Nance Gice

A self proclaimed kid at heart, I became

interested in Fantasy/Sci-Fi during the mid

60's when I saw the first ever aired episode

of Star Trek, as a child.

83 collectable plates and 4 Star Trek

spinoff series later, I experienced my first

Xena episode, A Family Affair.  From then

on it was "hello warrior princess.".

Like many fans, when Xena ended, I was disturbed by the final episode, so I

created the Xena Scrolls website to express my opinion.  As time went on, I

retooled the site into features, that celebrate the unique qualities of the series. 

                                                        

Xena Stats: Favorite comedy episodes:

The Xena Scrolls, Been There Done That,

Day in the Life. Favorite darma episodes:

One Against an Army, Ides of March,

Tsunami. Least favorite episodes: Maternal

Instincts, A Friend in Need 1&2. Favorite

Characters: Xena, Gabrielle, Joxer, Ephiny

Autolycus, Salmoneus. Favorite line: Xena:

"If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already." 

Favorite episode prop: Janice Covington's

fedora. Favorite weapon: chakram.

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NANCE GICE

The Beyond the Xena Scrolls mini series was

my creation to enable the saga of Xena to

continue through fan fiction.  In addition to

writing the 3 interconnected episodes of this

trilogy, I also designed all the artwork for the site.

A consultant for an international portrait studio,

I reside in New York, along with my nanday

conure and himalayan cat.  I enjoy biking, writing, graphic arts, weight lifting, landscape photography and collecting animation artwork.

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My Testimony

When I was 19 years old I was challenged to read the New Testament of the Bible. I had been religious all of my life, acknowledged that there was a God, went to church every Sunday and had no desires to search for any meanings to life. With all these credentials under my belt, I had never felt the need in the past to open the Bible and see what it said. After all, wasn't my religion supposed to be teaching me that? Something compelled my to take the challenge even though I'm not much of a reader.

It took me 3 months to read it and when I finished, I was very disturbed because what I had been taught all these years about how you get to Heaven, was not what the Bible was saying. I had been taught that if you were a good person, you would go to Heaven, but the Bible said you have to be perfect in order to qualify and I sure wasn't that. I also started to think that if you could achieve Heaven by being good, then why did Jesus Christ come down and die for the sins of man? 

The Bible stated that there was no one righteous and that's why we needed a Savior, which was Jesus Christ. He paid the price for us and extends salvation as a free gift. There was nothing we could do in God's eyes to earn it. That was the hardest thing for me to accept, it was free. All my life I had been used to earning every good thing I got. I wrestled with the conflict for months. Who was I to believe, my religion or the Bible.

The Bible also reinforced that my relationship with God was personal. It was between Him and me. It also said that the gate to eternal life is narrow and few will walk through it. You may say that you already believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Even demons acknowledge that, but do they accept Him as their Savior?

I continued to wrestle with what was correct and then one day at the apartment complex I worked at, a man came in to look at an apartment. When he left, he had handed my father a Bible tract. I still remember my father throwing it down onto the table and it slid toward me but stopped in the middle. I had to reach for it and when I picked it up, I read it and the words seem to put every dilemma I had been wrestling with into perspective. That night it all finally became clear I made the decision to accept the blood sacrifice Jesus Christ as the only atonement for my sins.

From that point on, my life was forever changed. Now I strive to do good works out of respect for God and His desire for me to be His witness, as I am doing now. Not out of any silly notion that I could ever offer Him anything that would merit the glory of Heaven.

Think about it. One day, maybe even today, you will have to stand before God and show an accounting of yourself, whether you believe in Him or not. What would you have to offer Him? 

At this time I'd like to share with you the tract that was given me so many years ago which is called God's Simple Plan of Salvation and I'd also like to challenge you to read the New Testament of the Bible. Where it leads you from there is between you and God.