Monthly Archives: December 2020

Keep Growing

Posted on December 21, 2020 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals. But that’s normal, because a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.” ~Pope Francis Healthy trees never stop growing. ∴

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Worlds Without End

Posted on December 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

There are many reasons to love this verse. But one in particular excites me: Because the original Greek phrase “eon of the eons” means endless time, it’s usually translated “forever and ever.” But since eon also means “world,” the phrase … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Nativity?

Posted on December 19, 2020 by mitchteemley

Guest Blog by InsanityBytes Gabrielle of InsanityBytes can be sweet (see her post “God Is Greater Than Our Heart“) or scathing. I don’t always agree with her, but I always appreciate her intelligence and wit. This post alerted me to … Continue reading →

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Funny Notices

Posted on December 18, 2020 by mitchteemley

Snarky notes have healing power! Well, OK, laughter has healing power, and snarky notes–not the mean ones, but the clever, sardonic, even slightly absurd ones–are very good at producing laughter. So read on! Click on any image to enlarge it, or … Continue reading →

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How to Have a Merry COVID Christmas

Posted on December 17, 2020 by mitchteemley

Honestly? Like all the Whos in Whoville, my wife and I were pretty depressed when we first started talking about Christmas this year. It seemed Grinch-19 had stolen it right out from under us! For the first time in her … Continue reading →

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Gifts of Love and Laughter

Posted on December 16, 2020 by mitchteemley

Both of my multi-award-winning feature films Healing River and Notzilla are out on DVD.* They’re perfect for stocking stuffers or small gifts. And if you order right away, you should get them just in time for Christmas! Healing River, a … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Eat the Ribbons!

Posted on December 15, 2020 by mitchteemley

Am I the only one whose little cat thinks each bit of Christmas ribbon is a strand of pasta? Then, discovering it’s actually nasty and terribly vile, hurls it up in tidy little piles of cheery, multicolored Christmas bile? With … Continue reading →

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Stark Beauty

Posted on December 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

photo by Guido Montanes Castillo (mask available at fineartamerica.com) Thought for the Week Who doesn’t love autumn? And by “autumn,” of course, we mean mid-fall when all the leaves on the trees have finally turned to gold and amber and … Continue reading →

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Where Is God?

Posted on December 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

    “God is the author of the cosmos, not a character within it.  Since he created space-time, it is pointless to try to find him in the heavens.  Could one find Handel himself by searching through the words of … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to My Father

Posted on December 12, 2020 by mitchteemley

Photo: Train from Sarajevo to Mostar (prg2sg.wordpress.com) It’s hard for me to believe he was born 93 years ago this month. But it’s even harder for me to believe that I’ve outlived my father by 25 years; I could end … Continue reading →

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