Monthly Archives: December 2022

Loose the Chains

Posted on December 11, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of bondage. Set free the oppressed and break every yoke.” ~Isaiah 58:6 Our freedom will never be complete until all people are free! ∞

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Have You Read The Wishing Map?

Posted on December 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

I’m being a spotty blogger (“splogger”?) this week while I focus on upcoming projects, and so… While I normally post an episode of my full-length fantasy The Wishing Map on Saturdays, this time I’ll refer you back to the start … Continue reading →

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Buildings: Beautiful and Bizarre

Posted on December 9, 2022 by mitchteemley

I love architecture. Houses, office buildings, churches, museums–the beautiful and the bizarre. Just don’t bother me with the boring! What’s that? Haven’t finished your Christmas shopping yet? How about a nice new home or headquarters for your booming business? Here … Continue reading →

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My Self in Quotes

Posted on December 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

“If anyone would be my disciple, let them disown themselves, take up their cross daily and follow me. Anyone who tries to save their life will lose it, but anyone who loses their life for my sake will save it.”  … Continue reading →

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My Works In-Progress

Posted on December 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

Notzilla Comic in-progress I’m afraid I’ll be a spotty blogger (“splogger”?) throughout the end of this week while I focus on upcoming projects — one of which involves working with our illustrators on the comic book version of my feature … Continue reading →

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Rebel Without Applause

Posted on December 6, 2022 by mitchteemley

Rebel Without a Cause, Eden Cried, James Dean, me (the resemblance is uncanny, right?) My Real Memoir I’d just graduated from 8th Grade. My teacher Mrs. Chamberlain had written in my yearbook, “Dear Mitch, take advantage of your ability and … Continue reading →

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Babies Show Us Who We Really Are

Posted on December 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the  Week “Making the decision to have a child–it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.” ~Elizabeth Stone “I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in … Continue reading →

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More Like Him

Posted on December 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

“We are His children, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.” ~1 John 3:2

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Not Caring Is Hard Work

Posted on December 3, 2022 by mitchteemley

Artwork by ViKING 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. While Zack was searching for his sister Gina, … Continue reading →

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Falling Toward Winter

Posted on December 2, 2022 by mitchteemley

The big statements of the seasons are easy to read: fall’s brief blaze of color, winter’s frosted flashes of beauty. But most of the time the seasons, like our lives, are in transition and full of subtext. Yet we’ll find … Continue reading →

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