Tag Archives: heart

A Necessary Resolution: Better Health

Posted on January 4, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Many New Year’s Resolutions are pie-in-the-sky (for diet resolution-ists, make that celery-sticks-in-the-sky); they’re doomed because they’re viewed as niceties, not necessities. But health, the number one resolution subject, is a necessity. Why? Because we’re complex creatures, … Continue reading →

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Does God Answer?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by mitchteemley

God rarely tells me what he’s doing. But he’s always more than willing to show me what he wants me to do. Some years back I landed an invitation-only position in a CBS workshop for up-and-coming comedy writers. Was I … Continue reading →

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Somebody to Love

Posted on November 20, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Love is transformative. It turns whatever it touches into a channel specifically designed to get everyone else within reach as wet as possible. ‘Love’ that doesn’t do that isn’t really love.” ~Somebody to Love (below) My Featured Blogger this week … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2018 by mitchteemley

May the spirit of Christmas the yearning to give inhabit your heart for as long as you live “Freely you have received. Freely give.” ~Matthew 10:8

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The Queen of Soul

Posted on August 17, 2018 by mitchteemley

Titles and accolades are often little more than hype. Not hers. I was honored to meet Aretha Franklin decades ago when my band did an ABC special with her. Like many artists, she was an introvert, with a shy smile … Continue reading →

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You

Posted on February 25, 2018 by mitchteemley

Swedish diplomat, economist and author Dag Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in 1961. “It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us.”

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The Wild Places

Posted on February 4, 2018 by mitchteemley

Go and worship in the wild places the un-found-out places the forest that has never echoed with human voice the desert that offers no easy welcome or your own heart

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Batter My Heart

Posted on October 22, 2017 by mitchteemley

As a teenager, I stumbled upon the poet, John Donne, a contemporary of Shakespeare, and instantly identified with his passions, longings, and failings (“no man is an island…”). I still do. Yesterday, thanks to a smart, soulful teenager who blogs … Continue reading →

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Where Your Treasure is…

Posted on October 1, 2017 by mitchteemley

Have a blessed week eternity.

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Deep in December

Posted on December 30, 2016 by mitchteemley

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” ~Mother Teresa “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is … Continue reading →

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