Tag Archives: healing

It Is To Laugh

Posted on September 9, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Steve Beckham of Thoughts Along the Way. Steve is the pastor of a Southern California church, but he also has “wordly” experience in advertising and voice-over (which he still does). “The upshot of all … Continue reading →

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Redeeming Our World

Posted on August 8, 2020 by mitchteemley

“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to cultivate and watch over it.” ~Genesis 2:15 As we return, post-lockdown, to the world around us, so does the pollution we create. If it … Continue reading →

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Thank You!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Dear followers friends: You have made Healing River a hit! Amazon updates show that viewings of Healing River tripled last month and are continuing to go up! It’s now being watched every day by thousands who neither follow this blog … Continue reading →

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Isolation Sucks, and yet…

Posted on April 18, 2020 by mitchteemley

We seem to have hit critical mass. More than any other time during the pandemic people are suffering the effects of isolation: loneliness, depression, anger (domestic violence is up), longing for escape (drug sales are soaring). But if we to … Continue reading →

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Love and Death

Posted on February 9, 2020 by mitchteemley

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 we would finally learn … Continue reading →

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Love is the Greatest Healer

Posted on December 8, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Love cures people. Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” ~ Karl A. Menninger

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Love. Before It’s Too Late.

Posted on October 10, 2019 by mitchteemley

My dad, Bill Teemley, was ambitious, hard-working, and deeply conservative. I was a wildly liberal 23 year old who’d recently completed a “useless” Theatre Arts degree and moved back in with the folks.  Somewhere along the line a Game of … Continue reading →

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Life-Producing Sorrow

Posted on October 2, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Jennifer Arimborgo, creator of the blog site Feeding on Jesus. In her book Amazon Missionary Moments: Memoir of a Poured Out Life, Jennifer writes about her 20+ years work in the Amazon Jungle, where … Continue reading →

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If I were?

Posted on August 28, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Drew B of the blog site Rumenate (intentionally misspelled). I don’t know much about Drew–where he lives, what the B stands for. But I do know that his sparse and sometimes enigmatic poetry always … Continue reading →

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The Power of Story

Posted on August 8, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Tell ‘em there’s power in Story,” the old gnome whispered. “Power ter heal and power ter hurt. Tell ‘em ter use their stories ter heal.” ~from The Wishing Map The above quote is the tagline for my life and the … Continue reading →

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