Monthly Archives: March 2024

He Is Risen!

Posted on March 31, 2024 by mitchteemley

He is risen in me! “For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God … Continue reading →

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Freedom From Death

Posted on March 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

We are born in the shadow of death. No one gets out of here alive. But 2,000 years ago, Jesus signed Death’s death warrant. On the night before his crucifixion he taught his disciples to live in the light of … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness vs. Pride

Posted on March 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

Artwork by SirTancrede 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 it from the start, click here. Wracked with guilt, Zack had entered a strange cottage … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With These Pictures?

Posted on March 29, 2024 by mitchteemley

It’s Good Friday, the day people throughout the world commemorate the most impactful death in human history. And yet, if these images, and even the suffering they depict, are all we see, then something’s wrong with every single one of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Is Coming!

Posted on March 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

Am I jumping the gun, celebrating too early? Maybe. But like the little guy in the photo, I can’t wait. Because I know Sunday is coming! And after that? Nothing will ever be the same. ~AΩ~

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How to Keep a Life Journal

Posted on March 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

Two days ago in Why You Should Keep a Life Journal I argued that journaling offers both immediate and future benefits. Here are seven suggestions on how to attain those benefits: Set aside a regular time, but only write when you … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Bigger Love

Posted on March 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was the Easter season, but I wasn’t a believer. In fact, I’d been a devout atheist until the previous year when, ironically, my religion-debunking Folklore and Mythology class had prompted me to doubt my doubts (I’ve … Continue reading →

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Why You Should Keep a Life Journal

Posted on March 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “In the diary you find proof that in situations which today would seem unbearable, you lived.” ~Franz Kafka (from his personal diary) My wife and I were trying to remember the chain of events in our … Continue reading →

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Life and Death

Posted on March 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

I was raised in a secular home. There was no talk of heaven or an afterlife. This life was all there was. And yet at the age of five I dreamed I died. My parents and friends circled over me, … Continue reading →

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55 Years Ago This Month

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear blogfriends and followers: I owe you an apology! Or at least an explanation: I haven’t visited your blog sites for the past week because I’ve been in a recording studio in Montana. My band The Daily Planet decided to … Continue reading →

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