Tag Archives: Ash Wednesday

Is Jesus Still on the Cross?

Posted on March 5, 2025 by mitchteemley

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the traditional season of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter (the Greek word for Lent means “forty”). So what? That’s just old, dead tradition stuff, right? Even after my conversion, I … Continue reading →

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Jesus: Through the Eyes of the Apostle Peter

Posted on February 13, 2025 by mitchteemley

Six Powerful Easter Season Illustrations Pastors, teachers, and church drama groups: Are you planning a Lent series or individual messages for the six weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter? If so, these six dramatic monologues, The Simon-Peter Chronicles, seen at churches … Continue reading →

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Let Your Light Shine

Posted on February 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Steve Beckham of Thoughts Along the Way. Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the season leading up to Easter. And while this isn’t an Ash Wednesday post per se, if you read … Continue reading →

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Where My Journey Began

Posted on February 18, 2021 by mitchteemley

When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life, because that’s what you do when you’re young and foolish (as opposed to old and foolish). I’d abandoned my former atheism and started reading the words … Continue reading →

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I Want to Know Him

Posted on February 26, 2020 by mitchteemley

Is Jesus still on the cross? Yes. No. Both. Read on. Ash Wednesday begins the traditional season of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter (Lent literally means “Forty”). So what? “Old, dead tradition stuff.” That was my summation … Continue reading →

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Fat Tuesday

Posted on March 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

The downside of official holy days is that the days before them tend to become unholy days. Hence, for some, the vows of faithfulness spoken at a marriage ceremony are preceded by a bachelor party in which the devoted-spouse-to-be gets … Continue reading →

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My Computer Crashed!

Posted on February 28, 2017 by mitchteemley

Well, OK, it didn’t exactly “crash.” I mean, there was no hole in the wall. There were no other bleeding computer owners standing around threatening to sue my pants off. Actually, what I did was delete a massive number of massively important … Continue reading →

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