Monthly Archives: September 2015

The Wishing Map 95

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty: Tea for One Previously: Gina managed (by posing as the mysterious Rhema) to halt the civil war launched by her brother Zack. ⇔ ⇔ … Continue reading →

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Life with a Purpose

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

Connecting With God, Part 8 (To read Part 1, click here) Purpose. No amount of Freudian psychoanalysis can explain away the need for it. Unless we succeed in drowning it out, all of our lives we will hear that still, small voice calling us … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 94

Posted on September 26, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil war was his sister Gina. … Continue reading →

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“If Ya Wanna Send a Message…”

Posted on September 25, 2015 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Picking a Blog Name, Part Five The old movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn is reputed to have snarled at a screenwriter, “If ya wanna to send a message, use Western Union!” And yet so many of…

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The Power of Story

Posted on September 24, 2015 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Picking a Blog Name, Part Four I admitted in Picking a Blog Name, Part Three that, while the name “Mitch Teemley” could be cunningly construed to say something about this blog site, it really is…

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The Wishing Map 93

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack and the naim (gnome) child Bud were pierced by lances, but for some reason didn’t die. And then … Continue reading →

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Your Gateway to “Godlike Entertainment!”

Posted on September 22, 2015 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Picking a Blog Name, Part Three OK, so I lied. My name isn’t your gateway to anything. But it is both original and safe—which, after my Mitchellaneous experience, seemed important!  Plus, since I’m literally the…

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