Tag Archives: transformation

Is My Faith Changing Who I Am?

Posted on December 14, 2025 by mitchteemley

Is my faith changing who I am? If it isn’t, It isn’t real. ∞

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Running the Race Set Before Me

Posted on June 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

It’s true, Jesus is my hero. But he’s so much more than that. And, yes, I’m aware that some (non-historian) people believe he never existed. Or that he was only loosely based on an obscure, deluded rabbi. And then later … Continue reading →

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The Instrument That Changed the World

Posted on April 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

The cross is both a crude instrument of torture and a precise surgical device. As the former, it demonstrates God’s unrelenting love for us. And as the latter, it cuts open our hearts and implants his life-giving presence in us. … Continue reading →

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Following Jesus is Dangerous

Posted on September 29, 2024 by mitchteemley

When asked, “Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” Jesus, “knowing all that was coming,” replied, “I am.” But when asked a short time later, “Are you his disciple?” the Apostle Peter, fearful of all that was coming, replied, “No, I’m not!” (John 18:4-5; 17). Despite … Continue reading →

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Hard? Yes. But Worth It.

Posted on July 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

“The real son of God is at your side. He is beginning to turn you into the same kind of thing as himself…to turn the tin soldier into a live man. The part of you that does not like it…is … Continue reading →

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Happy New You!

Posted on January 1, 2023 by mitchteemley

I became a Jesus follower in my mid-20s, and have spent much of my life since sharing his life-transforming message. And yet some old patterns of thinking and behaving, some of the old person, persisted. It was as if I … Continue reading →

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The Un-Kidnapping

Posted on September 24, 2022 by mitchteemley

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. Feeling guilty about having kidnapped Zack, Liulah the cloud shepherd had dragged him before … Continue reading →

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Changed by Magic

Posted on December 11, 2021 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Alayna 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. Aunt Aloysia shook off her remorse. She suddenly … Continue reading →

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Don’t Pass it On

Posted on September 20, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by GAIMARD Thought for the Week “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” ~Romans 12:2 A high percentage of abusers were themselves abused as children–physically, verbally, sexually. Other people may … Continue reading →

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God, Save Us From Ourselves

Posted on March 28, 2021 by mitchteemley

“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out… Oh, what a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me … Continue reading →

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