Carl Lance

The Station

I used to hang out on the train tracks, a popular place, and the cool place where “everyone who was anyone” hung out. I heard stories that a train was coming and it was dangerous to stay there. I had never seen a train come this way and didn’t know anyone who had seen a […]

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Getting Closer

Perhaps you have seen the idealized picture of the elderly couple walking hand-in-hand with their faces lit up with gentle, but telling smiles. Looking at them we can’t tell how they got to that point. In these times of short relationships we focus on this “happy ever after” scene and hope to be like that

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The Clinical Trial

I am part of a clinical trial for a vaccine that will hopefully prevent the elderly and very young from catching a deadly (non-COVID) virus. A pharmaceutical company is spending a small fortune to ensure the efficacy and find possible side effects before they submit this medicine for final approval. The company wants to prove

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Worthy to Be Praised

The news is filled with “important people” these days. Celebrities, politicians, the wealthy, and accomplished are pushed into the headlines. Some flaw or mistake is pounced on and crafted into glaring headlines, designed to draw our attention. A talented actor is dumping his mate or a beautiful model enters rehab and a politician is “caught”

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Thank GOD I am Here

“Here” is hard to describe because it is “exceeding abundantly above all we could ask or even think”. To get an idea, think Garden of Eden, plus the most beautiful place you have ever seen; add a wonderful celebration where everyone is so ecstatically happy they don’t notice how nice the place is! Even my

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