Carl Lance

While You Were Celebrating

Typhoon Odette (Rai) passed through the Philippines, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Winds destroyed homes, floods washed away lives and livelihoods. Where there once was abundance, now there in want, and for those who had little, now they have none. Death tolls are high and will go higher. This isn’t the first time […]

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Red herrings

I was teasing our Pastor’s son about gaps in his education, and I asked if he knows what a Red Herring is. Our Pastor said, it’s a bird, which wasn’t the answer I was looking for, so I explained. A Red Herring is something meant to mislead or distract from a relevant or important question,

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Humble Beginings

Born into a humble family, in a poor country, where money and power rule, with a father who drank too much and a mother who never had a paying job, what were Susan’s chances? Unable to care for her, her parents relied on extended family to feed and clothe her. They sent her to school

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Beautiful Wrappings

As Christmas presents accumulate around the tree, we hope the best looking one is ours. If we get our desires, we can only be assured of getting the nicest wrappings. Wrappings are the least valuable part of the present and will be cast aside when the present itself is revealed. The goal should be the

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With Love…

I had just finished an appointment and was heading for the grocery store when she called. My daughter told me my grandson stayed home today with a sore throat, and she had to take my youngest granddaughter home with an upset stomach. She said she was updating me, but then she said the sick kids

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