Aaron Mead
To Whom Much is Given, Little is Expected (Sometimes)
I’ve been given much. It’s been given to me to hear, understand, and embrace the gospel of Jesus. I’ve been given a wonderful family;...
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Aaron Mead
- Nov 3, 2017
- 1 min
Patient Trust
Here is a poetic encouragement to patient trust in God that has been soothing my soul since my friend Peter Hough shared it with me a few...
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 22, 2017
- 4 min
Paul Against Peter and James
Lately I’ve begun reading commentaries on some of the Apostle Paul’s letters in the New Testament as part of my research for a novel I’m...
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 1, 2017
- 4 min
Aquinas on the Virtues: Wisdom
The book of Proverbs tells us, “Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice” (1:20). She cries out that people...
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Aaron Mead
- Sep 24, 2017
- 4 min
Aquinas on the Virtues: Understanding
Today I begin a series of posts on Thomas Aquinas’s view of the virtues. Most of my focus in this series will be on what are often called...
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Aaron Mead
- Sep 14, 2017
- 3 min
Death and Glory on the Mountaintop
If I’m perfectly honest, I want glory. I want my gifts to be reflected far and wide. I want my accomplishments to be honored by many...
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Aaron Mead
- Sep 1, 2017
- 1 min
In Defense of Useless Knowledge
My latest piece, “In Defense of Useless Knowledge,” is posted on Medium.com. Choice quote: “If we insist on measuring the value of...
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Aaron Mead
- Aug 20, 2017
- 3 min
“Have to” or “Want to”?
At the beginning of last school year my daughter made a friend who has had an especially hard childhood. As the year wore on, she learned...
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Aaron Mead
- Aug 13, 2017
- 1 min
Running the Country Like a Business
I just posted an article at Medium.com, “Running the Country Like a Business.” Choice quote: “CEOs are kings. The U.S. President is not a...
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Aaron Mead
- Aug 6, 2017
- 3 min
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
As part of the research for my fiction project telling the backstory of Philemon in the New Testament, I recently read I, Claudius by...
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Aaron Mead
- Jul 26, 2017
- 4 min
Is Amazon “Making History”?
Last week I visited the Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles for the first time. One of my favorite pieces was Andreas Gursky’s, “Amazon”...
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Aaron Mead
- Jul 16, 2017
- 4 min
Obedience, Submission, and “Slave Morality”
According to Orlando Patterson, the Roman mime-writer Publilius Syrus wrote, “The height of misery is to live at another’s will”...
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Aaron Mead
- Jul 9, 2017
- 4 min
Aquinas on Christian Joy
I have often felt a tension in my theology when it comes to the concept of joy. On the one hand, in Galatians (5:22) Paul counts joy...
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Aaron Mead
- Jul 2, 2017
- 4 min
Was Roman Slavery Kinder and Gentler than American Slavery?
I’m writing a historical novel that tells the backstory of Paul’s little New Testament letter to Philemon. The letter is written to a...
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Aaron Mead
- Jun 30, 2017
- 3 min
Loving the Enemy that is Yourself
Last week I listened to a Pray as You Go podcast focused on Matthew 5:43-45: 43 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your...
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Aaron Mead
- Jun 18, 2017
- 3 min
The Ministry of Death
I listen regularly to the Pray as You Go podcast. Last week, one of the passages featured was the passage below from Paul’s second letter...
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Aaron Mead
- Jun 11, 2017
- 2 min
Creativity and Constraints
As I launch into fiction writing, I’ve been reading Robert McKee’s Story as a guide to the principles of good narrative. I just came...
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Aaron Mead
- Jun 4, 2017
- 2 min
Ahab’s Failure to Forgive
I’ve been reading Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick and came across the following passage describing how Ahab’s mania for the great white...
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