Monthly Archives: April 2022

Another Choice

Posted on April 20, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Lukas Hron My Featured Blogger this week is Larry Paul Brown of LPB – Quest. I chose this brief post because, although for many Easter is already over, to those who grasp its full meaning, it never ended. … Continue reading →

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The Year I Began to Figure Out Who I Was

Posted on April 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir The only thing I knew for sure when I started 6th Grade was that I was a dreamer. Most boys, it seemed, were drawn to physical things, games and sports. But not me. I let my head … Continue reading →

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When Bullies Win, Everyone Loses

Posted on April 18, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Though the boys throw stones at the frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, they die in earnest.”  ~Bion of Borysthenes (325 – 250 B.C.) Suicides among children have tripled since the start … Continue reading →

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Paid in Full

Posted on April 17, 2022 by mitchteemley

When Jesus had reached the end of his suffering on the cross, he said, “It is finished. And then, bowing his head, yielded up his spirit” (John 19:30). The original Greek for “it is finished” is simply teleo. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Never Insult a Pixie

Posted on April 16, 2022 by mitchteemley

Illustration by trungtinart The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. In the hope of saving her brother Zack, Gina Dore had … Continue reading →

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Impressions of Easter

Posted on April 15, 2022 by mitchteemley

The meaning of Easter cannot be contained in a single image or quote, but perhaps the following impressions will serve as a source of contemplation. Of course, the only way to express the true spirit of Easter is to embody … Continue reading →

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My Own Private Easter

Posted on April 14, 2022 by mitchteemley

‘A Boy in the Forest’ by Pikila This is an excerpt from Fool’s Odyssey, an autobiographical narrative I wrote some years back, based on a journal I’d kept as a young man searching for the meaning of life. It seems … Continue reading →

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Why We Chain Our Doors

Posted on April 13, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is George Raymond of trefology. George has the kind of absurd sense of humor I cut my proverbial teeth on, and you know how sharp proverbial teeth can be (think Monty Python). George sums up … Continue reading →

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The Jesus Lady

Posted on April 12, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I grew up in a thoroughly secular home. God was simply never the topic of conversation. I literally didn’t know that Christmas was named for Christ. And Easter? Well, it was about eating chocolate bunnies and egg … Continue reading →

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Broken Relationships

Posted on April 11, 2022 by mitchteemley

Sign spotted in a taxi cab Thought for the Week Whatever your biggest priority is, whatever you’re most passionately or desperately trying to accomplish in life — if it’s not about relationships, it should be number two on your To … Continue reading →

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