Tag Archives: peace

Dear Human Race…

Posted on September 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

I tried to find a more sophisticated way to put this. But sometimes, you know, childlike is best. Ψ

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” ~C. S. Lewis Wishing You a Happy and Grateful Memorial Day! •

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Listen to Your Creator

Posted on April 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

“God will be gracious at the sound of your cry. When he hears, he will answer you…and whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: This is the way–walk in … Continue reading →

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The Content of Our Character

Posted on January 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The problem with quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lies not in finding meaningful words, but in knowing where to stop! Imagine if he’d lived beyond his brief thirty-nine years — oh, how we need his … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Epiphany

Posted on January 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dictionaries define epiphany as a sudden or divine revelation. The annual celebration called Epiphany, traditionally on January 6th, commemorates the ultimate epiphany: the revelation that Yeshua Ha’Mashiach (Jesus the Messiah) came to save not only the people of Israel, but … Continue reading →

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What Would the World Be Like if…

Posted on December 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by Sarah Richter “Have you ever played just-for-fun games in which it didn’t matter who won? What would the world be like if there were no “them,” only us?” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Thank You, Veterans!

Posted on November 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

I’m wearing swastika-free socks right now. That’s a pretty obvious fact, I realize. But the point is, it’s obvious thanks to my father (lower right hand corner in the above photo) and many others like him. On the 11th day of … Continue reading →

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Got Serenity?

Posted on August 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

There’s a reason the great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous “Serenity Prayer” is one of the most memorized and recited passages in the world. So let us join our AA brothers and sisters in praying it as often as needed (about … Continue reading →

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Traveling the Landscapes of Anger

Posted on July 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Richard Wile of The Geriatric Pilgrim. Former high school teacher Mr. Wile (a.k.a. “Wile E. Coyote”), college prof and writing tutor Rick, and now a widely-published creative non-fiction writer, Richard defies the argument that … Continue reading →

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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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