Marshall M.Div
@marshman503.bsky.social
Mental Health Advocate // B.A., M. Div // Randolph-Macon College, ‘19 // Union Presbyterian Seminary ‘22 // Inclusively Orthodox Episcopalian // He/Him
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Marshall M.Div
@marshman503.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Hello! My name is Marshall and I am an MLIS student online from here in Raleigh, NC! I also have an M. Div and a BA in religious studies. I’m deeply interested in all things theology but also in all things library! In my spare time, I read cookbooks like novels! Ask me anything you’d like!
Last one for now but Fenton Johnson's "Tired" contains one of my favorite last lines in modern poetry:
"I'm tired of civilization"
"I'm tired of civilization"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Last one for now but Fenton Johnson's "Tired" contains one of my favorite last lines in modern poetry:
"I'm tired of civilization"
"I'm tired of civilization"
George Moses Horton's last lines of "On Summer" are always beautiful (we should all read more Horton in this day and age tbh):
"With rapture view the smiling fields,
Adorn the mountain and the plain,
Each, on the eve of Autumn, yields
A large supply of golden grain."
"With rapture view the smiling fields,
Adorn the mountain and the plain,
Each, on the eve of Autumn, yields
A large supply of golden grain."
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
George Moses Horton's last lines of "On Summer" are always beautiful (we should all read more Horton in this day and age tbh):
"With rapture view the smiling fields,
Adorn the mountain and the plain,
Each, on the eve of Autumn, yields
A large supply of golden grain."
"With rapture view the smiling fields,
Adorn the mountain and the plain,
Each, on the eve of Autumn, yields
A large supply of golden grain."
Donne's "The Good-Morrow" was deeply important to me while married. Still is an inspiration and comfort to me.
"If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die."
"If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die."
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Donne's "The Good-Morrow" was deeply important to me while married. Still is an inspiration and comfort to me.
"If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die."
"If our two loves be one, or, thou and I
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die."
Quoting Pope Francis in my archives class discussion is so funny to me cause like...you can force the theologian out of the world of theology and church but you can't force the theology out of him.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Quoting Pope Francis in my archives class discussion is so funny to me cause like...you can force the theologian out of the world of theology and church but you can't force the theology out of him.
So I’m going into a field where things like LinkedIn matter and boy howdy I am not excited to have to play the social games that come with this…just looking through it all makes me anxious.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So I’m going into a field where things like LinkedIn matter and boy howdy I am not excited to have to play the social games that come with this…just looking through it all makes me anxious.
Talking about sustainability in archives for class and decided it's time I re-up the fact that I wrote for @earthandaltarmag.com years back about Romans 8 and an Ecology of Creation. Heavily leaned on Pope Francis' "Laudato Si" here! Learned a lot writing this! earthandaltarmag.com/posts/i9phdu...
Romans 8 and The Ecology of Creation — Earth and Altar
“Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with colored flowers and herbs”. (1) With these words of St. Francis of Assisi...
earthandaltarmag.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Talking about sustainability in archives for class and decided it's time I re-up the fact that I wrote for @earthandaltarmag.com years back about Romans 8 and an Ecology of Creation. Heavily leaned on Pope Francis' "Laudato Si" here! Learned a lot writing this! earthandaltarmag.com/posts/i9phdu...
Reading through a oral history of one of the Philadelphia 11 (Rev. Carter Heyward) and realizing a lot of things about my own sense of call and how they kinda line up with hers (going to seminary before wanting to be a priest, for example). Like as much as a straight white man can, I relate to her.
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Reading through a oral history of one of the Philadelphia 11 (Rev. Carter Heyward) and realizing a lot of things about my own sense of call and how they kinda line up with hers (going to seminary before wanting to be a priest, for example). Like as much as a straight white man can, I relate to her.
I just worked all day. And I mean all day. I am in pain and exhausted and in desperate need of Tylenol that I am currently out of. But I’m still promising myself that I’m making it to church on Advent 1. I need this back in my life. I really do.
