Tag Archives: love

Cats I Have Known and Loved

Posted on September 29, 2026 by mitchteemley

Cats I Have Known and Loved: Mr. B feared nothing, including the notorious Vacuum Cleaner. But Zipper was a lover, not a fighter… Continue reading →

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Don’t Pass it On

Posted on September 28, 2026 by mitchteemley

Don’t Pass it On: Every one of us is challenged, by sheer virtue of being born, to do better than our parents. Continue reading →

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A Broken and a Contrite Heart

Posted on September 20, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Ante Gudelj A Broken and a Contrite Heart From the film and soon-to-be-published novel, Healing River: “You know how you can’t actually fly in a picture of an airplane?” Peter asked. “Huh?” The boy sat up despite himself. … Continue reading →

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Forty-One Years Ago This Week

Posted on September 17, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Ashwini Chaudhary Forty-One Years Ago This Week I love the way the sky is always changing, never exactly the same, sometimes subtly different, sometimes breathtakingly so. One night in particular, the moon was a shimmering crescent cradled by … Continue reading →

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What Is Prayer?

Posted on September 6, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo © by Mitch Teemley What Is Prayer? It’s a deceptively simple question. Consider pondering each of the following perspectives thoughtfully and, of course, prayerfully.  “Prayer is a refusal to settle for what is.” ~Walter Brueggemann “To clasp the hands … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Need to Believe in Him?

Posted on August 30, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mitch Teemley Why do we need to believe in him? One night many years ago, I ran into a young woman “witnessing” on a street corner. She told me Jesus loved me, but that I needed “to believe … Continue reading →

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Animals: What’s Not to Love?

Posted on August 28, 2026 by mitchteemley

“Lean on me, kid” – photo by Andy Parkinson I’m on record as a card-carrying animal-lover. Because, I mean, animals, what’s not love? Enjoy your weekend — and start here! Click on any image to enlarge it, read caption, or … Continue reading →

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Love vs. Power

Posted on August 16, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Tante Tati Love vs. Power “Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were still … Continue reading →

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I Turned 12 Today (in Blogger Years)!

Posted on July 30, 2026 by mitchteemley

Left: Me at biological age 12. I hated this photo the moment I saw it; with my cracked front tooth and sticky-outy ears, I decided I looked just like Mad Magazine’s poster boy Alfred E. Neuman! So I cut it … Continue reading →

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Share the Reason for Your Hope

Posted on July 26, 2026 by mitchteemley

Photo by Lina Trochez Share the Reason for Your Hope “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ≅

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