Carl Lance

Just a Statistic

     Joseph Stalin said, “When one person dies it is a tragedy, but when a million die it’s a statistic.”  As the numbers rise, our minds go numb.  We can’t process large scale death.  The individual gets lost in the crowd, even in death.       Why is the attack in Nice getting so much news […]

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“The End is Coming”

     That is what the man told a negotiator.  He had fired on Police during a peaceful protest, wounding seven and killing five.   Knowing the end is coming, how could he be so foolish?  Because of his own anger and hatred, he threw away the life and chances he had left.  He didn’t

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It Was Like Hell!

      That was how a witness described the scene at the airport in Istanbul, after the terrorist attack.  The suffering and death were more than they could describe, so they compared it to the worst place they could think of.  I understand what they were trying to say, but they were oh so wrong.

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Just Likes and Shares?

     For the last 15 years I have sent out my annual newsletters to everyone I had thought might be interested, usually accompanied by a picture or two.  I wanted to share our life and testimonies of GOD’s goodness, but it never seemed enough.  I received enough replies to keep me sending out the

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Brother Robert

I heard Pastor Bob describe Brother Robert as the “nicest person” and “everybody liked him” but I love him. I love Brother Robert and his dear wife, Sister Mary! I first met him 25+ years ago, when I became an usher at our Church in La Vernia, and he and his brother Carlos trained me

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