Tag Archives: trust

A Little Help, Please?

Posted on November 15, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kara Luker of where waves grow sweet. Kara is my friend (only online, but we are friends nevertheless). And in knowing her I’ve come to know a wise and loving human being who has journeyed … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago Today

Posted on October 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Ten years ago, my life changed. I’d been trying “forever” to make movies, believing it was something God had called me to do. But I simply didn’t have the funds. So I got a bunch of talented … Continue reading →

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Trust the God of the Promise

Posted on July 30, 2023 by mitchteemley

We don’t need faith for the things we can see, we need it for the things we can’t see. So then, what are we supposed to believe in? If I believe you’re going to take me to dinner at my … Continue reading →

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Someone They Can Trust

Posted on July 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Nancy Ruegg of From the Inside Out. In the interest of full disclosure (and becasue I wanted to use the word “disclosure”), I should tell you that Nancy and I have been good friends … Continue reading →

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Posted on March 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

Eye of the storm: 1) (noun) Calm region at the center of a hurricane; 2) (idiom) Calm in the midst of conflict or a tumultuous situation “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me … Continue reading →

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A Calm in the Midst

Posted on October 30, 2022 by mitchteemley

Some speak of the calm before a storm. But there is also a calm in the midst of storms, one that comes from knowing you are not alone. §

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Blessed Are the Dodos?

Posted on June 12, 2022 by mitchteemley

(Of course, they’re also extinct) unflappable /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/ adjective 1. Hard to upset; imperturbable; calm; composed. Not the unflappable type? Me neither. But you know what? There’s something better: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I … Continue reading →

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An Unknown Future

Posted on May 22, 2022 by mitchteemley

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” ~Corrie ten Boom ~AΩ~

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Return and Rest!

Posted on January 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Lauren Mulvey. This is a unique and very special post in-as-much-as Lauren is the daughter of the late Bill Sweeney, whose blog Unshakable Hope many of you faithfully followed for years. Bill was and … Continue reading →

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A Peaceful Heart

Posted on September 26, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Marko Blažević “Peace is simplicity of heart,  serenity of mind,  tranquility of the soul,  the bond of love.  Peace means order,  harmony in our whole being…  It is the holy joy of a heart in which God reigns.” … Continue reading →

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