Tag Archives: compassion

“Wipe That Smug Look off Your Face”

Posted on July 12, 2019 by mitchteemley

I love the reflection off Basement Lake in the morning. “Wipe that smug look off your face” was one of my father’s go-to sayings. I hated to be humbled. Still do. But my heavenly father is also in the humbling business, so … Continue reading →

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Dear Humans

Posted on June 9, 2019 by mitchteemley

“You were called to freedom, but do not use that freedom to indulge the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. For the entire Law is fulfilled in this one command: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” ~Galatians 5:13-14 … Continue reading →

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The Happiness Report

Posted on May 22, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is David Redpath of Highway Bloggery. I can’t find an “About” page anywhere (I suspect he prefers to remain a bit mysterious). But what I can gather about him is this: David is an Australian … 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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Carrying Treasures into the Light

Posted on April 10, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is journalist turned teacher Nancy E. Head. I held off featuring her for some time because she doesn’t use Reblog buttons. But I couldn’t wait any longer, because she’s simply one of my favorite online … Continue reading →

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Listen!

Posted on March 28, 2019 by mitchteemley

                   “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”   ~Ernest Hemingway “Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.” ~David W. … Continue reading →

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Doug is fading fast, so I reached out to his mistress

Posted on March 27, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Angel at Watch You Life in Pictures, whose blog site’s subtitle is “We Gathered Life, Only to Find…” Angel is a bit of an enigma, a woman who says little about herself, but writes … Continue reading →

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To Judge or Judge Not: Facing the Facts

Posted on February 25, 2019 by mitchteemley

Part One It was 7:00 p.m. on a Halloween night. Amidst a flurry of 6 year old Frozen princesses and 13 year old Walking Dead, our perpetually late letter carrier showed up. My first thought was to drop a candy … Continue reading →

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Regrets? I have a few. . .

Posted on January 2, 2019 by mitchteemley

My first Featured Blogger of this brand spankin’ new year is, appropriately, Donna Cameron of A Year of Living Kindly. I’ve been a Donna fan for some time now, having discovered her deeply engaging blog early on, before she published … Continue reading →

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Compassion

Posted on December 18, 2018 by mitchteemley

It’s no secret that this season of love is also (uncoincidentally) an especially hard season for those who feel abandoned and alone. May we reach out to them with our prayers, with our words, and with our actions — in … Continue reading →

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