Tag Archives: pride

The Seeds of Destruction

Posted on February 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

Illustration by James Christensen The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina had awakened in a cave with a … Continue reading →

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Humility Sets Us Free

Posted on April 4, 2022 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mystic Art Design Thought for the Week It’s common to hear statements to the effect that pride frees us to become our true selves. But this is false pride. Instead, we must reverse the formula. For it’s humility that … Continue reading →

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A Curious Paradox

Posted on July 25, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by A Man Called Martyn Here’s a curious paradox: Of ourselves, God requires everything, Of our righteousness, He requires nothing. Why is that? Because “our righteousness” is the very thing that keeps us from Him. ~AΩ~

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Opinions!

Posted on October 3, 2019 by mitchteemley

I dislike you for the same reason I dislike Former Me & Future Me–because they disagree with Current Me! “My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I’m right!” ~Ashleigh Brilliant    “Do not be angry that you … Continue reading →

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Mixed Motives

Posted on June 3, 2019 by mitchteemley

If it weren’t for mixed motives I’d have no motives at all. I’m an idealist. I want (earnest cliché alert) to make the world a better place. But I’m also a hopeless egoist, and no matter what I do I can … Continue reading →

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Running Away

Posted on March 25, 2019 by mitchteemley

I’d threatened many times to join the circus or go live on a raft on the Mississippi like Tom and Huck. But that wasn’t the case this time. It was some since-forgotten atrocity—homework? weekend chores? (I still hate vacuuming)—that led … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Wall

Posted on January 11, 2019 by mitchteemley

Bil was a proud man (yes, he spelled his name that way). Trust me, I know because I have an excess of pride myself. I came to know him when he played the lead role in my production of A … Continue reading →

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Opinions!

Posted on November 8, 2018 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Some things never change.

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Humility

Posted on September 8, 2018 by mitchteemley

Remember, “Those who exalt themselves will be humbled.” ~Matthew 23:12

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Pride

Posted on September 6, 2018 by mitchteemley

Any ideology (religious or atheistic) that requires you to kill those who disagree with you, or even to merely hate them, is a lie. Its roots are found not in the words “You shall have no other God” (Exodus 20:13), … Continue reading →

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