Tag Archives: charity

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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More Blessed to Give

Posted on May 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

Dear self: Remember this. And then remember it some more. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” ~Acts 20:35

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A Calm in the Midst

Posted on September 21, 2017 by mitchteemley

Some speak of a calm before the storm but there is a calm in the midst of the storm that comes from knowing you are not alone The Western Hemisphere has been struck by a monstrous alphabet of storms. First … Continue reading →

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Person to Person

Posted on September 16, 2017 by mitchteemley

How often do we get stuck on numbers (I know I do), thinking that unless we can sweep across the land like good deed crop dusters, eradicating all pain and suffering (or ignorance, or violence, or?) there is no point … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Flood

Posted on August 31, 2017 by mitchteemley

Hurricane Harvey (or Tropical Storm Harvey, now that it’s made landfall) is being called a Storm of the Century. It has destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in the Gulf of Mexico, has been called the worst disaster in Texas … Continue reading →

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So Many Holidays, So Little Time!

Posted on November 28, 2016 by mitchteemley

      Why is everybody shopping online? I thought it was Cyber Monk Day.       (P.S. I painted a selfie.) Yeah, I know…it’s just that there’s so much spending going on I figure we’re all going to have to live like monks … Continue reading →

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