Gene Wesley Marshall Passing - Re: Fwd: The Ben Ball Letter on behalf of GWM and all of us.
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. On Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 11:17 AM David Marshall via OE < oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Order/EI/ICA Friends and Colleagues,
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.
Love to all,
David
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On Aug 7, 2025, at 5:40 AM, Ken Fisher via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
From Ben Ball, 60-year colleague, on the impact of Gene Marshall.
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
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Please read the following letter from Ben Ball to those of us who have been helped by Gene Marshall's theologizing.
Ben C. Ball, Jr.
10 Rainford Court Sugar Land, TX 77479-2909 Phone 281/494-0396 Cell 346/256-5837
August 3, 2025
*Honoring Gene Marshall*
An open letter to: All of Gene Marshall’s friends and colleagues All whose lives were effected by any of Gene’s teaching, writings, or influences Anyone who ever heard of Gene Marshall Everyone else
Greetings, As many of you know, Gene is now in hospice. Nevertheless, it’s no surprise to us that he
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.
Of course the Ecumenical Institute no longer exists. However, its brainchild, The Institute of Cultural Affairs, flourishes. (See ICA.org <http://ica.org/>) 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.”
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.
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.
Obviously speed is of the essence, so I look forward to your response. Grace & peace,
E-Mail benball@alum.mit.edu
benball2@comcast.net
Ben Ball
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Thank you David, Your father was a good mentor, colleague and friend over many years. He and I did many RS-1's and PLC's together in the late 1960's. In 1968, He, I, Ellen Addington, Kay Hayes and Jim Campbell were assigned to do a 3-month tour of Latin America, a combination of research and teaching. Your father and I did a one-day workshop with all the Catholic bishops of Chile sometime in April '68. The Chilean bishops were known as the most radical in Latin America. We focused on the parish and the social justice mission of the Church. He mesmerized the bishops.This was just a few weeks before all the bishops in Latin America met in Medellin, Colombia. This conference produced the "preferential option for the poor, an emphasis on Liberation Theology and a commitment to foster base communities." We may have played a minor role in helping to shape this agenda. There is an old Spanish play titled "Los Arboles Mueren de Pie (trees die standing up)." Your father was such a tree. Cheryl and I send our condolences and share your grief and gratitude for his completed life. James Addington On 08/21/2025 9:17 AM PDT David Marshall v OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Order/EI/ICA Friends and Colleagues,
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.
Love to all,
David
—-
Sent from my iPad David Marshall www.marshallbooks.net
On Aug 7, 2025, at 5:40 AM, Ken Fisher via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
From Ben Ball, 60-year colleague, on the impact of Gene Marshall.
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
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Please read the following letter from Ben Ball to those of us who have been helped by Gene Marshall's theologizing.
Ben C. Ball, Jr.
10 Rainford Court Sugar Land, TX 77479-2909 Phone 281/494-0396 Cell 346/256-5837
August 3, 2025
Honoring Gene Marshall
An open letter to: All of Gene Marshall’s friends and colleagues All whose lives were effected by any of Gene’s teaching, writings, or influences Anyone who ever heard of Gene Marshall Everyone else
Greetings, As many of you know, Gene is now in hospice. Nevertheless, it’s no surprise to us that he
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.
Of course the Ecumenical Institute no longer exists. However, its brainchild, The Institute of Cultural Affairs, flourishes. (See ICA.org http://ica.org/) 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.”
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.
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.
Obviously speed is of the essence, so I look forward to your response. Grace & peace,
E-Mail benball@alum.mit.edu mailto:benball@alum.mit.edu
benball2@comcast.net mailto:benball2@comcast.net
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