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Invite Carl to an Event at Your Church or Organization
Each of the following can be presented for you as a speech or workshop. Book materials are also available. All speeches and workshops are Biblically-based and have lots of stories. In Pursuit of Healing
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Click to hear introduction (9 minutes)
In June of 1989 Carl was suddenly paralyzed from the shoulders down in about 24 hours while vacationing in Switzerland. On his return to the states, the doctors told him his neural system was destroyed and he would never walk again. A little over a year later he walked unaided. Just as he began celebrating his healing, his wife was diagnosed with leukemia. She didn’t survive, even with a bone marrow transplant. From these experiences Carl began a spiritual journey for his own personal healing, traveling to prayer conferences to learn from intercessory prayer leaders about healing and the relationship of prayer to healing. At the same time he looked at the life of Christ, only to discover Christ seemed to have no consistent strategy in healing. Or did He? Jesus made it quite plain that this same authority and power he had in healing
is available today. Catching the Wind: Finding Vision in a World of Chaos
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Click to hear introduction (6 minutes)
Carl invites you into an adventure of discovering vision, purpose, personal healing, and intimacy with God. You will find Carl a master story-teller, weaving personal narratives, biblical insights, and insight of others in an amazing story of how to find Vision and Purpose in a world of Chaos.
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One of the movies that has had the most impact on my life is the movie The Illusionist. After watching this, I was sharing with a small group how much impact this movie had on my life. They asked me why. I said I didn't know. I needed to watch it again to see why. The movie is based on a book. The book, in turn, is based on a real event in history. The scenery is beautiful. A real castle in Czechoslovakia was used for some of the filming.. The costumes are all beautiful. You feel as if you are there in the story. The music has won awards. The acting is over-the-top - it should have won awards. The movie begins with a flashback to the illusionist as a boy playing with a girl. Puppy love. She, however, is of noble birth and destined to be a princess or queen. He is a commoner. That is like mixing oil and water. Her father comes with his solders and drags the daughter away, forbidding the young man to play with her again. He packs his suitcase and leaves town that night. The movie actually begins fifteen years later as the young man - now a handsome young man - returns to Vienna. He is now a famous illusionist and performing at the theater in Vienna. The reviews of his performances are ecstatic. One night the crown prince and his intended show up for performance. You're thinking ahead of me, aren't you? After some distance through the story, aan incredible tragic event happens. You are shocked. You are screaming. This is not the way the script is supposed to go. They've got the wrong script. I don't like this movie. But you can't move from your chair. Ever been there in your life? I was there when my wife died. God, this isn't the right script. I don't like the script. Give me another script. All God would say is that I hadn't seen the last act. Near the end of the movie you see the police inspector walking down the lonely road. Everything is gone. His vision is shot. Everything he had dreamed of is gone. Nothing left. It is then you see a small boy come up and gives the inspector the first clue to the reality. And as the final scenes of the movie pass before your eyes, you see what really happened. And you scream and fall out of your chair. You've been tricked. Isn't that like the Emmaus road story in Luke? Remember those two depressed followers walking down that lonely road? They are talking about the events of the past weekend after the crucifixion. Everything they had dreamed about, their visions, everything they had believed in was shot to pieces. They were expecting a king that would overthrow the Romans and restore the Israelite nation to its former glory again. As they shared their lost dreams, a stranger comes up to join them. Trapped in their illusions, they did not recognize it was Jesus. Not until they broke bread with Him that evening. Then, the Bible says, their eyes were opened. Where is the illusion in your life? 
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