Tag Archives: 2 Corinthians 4:18

What is Real

Posted on July 31, 2022 by mitchteemley

“The prayer preceding all prayers is, ‘May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.’” ~C. S. Lewis ∞

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An Unknown Future

Posted on May 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” ~Corrie ten Boom ~AΩ~

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Illusions

Posted on December 11, 2020 by mitchteemley

Art uniquely reflects our conflicting attraction to and fear of illusions. It strives to reconcile our dueling convictions that, on the one hand, only what we perceive is real; and that, on the other, what we perceive is nothing more … Continue reading →

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Infinite Vision

Posted on March 30, 2020 by mitchteemley

At the start of the year, I scribbled down My 2020 Vision. And then the world changed. So I looked up the meaning of “20/20 vision.” Here’s what I learned: 20/20 isn’t perfect, it’s simply normal. The first 20 represents … Continue reading →

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That Which Can Be Seen

Posted on October 26, 2019 by mitchteemley

Next time you meet someone with a strictly “realistic” (materialistic) view of the universe, that only that which can be seen (scientifically observed) exists, point out the following: 96% of the universe is un-observable and is not technically “there.” I … Continue reading →

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The Final Rite of Passage

Posted on March 22, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Grief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith, it is the price of love.” ~Darcie Sims A few nights ago, my wife’s … Continue reading →

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The Road Ahead

Posted on January 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

May your closest companion now and always be the one who made the road.

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The Sense of God

Posted on October 7, 2018 by mitchteemley

“The mind which thinks it knows Reality because it has made a diagram of reality, is merely the dupe of its own categories.” “The ‘sense of God’ is not a metaphor. Innumerable declarations prove it to be a consciousness as … Continue reading →

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Unseen

Posted on August 13, 2017 by mitchteemley

Companion piece: Eclipse

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