Monthly Archives: September 2025

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

Posted on September 11, 2025 by mitchteemley

When all seems hopeless, hope takes flight. We learn this again and again. Hope is always there, waiting. And when it’s needed, it spreads its wings. In memoriam: 9/11/2001. Click on any image to enlarge it, to read caption, or … Continue reading →

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You Are Never Truly Alone

Posted on September 10, 2025 by mitchteemley

โ€œIf we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world,โ€ observed C.S. Lewis. And thus it follows that we are being sought, longed for … Continue reading →

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Learning About Human (and Inhuman) Nature

Posted on September 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was my last term of graduate school. Iโ€™d become engrossed in researching my final thesis paper, โ€œMoral Disintegration in the Roman Theatre.โ€ During its last 100+ years, I discovered, the empire had abandoned the Greek model … Continue reading →

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What Will Define This Decade?

Posted on September 8, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week 24 years ago this week, terrorists struck America. And it, or rather how we responded to it, came to define the first decade of this century. Then, in the 20-teens, the world reeled from the Great … Continue reading →

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My Advice to a King

Posted on September 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image source: christianityiq.com To whom it may concern (you know who you are): Be bigger than your enemies, smaller than your God, and equal to your subjects. โˆด

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It’s the Little Things That Matter

Posted on September 6, 2025 by mitchteemley

When you find God in the little things they cease to be little things ฮถ

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Confession: I Am Addicted to Animals

Posted on September 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Hello, my name is Mitch and I’m an addict.” If I had a spare life I’d spend it caring for critters. There’s so much more to animals than we realize. The “did-you-knows?” are fascinating, and new ones are being discovered … Continue reading →

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They Say, “It Takes All Kinds…

Posted on September 4, 2025 by mitchteemley

…to make a world.” But what they really mean is, “There are a lot of weird people out there.” So, here’s a mini-celebration of those “all kinds” of people. Embrace your weirdness! Click on any image to enlarge it, read … Continue reading →

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Don’t Lose Your Spark

Posted on September 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Photo coutesy of Super Stars Bio Writers, artists, performers, inventors, mathematicians…everyone, come to think of it: this applies to you.

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Welcome to Church: No Luggage Required

Posted on September 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

A Hilarious Message for Visitors and Churchgoers Alike Dear pastors, teachers, and church drama groups: When I first set foot inside a church, I wasn’t sure what I believed, or how to behave. Would I have the wrong views? The … Continue reading →

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