Tag Archives: joy

What Our Creator Has Prepared for Us

Posted on March 23, 2025 by mitchteemley

How much bigger than what we can imagine is what our Creator has prepared for those who love him? There’s a simple formula, actually. Did you see it? It’s… a  x  b  =  c a (what we can imagine) times … Continue reading →

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Behold, What Manner of Love

Posted on March 2, 2025 by mitchteemley

I considered my smallness, and said, “Lord, I am nothing. Who am I that You should even notice me?” And a still, small voice answered, “You are the one who asks the question. And that is not nothing.  It is … Continue reading →

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Four Steps to Becoming a Superhero

Posted on January 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

1) Choose the right costume (very important). 2) Wear costume no matter how hard it is to put on. 3) Practice being super every day. 4) Choose a Super-name no one else has (very important). Have a Super Year, friends! … Continue reading →

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A Christmas That Lasts Forever

Posted on December 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

Most westerners think of the Christmas season as the period between late November and December 25th. But technically that was Advent. The season of Christmas begins on December 25th. Does it matter? Yes. The reason is in the words themselves: … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas From an Insensitive Boob!

Posted on December 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

When I say Merry Christmas in public, I’m often rewarded with an Oh, that’s right, your generation doesn’t know any better look, and a corrective “Happy Holidays.” Just for the record, I do know better. The Christmases I grew up … Continue reading →

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The Invasion of Planet Earth Has Begun!

Posted on December 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

2,000 years ago our planet was invaded by a Being of inconceivable power. His spaceship: the womb of a Jewish teenager. His weapon: a form of love more powerful than all the atomic bombs, or lasers or phasers that will … Continue reading →

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When Does the Impossible Become Possible?

Posted on November 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Mehmet Turgut Kirgoz A man where I live died. But he’s feeling much better now. In 2013, Anthony Yahle went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to Kettering Medical Center. Doctors tried for 45 minutes to restart his heart. … Continue reading →

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How I Became a Bad Boy

Posted on November 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

©The Shakespearean Tavern Playhouse My Real Memoir I was young and unshackled. I’d launched a street theatre group, The Right Pithee Players, and in our freewheeling improv performances, I would flirt with the crowd, tousle hair, steal caresses. And so would my … Continue reading →

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Freedom Awaits

Posted on August 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

Even if I wasn’t a father, this picture would touch me. But because I am, it touches me even more deeply. It pierces my heart and salves it all at once. Because I know this dear child isn’t just free … Continue reading →

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“Going a Little Crazy”

Posted on July 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week For some, the vows of faithfulness spoken at a marriage ceremony are preceded by a bachelor party in which the devoted-spouse-to-be gets drunk or stoned, takes in a lap dance, maybe even has sex with a … Continue reading →

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