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I just worked all day. And I mean all day. I am in pain and exhausted and in desperate need of Tylenol that I am currently out of. But I’m still promising myself that I’m making it to church on Advent 1. I need this back in my life. I really do.
I forgot to take a pic but Andy Baraghani’s “Brussels Buried In Cream” was an amazing side for thanksgiving this year. Made good eating for a two person, post-work dinner! Gonna keep the recipe in my back pocket for sure!
Gift Link: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
Gift Link: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
Brussels Sprouts Buried in Cream
cooking.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I forgot to take a pic but Andy Baraghani’s “Brussels Buried In Cream” was an amazing side for thanksgiving this year. Made good eating for a two person, post-work dinner! Gonna keep the recipe in my back pocket for sure!
Gift Link: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
Gift Link: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Gojira
Trivium
Slipknot
Imminence
Landmvrks
Gojira
Trivium
Slipknot
Imminence
Landmvrks
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
August Burns Red
Enter Shikari
Andy Mineo
Paramore
Mother Mother
August Burns Red
Enter Shikari
Andy Mineo
Paramore
Mother Mother
Radiohead
Metallica
The Mountain Goats
clipping.
Willie Nelson
Metallica
The Mountain Goats
clipping.
Willie Nelson
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Gojira
Trivium
Slipknot
Imminence
Landmvrks
Gojira
Trivium
Slipknot
Imminence
Landmvrks
Improvising and making Jimmy Carter’s White House Cornbread recipe to take with me to share with coworkers. Super simple but I’m betting it’ll be delicious based on how much butter I put in that batter lol!
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Improvising and making Jimmy Carter’s White House Cornbread recipe to take with me to share with coworkers. Super simple but I’m betting it’ll be delicious based on how much butter I put in that batter lol!
Unfortunately working instead of cooking for thanksgiving. Not to mention that the day before Advent 1, I’m working a 13 hour day. Prayers are legitimately appreciated as I push myself to the edge of insanity every day I keep working as a barista.
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Unfortunately working instead of cooking for thanksgiving. Not to mention that the day before Advent 1, I’m working a 13 hour day. Prayers are legitimately appreciated as I push myself to the edge of insanity every day I keep working as a barista.
Also apparently there’s pie discourse? I think the best pie is the one made with love and shared with those around you. Genuinely. Not doing a bit. That’s the best damn pie you’ll ever have is one made with love and care.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Also apparently there’s pie discourse? I think the best pie is the one made with love and shared with those around you. Genuinely. Not doing a bit. That’s the best damn pie you’ll ever have is one made with love and care.
SO…I’m looking to invest a significant chunk of money (to me) in a musical instrument and start a hobby, which I don’t have many of tbh. I have the desire but I’m worried my motivation will run out and it’ll be wasted funds. Any advice on just doing it or should I truly not due to the fear?
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
SO…I’m looking to invest a significant chunk of money (to me) in a musical instrument and start a hobby, which I don’t have many of tbh. I have the desire but I’m worried my motivation will run out and it’ll be wasted funds. Any advice on just doing it or should I truly not due to the fear?
Would love to hear library folks’ opinions on library ethics that we’re discussing in class? I’m a firm believer in Desmond Tutu’s thought that “to be neutral is to be on the side of the oppressor” but I fear that library ethics points towards trying to be as true neutral as possible.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Would love to hear library folks’ opinions on library ethics that we’re discussing in class? I’m a firm believer in Desmond Tutu’s thought that “to be neutral is to be on the side of the oppressor” but I fear that library ethics points towards trying to be as true neutral as possible.
Threw together mirepoix, garlic, curry powder, some chickpeas, and some Trader Joe’s Tikka Masala sauce for a pretty delicious meal tonight. It’s been a bad day but the warm spices really helped me feel ever so slightly better.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Threw together mirepoix, garlic, curry powder, some chickpeas, and some Trader Joe’s Tikka Masala sauce for a pretty delicious meal tonight. It’s been a bad day but the warm spices really helped me feel ever so slightly better.
