Tag Archives: meaning of life

Only in the Winter…

Posted on February 8, 2024 by mitchteemley

The world is born in the spring rejoices in summer and bundles its blessings in autumn ∗ But only in the winter does it learn who it is ∗

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In the Bleak Midwinter

Posted on February 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

There’s something about midwinter. Perhaps because it’s too cold to go outside, we’re forced to look inside and assess what we see. “Do I like who I’ve become? Is this who I thought I would be?” January’s vows have vanished … Continue reading →

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Ever Green

Posted on February 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

Some lives are leafy limbs compelling eyes to gaze at them to acknowledge their convulsive beauty Naïve in their baseless joy they reign a scant and unremembered season And then they die never having truly lived Other lives are barren … Continue reading →

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The Road Ahead

Posted on January 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

May your closest companion now and always be the One who made the road. ∞

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“Get Real.” Sincerely, God

Posted on December 31, 2023 by mitchteemley
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The Person in the Title

Posted on December 24, 2023 by mitchteemley

I love Christmas. And with all my heart I love the One whose birth it celebrates. But it wasn’t always so. I grew up in a nonbelieving home. Yes, we called it “Christmas,” but for us it was a secular … Continue reading →

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The Three Wisemans

Posted on December 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

Some years back, I wrote a four-scene Modern Day Christmas Experience that’s performed by churches and drama groups every year. Here’s a brief version of one of these, The Wisemans. Merry Christmas! Middleton Mall had seen better days. But the … Continue reading →

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The Holes in Our Reality

Posted on December 17, 2023 by mitchteemley

The familial warmth and sentiment of Christmas can, ironically, obscure the real reason Christ came: to reveal the holes in our reality. Our world isn’t a natural one, he showed, but an unnatural one, a broken shadow place hidden from … Continue reading →

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Doubt and Faith

Posted on November 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week I’m a congenital skeptic. Yet somehow I made the leap of faith. Still, I was troubled by recurring doubts. The idea of a God who loved me and created me to dwell with him and others … Continue reading →

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Ticket to Heaven?

Posted on November 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

Real faith, life-changing faith, isn’t legal, it’s relational. So if you’re asking, “How do I get into heaven?” you’re asking the wrong question. Heaven is God’s home, as it were, and the way to “get in” isn’t to pick the … Continue reading →

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