Category: Mark at the Writing Center
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Matthew, Mark, Luke,& John Visit the Writing Center
by Dee Ann Loving-Tackitt “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another…” — Colossians 3:16 (KJV) Beginning the Journey One of the most interesting things I’m learning as I attend Writing training sessions for my job at Liberty University is that not every writer thinks about…
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When Mark Returns AGAIN to the Writing Center
I’ve been scribing the Gospels lately—just twenty verses into Mark chapter 1—and I finally decided it was time. I needed to call Mark into the Writing Center. Yes, that Mark. The one who wrote the shortest, fastest, most breathless Gospel in the New Testament. The one who can’t seem to write a paragraph without sprinting.…
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A Second Visit to the Writing Center
Mark 1:2–3 Mark Returns I imagine Mark showing up at the Writing Center again this week—scroll tucked under his arm, sandals dusty, eyes bright with that same urgency he had last time. He sits down across from me, unrolls his parchment, and says, “I’ve added the next part. Can you look at it?” Of course…
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When Mark Came to the Writing Center
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, Mark 1:1-2 Today, I found myself smiling at a funny little thought while working on my commentary on Mark’s Gospel. I imagined Mark himself…