Tag Archives: forgiveness

It’s Knowing That Leads to Healing

Posted on August 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week It’s easy to vilify names, faces and images. On social media, in the news–real, fake or a mix of both. But the only way to know the truth is to know someone. To listen, to learn, … Continue reading →

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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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Fame Fades. But Flames Spread.

Posted on July 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal “Fame! I’m gonna live forever!” Those lyrics are from the title song of a once-famous movie that, ironically, most people under 30 have never even heard of. Five years ago, Healing River, my first feature film as … Continue reading →

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My Hunger for an Abiding Love

Posted on July 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Monday. Everyone wanted to know the name of “the lady from Brooklyn” who’d hijacked the opening of my play the previous weekend. She’d pulled a prop door over on herself. Screamed. Run out of the theatre. And … Continue reading →

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Let’s Do it Better This Time

Posted on June 23, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week It’s true for all of us, isn’t it? There are times we take action without listening, react without thinking, spend without earning, criticize without waiting, pray without forgiving, quit without trying. So here’s a thought: Let’s … Continue reading →

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A Love Beyond Forgiveness

Posted on June 22, 2025 by mitchteemley

Imagine meeting someone who is so breathtakingly good, so kind and intelligent that you fall instantly in love with them. So you beg them to come and live with you. And they say, “Yes!” Now imagine they’ve acquired videos of … Continue reading →

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Are All of Our Heroes Hypocrites?

Posted on June 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

Today is Juneteenth in my country. President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation finally became a reality when the last slaves were set free on June 19th, 1865. It’s not surprising that the annual celebration of “Juneteenth” began there. Or that it eventually … Continue reading →

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Five Years Ago This Week

Posted on May 23, 2025 by mitchteemley

In May of 2020, Healing River, my first feature film as a writer-director, premiered on Amazon Prime. After winning over twenty major festival awards, it became one of Prime’s highest-rated inspirational dramas. And it remains so to this day. Since then, Healing … Continue reading →

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Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Posted on April 14, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Jesus died to save people from a blood-thirsty God!” That, says my friend Mac, an influential atheist “evangelist,” is the message of Christianity. “Then, in our place,” he goes on, “God sadistically tortured his own Son … Continue reading →

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Everything That Matters Most in Life

Posted on April 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Everything that matters most in life is tied to death: forgiveness, resolving differences, healing wounded hearts. When death looms, we suddenly remember the only thing that matters is love.* If only death were always with us … Continue reading →

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