Tag Archives: forgiveness

Alone. But Not Alone.

Posted on June 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by Annie Spratt 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. Feeling completely alienated from their friends and from one another, Gina … Continue reading →

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Hardness of Heart

Posted on April 24, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Do you suffer from Hardness of Heart?* Millions do. In fact, HOH is the world’s number one preventable cause of spiritual death. Progressive symptoms include but are not limited to: dull ears and dim eyes (Isaiah … Continue reading →

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Confessions of the Apostle Peter

Posted on April 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Yesterday, I wrote about my six monologues The Simon-Peter Chronicles, which are regularly performed at churches throughout North America and in other countries, particularly at Easter. Here is an abbreviated version of Peter’s final three “journal … Continue reading →

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40 Years Ago Today

Posted on January 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” ~Ruth Bell Graham Have you talked to your co-forgiver lately?  40 years ago today I met the woman I would marry.* Of course, I had no idea at the time. … Continue reading →

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I Forgive You for Not Being Perfect, Dad

Posted on January 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Mark Twain famously said, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much … Continue reading →

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When Life Gives You Compound Fractures

Posted on November 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d never been an athlete. While other kids learned how to follow-through with a baseball bat or how to throw a perfect football spiral, my buddy Jeff and I were learning how to be Tom and Huck … Continue reading →

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This Little Light of Mine

Posted on October 27, 2022 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Five years ago an independent production company agreed to finance my “compelling little story of forgiveness” as one of eight feature films for limited release to a faith-based audience. Thrilled, I wrote, directed, and produced the movie … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: Trust the Story

Posted on September 29, 2022 by mitchteemley

Experience is the most effective teacher (I learned more Spanish in three days in Barcelona than I did in two years of high school Spanish class). But one of the most interesting things about the human psyche is that we’re … Continue reading →

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Another Thief on the Cross

Posted on August 11, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by My Ticklefeet I’d just finished a month-long gig, teaching acting in London and Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and had said goodbye to the last of my students. It had been a heady time, suffused with history. I had tickets … Continue reading →

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A Hard School

Posted on June 26, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Alex Conchillos My cousin Cody struggled his entire short life with depression, addiction, and soul crushing self-doubts. He learned to drive that wretched machine in a hard school. And yet in the midst of the struggle he found … Continue reading →

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