Carl Lance

Another Day

     Thursday was the first day of China’s “National Day” holiday.  I wasn’t interested in celebrating the communist takeover of this country, so for me it was just another day off from work.  The air pollution had been “cleaned up” either by the wind or by government intervention and it was a bright sunny day […]

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You Are A Mother

I know you have gone through a lot and you have a whole list of reasons why things turned out the way they did, but all of that is behind you now. No reasons, no explanations, and no more excuses. You are a Mother! You’ve been thrust into the Super Hero category and have special

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Lesser Gods

     A co-worker showed me a picture of a famous guitarist and declared emphatically “This is god!” I replied, “You don’t have very high standards for your gods.”  I knew what he meant by his statement, but I don’t like people casually calling someone “god.”  This man was idolizing the musician for his talents and

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Burned

It was a typical Sunday morning, and I was hurrying through my routine so I could get to Church a little earlier than usual. This would be the last Sunday service before our Pastor and his family would be gone for two weeks. I wanted to make sure we were prepared, and I looked forward

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Peace In The Storm

My favorite (only) grandson went with his class to the International Student Convention, in Missouri to compete with Christian schools from around world. This was his first year competing at this level, so my daughter and her family went to cheer him on. My daughter and son-in-law were participants decades ago when they attended the

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