Tag Archives: empathy

When Dreams Turn Into Curses

Posted on September 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Satyam Pathak 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 it from the start, click here. Gina and Zack’s quest has led them to the mill-boy B’frona, who has … Continue reading →

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Our Truest Friends

Posted on June 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Our truest friends provide for us in ways we’ll never know.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Compassion

Posted on May 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, … Continue reading →

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Try to Remember

Posted on December 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

This season is the hardest for many. Try to remember that you are not alone in your pain–ever–and that suffering is never without a purpose. But if it seems to be, then assign it a purpose, and chances are you’ll … Continue reading →

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i am her(e), you’ve found me

Posted on October 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Maia Runa (a.k.a. maiaruna) of Maia Diaries. Maia is the author of three intertwined poetry collections. “Drawn to strange and unusual settings and circumstances,” Maia is “willing to find beauty in the ordinary.” Not … 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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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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Throw Your Life Away

Posted on April 16, 2023 by mitchteemley

“Only those who throw their lives away for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.” ~Mark 8:35 May the good news of God’s grace invade every part of … Continue reading →

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Pass it On!

Posted on January 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

 “Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in our troubles, so that we can comfort others with the same comfort we ourselves have received.” ~2 … Continue reading →

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World Kindness Day

Posted on November 16, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Todd of Driving Toward the Morning Sun. I know little about Todd, except that I like his writing, his thinking–and his heart. And I suspect you will too!

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