Aaron Mead
Manuscript Complete! How I Wrote an Historical Novel
After five years and four months of work, my historical novel manuscript is complete! Read the story of how it came to be.
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AARON MEAD | WRITER
Historical Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist
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Aaron Mead
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Going Together: Reflections on the 2022 GoodLit Writers Retreat
The 2022 GoodLit Writers Retreat was full of rich experiences, but best of all was joining that special community of writers.
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Aaron Mead
Aug 14, 20224 min read
A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord: Giacometti Fixed My Head
James Lord's portrait of Alberto Giacometti helps understand artistic restlessness and discontent.
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Aaron Mead
Dec 28, 20215 min read
Slavery in the New Testament, Part 1: Expect Liberation
Jesus's ministry of liberation is critical context for interpreting five problem passages on slavery in the New Testament.
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Aaron Mead
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Rowing into the Future
Hebrew actually and logically speaks of the past as what lies in front of us so that we can see it and of the future as what lies behind...
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Aaron Mead
Feb 19, 20214 min read
Half the Black Congregation Walked Out on the White Presbyterian Preacher
Philemon is the shortest of Paul’s epistles. Although even identifying the subject matter of the letter is controversial, readers...
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Aaron Mead
Oct 6, 20204 min read
A Lesson in Anti-Racism: Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black
Washington Black suggests we should oppose racism not because it's morally wrong, but because we care about those who suffer from it.
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Aaron Mead
May 22, 20201 min read
Complete First Draft
After a year of research and just under two years of writing — early mornings, late nights, and everything in between — I’ve finally...
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Aaron Mead
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Zechariah in the Temple: An Advent Devotion
The following is an imaginative fictional account of Zechariah’s experience in the temple (Luke 1:5-20). I suggest reading the passage of...
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Aaron Mead
Sep 27, 20191 min read
Word Count – September 27, 2019
So much for weekly word counts. In any case, still feeling good about my progress. Day by day, staying in the chair. At this rate (~220...
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Aaron Mead
Aug 13, 20193 min read
Flash Fiction: Lost and Found
Rain pelted the windshield of Marcie’s fifteen-year-old sports car as she turned into the driveway of the subterranean parking lot. Some...
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Aaron Mead
Aug 9, 20191 min read
Word Count – August 9, 2019
Progress on the first draft of my novel is feeling fast and furious. I think I’m around half way there. And the story is so fun right...
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Aaron Mead
Mar 1, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction: Envy
Walter returned from the bathroom and struggled to remount his barstool. He gripped the bar with both hands, threw one pudgy leg onto the...
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Aaron Mead
Jan 31, 20192 min read
Flash Fiction: Black Lung Son
Momma threw the first handful on the coffin, and then we all done the same. Black dirt. Just like the coal. There we were, throwin’ dirt...
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Aaron Mead
Jan 20, 20195 min read
Mind the Gap: The Gospels and Oral Transmission
In recent posts (e.g., here and here), I’ve been writing about the authorship of the Gospels, and the degree to which Gospel content may...
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Aaron Mead
Dec 2, 20186 min read
Advent and the Gospel
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what, exactly, the message of the gospel is. Of course, the term ‘gospel’ means “good news.” The puzzle...
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Aaron Mead
Oct 26, 20185 min read
Author of Matthew: Eyewitness to Jesus or Gentile Pretender?
In this post I conclude my case for the traditional view that the author of the Gospel according to Matthew (“Matthew,” or the “first...
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Aaron Mead
Aug 10, 20186 min read
Who Wrote the Gospel according to Matthew?
Last time, I looked at the going theory of how the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) were composed. I did this to lay some...
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Aaron Mead
Jul 23, 20186 min read
How to Write a Gospel: Borrow + Edit = Scripture
Do the four Gospels of the New Testament accurately represent the historical ministry of Jesus? The case that they do would seem more...
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Aaron Mead
Jun 26, 20188 min read
Who Wrote the Gospel according to Mark?
According to the traditional view, the four Gospels in the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (the “canonical” Gospels)—were...
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