Tag Archives: God

Love Is Irrational

Posted on May 31, 2023 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Walking the path:
Don and Jo 1967 (2-minute read) I love my wife. Why? I don’t know; I just do. I can tell you why I like her or admire her. I have reasons for those, but…

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Just Mitch

Posted on May 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir God believed in me. Even though, by my teens, I’d decided he didn’t exist and had come to consider believers rather simple-minded. Still, I could be tactfully dodgy. I told my pen pal Judy I believed in … Continue reading →

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Do You Have Unfinished Business?

Posted on May 22, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Tom and I have been friends for many years, and I love him to a fault. Which is convenient since he regularly confesses his faults. He’s a sincere but weak believer who is sick of his … Continue reading →

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Ugly?

Posted on April 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

“He’s not ugly.  You’re just looking with ugly eyes.” ~4 1/2 year old daughter of a friend May we learn to see with beautiful eyes. Today and always. “For God formed their inward parts, knitted them together in their mother’s … Continue reading →

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Helping Others Worship God With Their Whole Being

Posted on April 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

I previously served as Director of Worship at a large church, and this was my manifesto: We’re called to love our Creator with “all our hearts and souls and might” (Deuteronomy 6:5), in other words with our whole being. We … Continue reading →

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Start Here

Posted on April 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by cottonbro studios Thought for the Week I believe in the power of words to change people’s lives. Jesus’ words, more than anyone else’s, have changed the way I think, speak and live. For example, after referring to the … Continue reading →

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Look Closer

Posted on March 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not adorned like one of these.” ~Matthew 6:28-29 “Or ask the animals and they will … Continue reading →

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Posted on March 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

Eye of the storm: 1) (noun) Calm region at the center of a hurricane; 2) (idiom) Calm in the midst of conflict or a tumultuous situation “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me … Continue reading →

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Reaching Your Destination

Posted on February 27, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week To you who are in emotional travail who long for healing now right here where you are I want to say healing awaits because it does But it is not here It is in a place … Continue reading →

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There Is No Growth Without Change

Posted on February 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

“But it is the LORD himself who goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. So do not be afraid and do not be discouraged.” ~Deuteronomy 31:8 ≈

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