Tag Archives: caring

New Year, New Opportunities to Love

Posted on January 15, 2026 by mitchteemley

New Year, New Opportunities to Love Dear preachers, teachers and group leaders: A new year means new opportunities to love others. Not just for you, but for everyone in your congregation, classroom, or group. If you’re looking for a great … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Listening

Posted on August 5, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The most valuable gifts aren’t the ones that cost money, but the ones that cost us a piece of ourselves. For me, listening to others is such a gift because it doesn’t come naturally. What does … Continue reading →

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It Hurts to Care

Posted on November 26, 2022 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Anthony Green 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 Gina was being celebrated as the … Continue reading →

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Hope for the Human Race

Posted on August 12, 2022 by mitchteemley

Last week I posted a snarky photoblog entitled No Hope for the Human Race! but promised a counter-blog this week. Here it is. In the world of rhetoric, anecdotes are not considered sufficiently pursuasive to prove a point — unless … Continue reading →

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Don’t Love Your Family!

Posted on January 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week My title is a ruse. But it makes a point: There’s a widespread belief that loving your family and friends is the greatest virtue to which you can aspire. This is either true or false depending … Continue reading →

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Branching Out

Posted on January 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

Image courtesy of pexels.com My Featured Blogger this week is Kate Duff of A Thousand Bits of Paper. Australian writer and poet Kate covers a wide range of topics, both articulately and compellingly. But beneath all of her writing is … Continue reading →

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I know God

Posted on April 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Diman5 of My Talking Drums. Diman is a Nigerian blogger who launched his site just four months ago. But already he’s on my short list of “Oh, let’s see what _____ is up to” … Continue reading →

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Change a Life

Posted on November 4, 2018 by mitchteemley

Dear Fellow Believer, Just a reminder that Jesus never called us to “witness” to others. He called us to be his witnesses.* And not just on Sundays, but day and night 365 days a year. It’s who we are that … Continue reading →

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Verb or Noun?

Posted on June 21, 2018 by mitchteemley

Some things can be both a verb and a noun (fish, call, ride). But I only know of one thing that must be a verb before it can be a noun: Love Yesterday was World Refugee Day, by the way. A … Continue reading →

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Verb or Noun?

Posted on June 14, 2016 by mitchteemley

Some things can be both a verb and a noun (fish, call, ride). But I only know of one thing that must be a verb before it can be a noun: Love.

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