Tag Archives: enemies

The Revolution to End All Revolutions

Posted on September 22, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Love your enemies?” Outrageous! No one had ever dared propose such a thing before. It’s called grace, unmerited favor toward those who don’t deserve it (which is everyone, by the way). And it’s at the very … Continue reading →

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My Advice to a King

Posted on September 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image source: christianityiq.com To whom it may concern (you know who you are): Be bigger than your enemies, smaller than your God, and equal to your subjects. ∴

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The Time to Understand is Now

Posted on July 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week My father died on this date. And one week from today, I’m scheduled for a major heart procedure. One that could  spare me the fate that killed my dad at age 45. Which, ironically, happened just … Continue reading →

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Our Greatest Enemy

Posted on October 19, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Our greatest enemy lives in the mirror.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Caught in a Lie

Posted on December 17, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Behrouz Sasani 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. While her brother Zack was frantically searching … Continue reading →

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Loving the Wartzenalls

Posted on July 29, 2019 by mitchteemley

Family. A mixture of people we get and don’t get. People we like, and people we would never have chosen to be with if we had a choice. But we don’t. Because they’re family. Right? I haven’t seen my cousin … Continue reading →

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The Hard Work of Forgiveness

Posted on April 21, 2017 by mitchteemley

My new film Over-the-Rhine, which has its world premiere in Orlando next month, is about forgiveness, so the subject is very much on my mind. Update: Over-the-Rhine went on to win numerous awards and was released under the title Healing … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 26, 2015 by mitchteemley

“What would the world be like if there were no ‘them,’ only us?” ~from The Wishing Map, Episode 85

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