<div dir="auto">When in Gene's presence I was struck first by this langy Texan's style. There was always something outgoing and unselfish about him. He could walk down the hall and have a kind word for everybody. What struck me was his ability to change the simple into spiritual depth. Pretty much everywhere Gene showed up there was excitement. I remember well his daily office witness about Santa Claus coming to town. He did it with a simple turn of phrase. He remembered the bad boys and bad girls get coal and their stocking, but to the one, to the ONE, there are no bad boys and bad girls. There Are gifts for everyone from the one who gives gifts to all.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 11:17 AM David Marshall via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Order/EI/ICA Friends and Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Our Dad and Joyce’s husband, Gene Wesley Marshall, is now with the next chapter of the Infinite Universe and the Mystery of Life. Joyce and my sister Teresa were with him this morning during his transition. GWM obituary attached.</div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" role="textbox" aria-label="Message Body"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Love to all,</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>—-</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Sent from my iPad</div><div>David Marshall</div><div><a href="http://www.marshallbooks.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.marshallbooks.net</a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 7, 2025, at 5:40 AM, Ken Fisher via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>From Ben Ball, 60-year colleague, on the impact of Gene Marshall.</div><br><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Without question, he is by far the greatest and most effective living theologian. Therefore, I am driven to see to it that he and the work he has done are suitably honored and memorialized.  Ben Ball</blockquote><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Gene Marshall <<a href="mailto:gwesleymarshall@20658403.mailchimpapp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gwesleymarshall@20658403.mailchimpapp.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Ben Ball  Letter</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">August 5, 2025 at 7:27:41 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:kenfisher1942@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kenfisher1942@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:gwesleymarshall@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gwesleymarshall@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><center style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250);text-decoration:none"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="m_-526504398076224654bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:1985.96875px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:842px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250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o surprise to us that he</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">continues active in his teaching and writing. On a personal note, over the some 60 years I have known and worked with him, he and Joe Mathews have had a greater influence on my life than any other persons outside of my family. Without question, he is by far the greatest and most effective living theologian. Therefore, I am driven to see to it that he and the work he has done are suitably honored and memorialized.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">Of course the Ecumenical Institute no longer exists. However, its brainchild, The Institute of Cultural Affairs, flourishes. (See<span> </span><a href="http://ica.org/" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ICA.org</a>) I have been in conversation with Karen Snyder, who coordinates the ongoing work of the ICA Global Archives. She and I have worked out the following plan: ICA’s headquarters–EI’s former Kemper Building–contains several named rooms: The Bonhoeffer Room, the MLK Room, etc. I have seeded with a contribution of $10,000 a fund honoring Gene. The ICA will in turn create on the sixth floor a “Gene Marshall Room” which, in Karen’s words, “highlights Gene and his years of being Dean of the Global Academy and the Spirit Movement his leadership has continued to catalyze over the years.”</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">I invite you to join me in funding this recognition of Gene’s fruitful, unique, and impressive life and work. I will match each of your gifts up to a total of an additional $10,000. That results in a total prospective funding of over $30,000, which is yet only a token of our appreciation for his tireless and focused intentionality and his faultless collegiality. But at the same time, it will give ICA’s work a significant additional impact.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">Make your check payable to The Institute of Cultural Affairs, mark it, “Honoring Gene Marshall”, and send it to me at the above address. I will immediately forward it to ICA together with my matching amount. Of course all such funds are fully tax deductible. Include your contact information and I will send you a full accounting. Questions? Contact me or Karen, 312/758-2551.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">Obviously speed is of the essence, so I look forward to your response. Grace & peace,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">E-Mail<span> </span><a href="mailto:benball@alum.mit.edu" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">benball@alum.mit.edu</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:benball2@comcast.net" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">benball2@comcast.net</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:14px">Ben Ball</span></p><div style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px;text-align:left"> <br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="m_-526504398076224654templateFooter" style="background:center center/cover no-repeat rgb(250,250,250);border-top-width:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-to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