First day off in a week and I’m having a bad time already. Prayers appreciated if you can. After tomorrow I’m working the rest of the week every day (including a 13 hour Saturday work day) so I’m a little rattled by how since my divorce, I haven’t had a real holiday and now I’m crying.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
First day off in a week and I’m having a bad time already. Prayers appreciated if you can. After tomorrow I’m working the rest of the week every day (including a 13 hour Saturday work day) so I’m a little rattled by how since my divorce, I haven’t had a real holiday and now I’m crying.
Felt the call to ministry in late college, went to seminary to find what it meant, realized I felt called to TEC, kept getting told “not yet” for 5 years, realized I have a passion for libraries and that I can’t put all my eggs into the priesthood basket so here I am getting a masters in libraries!
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Felt the call to ministry in late college, went to seminary to find what it meant, realized I felt called to TEC, kept getting told “not yet” for 5 years, realized I have a passion for libraries and that I can’t put all my eggs into the priesthood basket so here I am getting a masters in libraries!
I haven’t been active in theological education or scholarship in quite some time. Best wishes to everyone at #AARSBL this year in Boston tho! Maybe one day I’ll present at ATLA or something!
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I haven’t been active in theological education or scholarship in quite some time. Best wishes to everyone at #AARSBL this year in Boston tho! Maybe one day I’ll present at ATLA or something!
So doing a project about oral histories and reading one from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network on episcopal priest, Carter Heyward, and look at that! A @forwardmovement.org Day by Day mention! (Also this is 105 combined pages for me to develop qualitative assertions from, Ora Pro Me) ⚓️
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So doing a project about oral histories and reading one from the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network on episcopal priest, Carter Heyward, and look at that! A @forwardmovement.org Day by Day mention! (Also this is 105 combined pages for me to develop qualitative assertions from, Ora Pro Me) ⚓️
Prayers up as I just applied to be an adjunct religion professor at a community college. I need out of customer service BADLY and library internships aren’t going to happen for at least another 6 months so I need something I can do in the meantime. If anyone knows of part time jobs in NC, DM me!
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Prayers up as I just applied to be an adjunct religion professor at a community college. I need out of customer service BADLY and library internships aren’t going to happen for at least another 6 months so I need something I can do in the meantime. If anyone knows of part time jobs in NC, DM me!
Just saw video of a Buddhist monk chanting on stage with a metal band absolutely ripping it up around him. Talk about interfaith partnerships!
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Just saw video of a Buddhist monk chanting on stage with a metal band absolutely ripping it up around him. Talk about interfaith partnerships!
Unconfirmed reports of ICE coming to my neck of the woods in NC…scared to see it happen if true. They’ve been sporadically spotted around here and in my old Richmond, VA stomping grounds but uh…yeah a full force of them showing up is deeply unnerving.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Unconfirmed reports of ICE coming to my neck of the woods in NC…scared to see it happen if true. They’ve been sporadically spotted around here and in my old Richmond, VA stomping grounds but uh…yeah a full force of them showing up is deeply unnerving.
So I just discovered Dr. Ian McFarland wrote a new (2024) book on hope and eschatology "The Hope of Glory: A Theology of Redemption". Though I never finished reading it, his "The Word Made Flesh" was deeply helpful for me in seminary so I'm curious how this one is, if anyone knows! ⚓
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So I just discovered Dr. Ian McFarland wrote a new (2024) book on hope and eschatology "The Hope of Glory: A Theology of Redemption". Though I never finished reading it, his "The Word Made Flesh" was deeply helpful for me in seminary so I'm curious how this one is, if anyone knows! ⚓
As we approach Advent soon, I’m still looking for simple Advent devotions to add to my spiritual life. My spiritual life has become stale over the last few months, what spiritual life exists that is. To be clear, my faith has not wavered but the praxis by which I pursue that faith has. ⚓️
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As we approach Advent soon, I’m still looking for simple Advent devotions to add to my spiritual life. My spiritual life has become stale over the last few months, what spiritual life exists that is. To be clear, my faith has not wavered but the praxis by which I pursue that faith has. ⚓️