Tag Archives: conscience

Having a Conscience Is So Inconvenient

Posted on March 25, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was still running my little school of the arts (and secretly living in a back room there) while attending Drama grad school. I wanted to direct. But because of my eleventh hour application, I’d been shoehorned in as … Continue reading →

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At the Crossroads of Power and Conscience

Posted on November 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Politicians are, almost by definition, egocentric. This has nothing to do with party affiliation or agenda. Vision and strength of character are a rare combination — but not unheard of. The best we can hope for … Continue reading →

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A Thunderstruck Conscience

Posted on September 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Johannes Plenio 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. Zack was turning into a cloud shepherd, and in the … Continue reading →

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Open Door or Open Pit?

Posted on July 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Ambition! I’d just completed my final student film, was combing through Backstage, a well-known resource for entry-level movie jobs, found a production manager opening, and called. I spoke with an excitable assistant: “Can you come by now?” she asked. “Yes!” … Continue reading →

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A Coward’s Refuge?

Posted on May 28, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Anastasia@urban_and 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. Zack had returned home via the wishing map to find his … Continue reading →

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Have You Ever Wrestled With God?

Posted on February 8, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Have you ever wrestled with God or your conscience over a choice you were afraid to make? For what it’s worth–and it’s worth a lot–God gets that. He’s been there (Matthew 26:39). And yet that single … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on July 7, 2017 by mitchteemley

Open Door or Open Pit? In the battle for fame, conscience is often the first casualty. I’d just completed my final student film and was combing through Backstage, a well-known resource for entry-level movie jobs, when, to my surprise I … Continue reading →

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