Aaron Mead
Backstory to Philemon: The Fugitive Slave Theory
What circumstance gave rise to the New Testament letter to Philemon? Was Onesimus a fugitive slave?
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Aaron Mead
- Nov 3
- 1 min
Neither Slave nor Free SHORT-listed for the 2022 Chaucer Book Award
Neither Slave nor Free Short-Listed for the 2022 Chaucer Book Award for early historical fiction
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 28
- 4 min
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
- Oct 18
- 3 min
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
- Oct 8
- 1 min
Neither Slave nor Free Long-listed for the 2022 Chaucer Book Award
Neither Slave nor Free Long-listed for the 2022 Chaucer Book Award for early historical fiction
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Aaron Mead
- Aug 14
- 4 min
Giacometti Fixed My Head
I’ve worked for twenty-seven years (and counting) as an engineer on water resource problems, but I’ve never had a career. As much as I...
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Aaron Mead
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
Slavery and the New Testament, Part 1: Expect Liberation
The story goes that Martin Luther King Jr. used to carry around a copy of Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited everywhere he went....
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Aaron Mead
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
A Lesson in Anti-Racism: Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black
In recently reading Esi Edugyan’s majestic 2018 novel, Washington Black, I noticed a thematic similarity with Paul’s New Testament letter...
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Aaron Mead
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 1 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 6 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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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