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“Follow your heart but take your brain with you.”
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“Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.”
― Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
― Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self
“Pursuing the unity of the church does not mean that we should stop caring about theology. But it does mean that our love of theology should never exceed our love of real people, and therefore we must learn to love people amid our theological disagreements.”
― Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage
― Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage
“You cannot heal what you do not first acknowledge.”
― Breathing Underwater
― Breathing Underwater
“My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and theories. but many religious folks insist on answers that are always true. We love closure, resolution and clarity, while thinking that we are people of 'faith'! How strange that the very word 'faith' has come to mean its exact opposite.”
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Marshall’s 2025 Year in Books
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