Tag Archives: atheism

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?

Posted on July 7, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Coffee with Carolanne:
Dedicated to my best mate. I promised to be quiet, not absent. I cannot get there but I never left you. Sat by a riverbank, soaking in the sunshine, in June 2017 I posed…

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Why I Believe: C.S. Lewis and Me – Part Two

Posted on December 3, 2019 by mitchteemley

My journey from atheism to faith To read Part One click here. I began to think of my longing for God as a hunger for a flavor that didn’t exist. Which seemed odd. But there was one example of such … Continue reading →

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Why I Believe: C.S. Lewis and Me – Part One

Posted on December 2, 2019 by mitchteemley

The truth that compelled me to journey from atheism to faith also had a profound impact on my spiritual mentor C. S. Lewis.  Here, in three parts, is my story–written five years ago when my blog was new. Few have … Continue reading →

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My Scar Stories

Posted on October 21, 2019 by mitchteemley

I Was Attacked by a Beautiful Psycho Killer and Lived! It was a Saturday morning. My buddy Ray showed up, tragically bored. Before long we were hopped up on caffeine and had decided to drive to Oregon. Because we were 20. … Continue reading →

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Only One Life

Posted on June 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

I avoid “Christianese” like the plague. I can speak it fluently, but it’s not my native language. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a bona fide Jesus follower. It’s just that those who speak in code seldom reach anyone but themselves. … Continue reading →

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Dating in the Post-Christian Era

Posted on May 1, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is the creator of the wildly popular blog site Beauty Beyond Bones. Caralyn, whose following dwarfs mine, hardly needs my support. But what can I say? I like her. We met at a film audition … Continue reading →

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Life and Death

Posted on October 14, 2018 by mitchteemley

I was raised in a secular home. There was no talk of heaven or an afterlife. This life was all there was. And yet at the age of five I dreamed I died. My parents and friends circled over me, weeping, their … Continue reading →

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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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Doubt and Faith

Posted on July 23, 2018 by mitchteemley

Part One: Doubt I’m a congenital skeptic. Yet somehow I made the leap of faith. Still, I was troubled by recurring doubts. The idea of a God who loved me and created me to dwell with him and others in … Continue reading →

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Far from Home

Posted on August 4, 2017 by mitchteemley

I was an atheist, and insufferably superior about it. I considered myself more rational, more evolved than my naïve religious friends. But there was one thing I couldn’t explain: The Wallaces. The Wallaces were the unofficial den parents of our … Continue reading →

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