Tag Archives: college

This Is the Ultimate Comfort Food

Posted on December 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

I should write, I suppose, about traditional Christmas or Hanukkah dinners. But those take preparation. Lots of it. And most of my food memories are about SiBY (Simple-but-Yummy) dishes you can fix with minimal prep. Yes, I love roast beef … Continue reading →

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On Being Awake in the Dark

Posted on September 30, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir A year after I first met icon-in-the-making Keith Green, he released a song about religious complacency. Interestingly, its title “Asleep in the Light” was the mirror opposite of a phrase I’d used to describe my own spiritual … Continue reading →

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Learning About Human (and Inhuman) Nature

Posted on September 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was my last term of graduate school. I’d become engrossed in researching my final thesis paper, “Moral Disintegration in the Roman Theatre.” During its last 100+ years, I discovered, the empire had abandoned the Greek model … Continue reading →

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An Unforgetable Lesson in Grace

Posted on August 27, 2025 by mitchteemley

Preachers, teachers and group leaders: Classes have resumed at schools and universities, or will soon. If you’re looking for an unforgettable illustration to set up a talk on grace, my 2-minute video Grace 101 (below) may be just the thing! It’s available from my church … Continue reading →

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Broken Boy Meets Broken Girl

Posted on July 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

Source: Unsplash from Freerange Stock My Real Memoir As she passed, my friend Theo, a fellow graduate directing major, whispered, “She’s so sensuous and classy.” I hadn’t seen Dinah since last spring, but I had to agree. Theo admitted that he was … Continue reading →

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My Hunger for an Abiding Love

Posted on July 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Monday. Everyone wanted to know the name of “the lady from Brooklyn” who’d hijacked the opening of my play the previous weekend. She’d pulled a prop door over on herself. Screamed. Run out of the theatre. And … Continue reading →

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Mocking the Monster That Haunted Me

Posted on June 24, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It had been a hard summer, the hardest of my life. The monster Anxiety followed me wherever I went. Still, my bedroom window let the sun in, along with a dozen sparrows. And my flirtations with faith … Continue reading →

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Moving On With My Broken Life

Posted on June 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Back Bay, Newport Beach, California My Real Memoir Ten-year-old me had loved gliding down the street while standing on his bicycle seat. And twenty-year-old me had relished climbing over guard rails and sitting on the edges of tall buildings. I’d … Continue reading →

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The Storm That Had No End

Posted on May 20, 2025 by mitchteemley

Trigger warning: This post deals with anxiety. Title notwithstanding, the storm did eventually pass. My Real Memoir Rehearsals began immediately after my previous show. I’d loved playing a Scottish painter bantering with his feisty ex-lover. I was not looking forward … Continue reading →

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I Did My Own Thing (and They Weren’t Impressed)

Posted on April 22, 2025 by mitchteemley

George, mime instructor at The Newport Institute of the Arts, 1975 My Real Memoir I was obsessive, proud, and doggedly devoted to dancing to my own tune. And all I asked in return was unlimited love and admiration. I’d learned as a … Continue reading →

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