Author Archives: mitchteemley

About mitchteemley

Writer, Filmmaker, Humorist, Thinker-about-stuffer

Take All of Me

Posted on December 16, 2018

“If (we) hope to produce work that will bear good fruit, we must draw our life from the true source – our living Savior. He is real. He is present. But all too often we reduce him to an abstraction, … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith | Tagged discipleship, fruit, Jesus, John 15:5, Karl Barth, Michael O' Brien, vine | 6 Comments

Home is Where the Odd Is

Posted on December 15, 2018

“Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.” ~Charles M. Schulz Man, those 80’s boomboxes were big! This real house in Fafe, Portugal has a built in sound system that exclusively … Continue reading →

Posted in Mitchellaneous, Humor, Culture, Quips and Quotes | Tagged funny, real, quirky, houses, odd, homes, Charles M. Schulz | 16 Comments

Doubt and Faith: Christmas Edition

Posted on December 14, 2018

Painting by Gari Melchers (1860 – 1932) I struggled with my faith recently. I do that. Cyclically. Some proxigean tide will send a wave of doubt crashing over me, producing the impression of drowning. I’ll flail and gasp, sometimes for … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Religion/Faith | Tagged Christmas, doubt, faith, Joseph and Mary, leap, life, purpose | 35 Comments

The Holes in Our Reality

Posted on December 13, 2018

The familial warmth and sentiment of Christmas can, ironically, obscure the real reason Christ came: to reveal the holes in our reality. Our world isn’t a natural one, he showed, but an unnatural one, a broken shadow place hidden from … Continue reading →

Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christmas, Jesus, John 1:5, light, reality, truth | 6 Comments

Santa Should Be On The Naughty List

Posted on December 12, 2018

Originally posted on yadadarcyyada:
I don’t want a lot for Christmas. There’s just one thing I need. Don’t care about the presents, shopping, or a Christmas tree – could we unblur the lines between good and bad? Make my wish…

Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment, Quips and Quotes | Tagged blogger, blogging, featured, funny, gif, Santa Claus, snarky | 6 Comments

The Ugly Time

Posted on December 11, 2018

I used to consider late autumn with its leafless trees and sullen skies the ugly time But then I grew up and came to understand its barren beauty how it saw the loss and longing in me and sent its moons … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Poetry | Tagged autumn, barren, Christmas, late, longing, loss, poem, trees | 18 Comments

Once a Teacher, Always a Teacher

Posted on December 10, 2018

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
“A teacher is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.” ~W. H. Auden “One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” ~Malala Yousafzai “I touch the future. I teach.” ~Christa…

Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes | Tagged break, educator, holidays, mentor, students, teaching, winter | 11 Comments

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