HTML in Comments
I've made a couple of changes to the blog -- minor things that will hopefully improve the experience for us all. First, I figured out how to allow 'limited HTML' (Typepad's term, not mine) in the comments, which means you should be able to create hyperlinks the old-fashioned way, use bold and italics, and what not.Also, remember when those funny, microscopic arrows showed up and suddenly it was next-to-impossible to figure out where the comments had gone? The little arrows led to extra pages, but they were hard to see (and still are). Well, it turns out I have the option of adding text beside them, so I did that, which should make it easier to navigate through some of the really lengthy comment-heavy posts. So give in a whirl! And as always, thanks for dropping by.
J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.