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Something More
The Exciting Quest for a Deeper Faith
Catherine Marshall writes movingly of her quest for Something More – a fuller, richer, more personal relationship with God. In her winsome, narrative style beloved by millions, she candidly reveals her own faith challenges and the life-changing understanding of how God works in our lives.
If you are longing for a deeper faith, Something More will help you to trust and obey God’s willhow to forgive and receive forgivenesshow to live in faith during times of discouragementhow to experience God’s faithfulness in the midst of challenging circumstances.how to listen to and learn from the Holy Spirithow to pray and relinquish your highest dreams to a loving GodTackling the tough questions such as why a loving God permits good people to suffer and why some are healed and not others, this book is a frank, honest, and fascinating lens into the life of a Christian.
Engaging and inspiring, this classic recounts experiences from Catherine’s personal experience and the lives of others to explore “what happens when we say “Yes” to the Spirit of Truth, allowing Him to invade us and lead us into the light” to reveal Something More.
About the Author
Catherine Marshall, New York Times best-selling author of thirty books, is best known for her novel Christy. A beloved inspirational writer and speaker, Catherine’s enduring career spanned four decades, six continents, and reached over thirty million readers.
Catherine Marshall writes movingly of her quest for Something More – a fuller, richer, more personal relationship with God. In her winsome, narrative style beloved by millions, she candidly reveals her own faith challenges and the life-changing understanding of how God works in our lives.
If you are longing for a deeper faith, Something More will help you to trust and obey God’s willhow to forgive and receive forgivenesshow to live in faith during times of discouragementhow to experience God’s faithfulness in the midst of challenging circumstances.how to listen to and learn from the Holy Spirithow to pray and relinquish your highest dreams to a loving GodTackling the tough questions such as why a loving God permits good people to suffer and why some are healed and not others, this book is a frank, honest, and fascinating lens into the life of a Christian.
Engaging and inspiring, this classic recounts experiences from Catherine’s personal experience and the lives of others to explore “what happens when we say “Yes” to the Spirit of Truth, allowing Him to invade us and lead us into the light” to reveal Something More.
About the Author
Catherine Marshall, New York Times best-selling author of thirty books, is best known for her novel Christy. A beloved inspirational writer and speaker, Catherine’s enduring career spanned four decades, six continents, and reached over thirty million readers.
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Published January 1, 1976
About the author
Catherine Marshall
202 books1,094 followersMarshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. From the age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia, where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
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January 14, 2026
Deepening my faith
This is at least the third time I have carefully read this book. Each time I have benefited from a deeper understanding of what it means to live as a genuine follower of Jesus in the world today.
When I first read it as a young adult, it provided helpful insights about many of my questions about my Christian faith.
When I read it in midlife it helped me negotiate my own changing circumstances and the rapidly changing world around me and discern some of the things that could anchor my life during the storms and enable me to flourish in calmer times.
Now in my later years, I find much encouragement from the things that I can still learn through the carefully researched principles of faith illustrated in the lives of so many ordinary people.
How grateful I am for this treasure of teaching that has been such an encouragement throughout my life, causing me to think deeply about my faith as I seek to daily put it into practice.
This is at least the third time I have carefully read this book. Each time I have benefited from a deeper understanding of what it means to live as a genuine follower of Jesus in the world today.
When I first read it as a young adult, it provided helpful insights about many of my questions about my Christian faith.
When I read it in midlife it helped me negotiate my own changing circumstances and the rapidly changing world around me and discern some of the things that could anchor my life during the storms and enable me to flourish in calmer times.
Now in my later years, I find much encouragement from the things that I can still learn through the carefully researched principles of faith illustrated in the lives of so many ordinary people.
How grateful I am for this treasure of teaching that has been such an encouragement throughout my life, causing me to think deeply about my faith as I seek to daily put it into practice.
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