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John Marshall

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Washington D.C.

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For the past 12 years, John has worked in the television industry, writing and producing dozen of weekly programs. He was voted Maine’s Broadcaster of the Year in 2008 and has won 9 Emmy awards in such diverse categories as set design, musical composition, and art direction, among others. In addition to his work behind the camera, John is also an accomplished actor, hosting numerous shows and becoming one of the most recognizable faces on Maine TV in the process.

In 2010, John left his job and spent six months volunteering around the world with his wife and two teenage children. Working with a variety of service organizations all across the globe, this adventure ultimately became the subject of his first book, Wide-Open World, published by B ...more

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Wide-Open World: How Volunteering Around the Globe Changed One Family's Lives Forever

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The Big Sad Story

The world is full of sad stories.

Dust-covered skeletons crawling through another drought…boats packed with refugees staring at storm clouds….shell-shocked children surrounded by rubble. We see them all the time and usually, they are just extras in The Big Sad Story of life.

Usually, we can live as if all the pain and despair and suffering in the world is far away, a fiction that is terrible but