Tag Archives: compassion

Turtle Love in Middletown

Posted on August 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Suzanne’s Mom of Boston, Massachusetts. A former editor, and now an ESL teacher and theatre reviewer, Suzanne’s Mom writes winsomely and compassionately on a wide range of subjects, including the arts, the disadvantaged, and the natural world. … Continue reading →

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Turtle Love in Middletown

Posted on August 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Suzanne’s Mom of Boston, Massachusetts. A former editor, and now an ESL teacher and theatre reviewer, Suzanne’s Mom writes winsomely and compassionately on a wide range of subjects, including the arts, the disadvantaged, and … Continue reading →

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Dear God

Posted on August 20, 2023 by mitchteemley

Hey, it never hurts to ask, right? “When you bear one another’s burdens, you fulfill the law of Christ.” ~Galatians 6:2 ♥

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Have We Become Desensitized?

Posted on August 7, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Only five?” This is the reaction many (most?) of us have when we hear that yet another mass shooter has struck. “Only five?” I confess, I’ve responded this way. It takes bigger numbers, more deaths to … Continue reading →

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Set Others Free

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by Anne Wipf What is it that God requires of us? The careful construction of holy places in which to live apart from people who are ‘unclean’? The strict observance of religious ordinances? “You ‘humble’ yourselves by observing the … Continue reading →

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Macro World

Posted on July 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Robert J Jr. of Robert’s Snap Spot. Robert is a retired Army veteran, photoblogger and photographer from Savannah, Georgia, whose eye for simple beauty and wonder never fails to delight me. Not all of … Continue reading →

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If God is love, then…

Posted on July 9, 2023 by mitchteemley

1 John 4:8 tells us that God is love. Therefore, if we do not act out of love, we do not act for God. Period. This should never be perceived as passiveness or sentiment. Real love is a fierce and interfering … Continue reading →

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Only Love…

Posted on May 28, 2023 by mitchteemley

“If I have prophetic powers, and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and have the faith to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” ~1 Corinthians 13:2 Only love can unbreak us. ♥

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

I had a real, imperfect, wonderful mother growing up. I’m also inexpressibly blessed to share my life with the marvelous mother of my children, my wife Trudy! “A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of … Continue reading →

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Lessons From a Dogwood

Posted on May 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Ali Grimshaw of Flashlight Batteries. “Writing poetry has given me a way to touch others’ lives,” says Ali, flashlight bearer and writing circle facilitator, “(to) help us see ourselves and each other with the … Continue reading →

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