Tag Archives: peace

Just Mitch

Posted on May 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir God believed in me. Even though, by my teens, I’d decided he didn’t exist and had come to consider believers rather simple-minded. Still, I could be tactfully dodgy. I told my pen pal Judy I believed in … Continue reading →

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Morning Has Broken

Posted on May 7, 2023 by mitchteemley

Whatever the weather cold and overcast or bursting with morning light the Son has risen in my heart and His light remains †

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Start Here

Posted on April 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by cottonbro studios Thought for the Week I believe in the power of words to change people’s lives. Jesus’ words, more than anyone else’s, have changed the way I think, speak and live. For example, after referring to the … Continue reading →

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75 Years Ago

Posted on March 20, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated seventy-five years ago. As is always the case when misguided, violent souls murder the innocent, the end they sought was not attained. The fledgling Indian government denounced and distanced itself from everything … Continue reading →

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True Peace

Posted on March 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have tribulation. But take courage, for I have overcome the world.” ~John 16:33

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What Winter Teaches Us

Posted on January 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The last leaves tremble on the ground as the snow arrives to cover them securing the peace that they have found whispering rest and think and start again ζ

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Perfect Love

Posted on December 26, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The term “casts out” in the original Greek means to displace, the process by which one thing replaces another, just as air displaces water in a submarine, causing the submarine to rise to the surface–because the … Continue reading →

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55 Years Ago

Posted on November 17, 2022 by mitchteemley

It was the autumn of 1967, and we’d just come off the Summer of Love. My buddy Marc and I had searched for a rumored “Love-in” somewhere in L.A.’s Griffith Park, but never found it. I was enamored with the … Continue reading →

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My Spiritual Growth Plan

Posted on November 6, 2022 by mitchteemley
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Change the Future

Posted on October 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “You’re an author, and the stories you write are penned across the hearts of your children. Therefore, be careful with the pen because you’re writing on some very precious paper.” ~Craig D. Lounsbrough “The way we … Continue reading →

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