Tag Archives: Good Friday

The Beauty of Light and Shadows

Posted on April 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

I’ve always been intrigued by the relationship between light and shadows. Together, they bring out the depth and dimensionality of objects. People too. We’re more real when seen in both light and shadows. “All masterpieces,” Billy Graham observed (and that … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With These Pictures?

Posted on March 29, 2024 by mitchteemley

It’s Good Friday, the day people throughout the world commemorate the most impactful death in human history. And yet, if these images, and even the suffering they depict, are all we see, then something’s wrong with every single one of … Continue reading →

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Easter Traditions Around the World

Posted on April 7, 2023 by mitchteemley

Easter traditions vary from the sacred to the profane (mostly the former), from the “Oh, how beautiful!” to the “Say what?” Here on this Easter weekend are some images and descriptions (after the pictures below) of Easter traditions around the … 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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Whether He Lives or Dies, I’ll Be With Him

Posted on April 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

I was looking for a way to tie together my church’s Easter series. How, I wondered, might the Apostle Peter have expressed his journey with Jesus if he’d kept a personal journal? The result was six monologues The Simon-Peter Chronicles that … Continue reading →

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Impressions of Easter

Posted on April 15, 2022 by mitchteemley

The meaning of Easter cannot be contained in a single image or quote, but perhaps the following impressions will serve as a source of contemplation. Of course, the only way to express the true spirit of Easter is to embody … Continue reading →

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My Own Private Easter

Posted on April 14, 2022 by mitchteemley

‘A Boy in the Forest’ by Pikila This is an excerpt from Fool’s Odyssey, an autobiographical narrative I wrote some years back, based on a journal I’d kept as a young man searching for the meaning of life. It seems … Continue reading →

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My Own Good Friday

Posted on August 12, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Tim Umphreys When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I was back home … Continue reading →

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Easter Traditions Around the World

Posted on April 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

Easter traditions vary wildly, from the sacred to the profane (mostly the former), from the “Oh, how beautiful!” to the “Say what?” Here on this Easter weekend are some images and descriptions of Easter traditions around the world. I hope … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Posted on April 19, 2019 by mitchteemley

Q. What’s wrong with this picture? A. It should have been you (and me). “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” ~Romans 3:23 “But God proves His love for us in this: that while we … Continue reading →

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