Say there were some future society or alternate universe in which compassion was a civil crime (“aiding and abetting an unevolved weakling”), and/or a heresy punishable by imprisonment. Wh… more →
Marking TimeMark Nielsen wrote 4 days ago: Say there were some future society or alternate universe in which compassion was a civil crime ( … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 1 month ago: Over on facebook I responded to a challenge by The Nervous Breakdown the other day. TNB is a fun lit … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago: Who knew? The Methodists, ELCA Lutherans and Roman Catholics agreed on something major and theologic … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago: I wrote late last week to inform MT readers about the upcoming “Men and Nature” Richard … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 2 months ago: As readers of Marking Time probably already know, I could go on far too long about my own creative p … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: A very sweet weekend, featuring a good men’s group meeting, a trip with the family and our pal … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: Most of my writing energy this week has gone into preparation of a guest sermon I’m giving at … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 3 months ago: I hopped over to a favorite site today, Jesus Manifesto, and was pleased to see a good article on th … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: Met w/ Fred N today re upcoming sermonette. Good feedback, but it’s hard to scale back my visi … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: Below, a second draft of one of the poems that came out of my experience in Italy. It refers indirec … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: I think my soul is getting an overhaul this summer. It was due. I put it in these terms because I al … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: I have little time to write today, for I have much to do, which I can write about later. Better to l … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 4 months ago: Friday, July 3 Disappointment, frustration and near disaster today, practically since we got out of … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: WHEW! Finally found a hotel with computer access (but a slightly odd German keyboard). At least for … more →
gayaflame wrote 5 months ago: “Prosperity.” You’d be wise not to say that word in a room full of certain Christ … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: Chicago! View from the backside almost as good as the front! That is why the Great Ones speak of / … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: 6-7, 9:22am Rolled into Saxeville,WI and the lake house driveway with Graham just before midnight la … more →
Mark Nielsen wrote 5 months ago: This Christan writer’s conference is one I’d heard about for years. Finally got off my d … more →
muqeem wrote 6 months ago: In Islam, Allah is the only one real supreme being, all-powerful and all knowing Creator, Sust … more →