Monthly Archives: April 2018

A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Keep it Real. Even When it’s Fake Two years ago, on the verge of directing my first feature film, I wrote things that would seem irrelevant to my second feature (now entering pre-production). After all, the film we were shooting … Continue reading →

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True Freedom

Posted on April 29, 2018 by

“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:31-32

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Fitting In

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

I’m a big fan of street art. Some pieces make a statement by cleverly, stubbornly, or ironically adapting themselves to the space they’re allotted. Which is the way most of us live our lives, come to think of it.

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Sleep

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

My wife and I kept watch over our little house last night: she from midnight to three, I from three to six. Thanks to us, all evil marauders steered clear. As did sleep. A Dozen Thoughts on Sleep “How do … Continue reading →

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Only Love

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

“If I have prophetic powers, and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and have the faith to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”  ~1 Corinthians 13:2 Only love can make us whole. Only love can … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 113

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Twenty-Two: Everything (Continued) Previously: As they journeyed east, Zack and Gina were haunted by increasingly violent nightmares. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Gina had slept less than…

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

 Official Trailer for The Tribunal I’ve talked a lot about my feature film Over-the-Rhine, and about Notzilla, my in-the-works monster movie spoof  But up until now I’ve said little about my executive producer Mike Mergler or St. Michael Movies, the production … Continue reading →

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Mowing the Straight and Narrow

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

It’s spring. Gentlemen and gentlewomen, start you mowers! When we finally bought a house with an actual yard, I was excited about mowing. Yeah, I got over it. Still, if ya got grass, ya gotta mow, and that means: Ya … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

Here’s a thought: This year for Earth Day, instead of giving our planet a Present Let’s give it a Future

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If I Could Just Fix Everyone…

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

              “To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler,          and less trouble.” ~Mark Twain “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming … Continue reading →

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