because I had to go into work and see my boss off on a trip to Chengdu, China. It was a cold, windy, and snowy Saturday morning and I would like to have stayed in my warm bed, but this was important to me. My boss is escorting the

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The Blessers

Last Sunday the Filipino Congregation said goodbye to two more blessers, as they leave for a new life in Canada. As a group of foreigners working in Beijing, this is a regular occurrence, but this sendoff was different. These are people who got involved and made a difference in the ministry and lives in the

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A Clean Heart

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalms 51:10 KJV). Why would we need GOD to create a clean heart in us? Because it’s impossible for us to do it! We need GOD to give us a new heart. That’s the cry of everyone who has accepted

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