Mark Whitten
Self-Publishing for Legacy
I am recording little pieces of who I am for my posterity. I'm actually making history with my words.
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Mark Whitten
- Sep 25, 2019
21 Questions for Christian Self-Care
"My brothers' anger scorched me; they made me work all day long in the vineyards, So I did not have time to care for my own vineyard, to...
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Mark Whitten
- Sep 24, 2019
A Letter to My Friends [Part 3] (Or "The Sea, The Wilderness and the Harbor")
[part 3] It took a fire. A force beyond my fear of the sea To wake me to the sea. And so we went With what children remained And walked...
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Mark Whitten
- Sep 24, 2019
A Letter to My Friends [Part 2] (Or "The Sea, The Wilderness and the Harbor")
[part 2] But plank and paddle found me, While I drifted towards the beach of a great wilderness. Upon landing parched And burnt, bearded...
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Mark Whitten
- Sep 24, 2019
A Letter to My Friends [Part 1] (Or "The Sea, The Wilderness and the Harbor")
[part 1] I left you. Some 14 years ago. To brave the sea and its wild hope. To colonize some portion That God owed me in my juvenile...
Mark Whitten
- Sep 23, 2019
Reflections and Lessons I Learned Last Year
I began a new discipline a few years ago. At the beginning of each New Year, instead of making a list of Resolutions, I take some time to...
Mark Whitten
- Sep 23, 2019
End of the Year Resolutions
Facing the final quarter of the year may seem . But, it's actually good news! End of the Year Resolutions can be life-changing!
Mark Whitten
- Sep 9, 2019
Mary Oliver Rejected Me, So I Made My Own
Mary Oliver rejected me. Well, sort-of. Fair use for poetry. Permissions for Mary Oliver poems. Copyright and poetry. Can I copy a poem
Mark Whitten
- Sep 5, 2019
Walter Mitty's Resume
If you haven't seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, stop right now, pull up your amazon app and watch the whole thing, NOW! Okay, maybe...
Mark Whitten
- Sep 4, 2019
Copy Til Create
I've always been a thief. A copier. An impersonator. A mimicker. Borrowing from one source, mining ideas from another, mashing them...
Mark Whitten
- Aug 8, 2019
Vows For Now?
For centuries, our monastic brethren have offered their strength, intellect, and physical bodies to be available for God's use. The most...
Mark Whitten
- Aug 8, 2019
The Re-Monk Rule
"Every major monastic movement decided at some point that it needed a rule of life by which to work, serve and live. The Augustinian Rule...
Mark Whitten
- Aug 8, 2019
Real Help for Christians Desperate to Break Bad Habits or Start New, Good Ones
Vows can be an extremely powerful way to break negative cycles in our lives; they can also be employed as a catalyst for beginning new,...
Mark Whitten
- Aug 8, 2019
A New Monastic Manifesto
The following is taken from an old blog I used to write. I feel that the statements below still hold invaluable truths that need to be...
Mark Whitten
- Jul 30, 2019
Poem 2.
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Mark Whitten
- Jul 29, 2019
Fully Man
Jesus got tired, hungry, thirsty, angry, and exasperated. He experienced loneliness, astonishment, disgust, and fatigue. He knew what...
Mark Whitten
- Jul 27, 2019
Mark Whitten
- Jul 25, 2019
Creator's creators
As the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of God. ~Habakkuk 2:14 (The New Living Translation)...
Mark Whitten
- Jul 17, 2019
Jesus Shaves
"Can Jesus enjoy a joke at his own expense? If not, what kind of person is he?" (John Eldredge, Beautiful Outlaw p.21) Well...? Can he? ...
Mark Whitten
- Jul 17, 2019
No.
Jesus gives us permission to say no. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ (Matthew 5:37 NKJV) Even for churches this can be...