Carl Lance

GOD Forbid!

We spent a few days of our vacation in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city is known for great food, jazz music, voodoo, drinking and sin. Why would we purposely go to that city of sin? Our Pastor even warned us of the in-your-face sin he saw there before he was saved. To add some context, …

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Doing Just Fine

When the Air Force sent me to Saudi Arabia for six months I missed my family, my privacy, and having some control over my life. I felt lonely and unhappy. I saw it as something I just had to get through. The only thing I looked forward to was leaving when my tour was over. …

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It’s Different Now

We are on vacation with our daughter and grandchildren and though I enjoy this time with them, it’s different from vacations we took before. My wife spent months planning this trip, we booked our accommodations early, to get better prices. We bought tickets for the parks to make sure we could get in. We even …

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Fiesta

There is a celebration going on in San Antonio, Texas this week. It’s an annual festival that began in 1891 to honor the memory of the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. The festival has grown over the years and celebrates San Antonio’s rich cultural heritage while boosting the economy and …

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Don’t Give Up!

Have you ever felt like giving up? What did you do about it? When I was in school, it seemed like it would never end. Why didn’t I just give up? I could get a job, leave all that studying behind and live happily ever after, right? Wrong! I saw what happened to people who …

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