• Five Minute Friday :: Mark Linkup
A unique printer's mark on the finished piece was routine and expected in days of yore when printing books, pamphlets, posters, and stationery was as much art as it had become science with the invention of movable type.
But today I'm thinking of a foundational Mark, the first and earliest gospel account.
• Here's the 2023 version of my overview of Mark's gospel from my scripture blog.
As my synopsis observed, "Prior to Mark, good news or gospel was the returning Roman general's announcement of annihilating the enemy. Mark subverts that into the Good News of God's victory over sin and death, the triumph of the reign of life."
Although we read printed versions of Mark, because literacy wasn't widespread when Mark wrote down his inspired words, the good news proclaimed aloud was fundamental in spreading the hope of a different way of living and being that first would leave its mark on the ancient near east and then travel around the globe.
The gospel of Jesus Christ, son of God, would mark individuals and communities with the cross of Jesus Christ in the waters of baptism (death and resurrection!) and God's call to justice, love, inclusion, and reconciliation. God's people would gather around the table of grace and the reign of heaven on earth would begin.
Mark that as the foundation of your life that can't be shaken. Mark that good news and tell all your world!
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