{"id":507,"date":"2022-05-06T21:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2022-07-31T20:42:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:42:22","slug":"staff-and-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/staff-and-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff and Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Founders of Realistic Living<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"geneJoycepicture\"Joyce and Gene Marshall were already accomplished teachers of religion and ethics when they married in Chicago in 1977. They lived in Los Angeles four years doing intensive psychological training and then founded Realistic Living in Dallas in 1984.<\/p>\n

Since that time they have written numerous books, Realistic Living Journals, Newsletters, and resources for small group nurture. The Marshalls are also social activists: organizers of the bioregional movement; playwright\/
\ndirectors of a local community method called Ecotheater; trainers in local community leadership methods; and writers of essays on feminism, ecology, economics, education, interreligious dialogue, and other causes.<\/p>\n

Gene brings to this team an education in mathematics, physics, and theology. Joyce brings her teaching experience and university training in music and education with a deep passion for literature, feminine values, interreligious dialogue, and meditation. Both have done advanced studies in Christian theology, non-Christian religions, history, the philosophy of social change, psychology, male\/female relations, ecology, and economics. They have extensively researched and developed facility with leadership methods for small group religious nurture. They are now developing a focus on training in leadership skills for local cells of Christian resurgence. The Marshalls live in the woods on the Red River Flats of North Texas in a straw-bale house which they designed and participated in building. This home is both their residence and a meeting place for the activities of Realistic Living. See photo gallery of the\u00a0straw-bale house<\/a><\/p>\n

The Boards of Realistic Living<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our local board is responsible for our non-profit 501-C3 corporation and is also an active working board. The members are:<\/p>\n

Marsha Buck \u2014 Juneau, Alaska
\nRichard Corl \u2014 Spring, Texas
\nNate Custer \u2014 Houston, Texas
\nEllen Gentry \u2014 Fort Collins, Colorado
\nJohn Latham \u2014 San Mateo, California
\nHouston Markley \u2014 Fort Collins, Colorado
\nGene Marshall \u2014 Bonham, Texas
\nJoyce Marshall \u2014 Bonham, Texas
\nElvagene Philbrook \u2014 Edinburg, Texas
\nRoy Philbrook \u2014 Edinburg, Texas
\nAlan Richard \u2014 Bonham, Texas
\nEdwin Waters \u00ad \u2014 Clayton, Illinois<\/p>\n

Our International Advisory Board includes the following members:<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara MacFarlane Allen \u2014 Gilford, New Hampshire
\nWillie Anderson \u2014 Juneau, Alaska
\nRobert & Deborah Armstrong \u2014 Lexington, Mass.
\nBen Ball \u2014 Sugar Land, Texas
\nJon & Annetta Ezelle \u2014 Seattle, Washington
\nKen Fisher \u2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
\nPat Fisher \u2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
\nIrma Hudson \u2014 Kansas City, Missouri
\nKen Kreutziger \u2014 Lexington, Massachusetts
\nJoshua Lawrence \u2014 Houston, Texas
\nJeanne Marie Manning \u2014 Santa Rosa, California
\nDavid Marshall \u2014 Moraga, California
\nKathleen Marshall \u2014 Veneta, Oregon
\nTeresa Marshall \u2014 Richman, California
\nWayne Marshall \u2014 Santa Barbara, California
\nMichael May \u2014 Bloomington, Indiana
\nMarilyn McCord \u2014 Bayfield, Colorado
\nJulie Miesen \u2014 Highgate Hill, Queensland, Australia
\nRita Newton \u2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
\nMarilyn O\u2019Boyle \u2014 Albuquerque, New Mexico
\nMary Klepser Priem \u2014 Portland, Oregon
\nGordon & Patsy Roe \u2014 Lewisville, Texas
\nHarold Slater \u2014 Midland, Michigan
\nFinley Schaef \u2014 Saugerties, New York
\nDiana Stokes \u2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
\nJohn Stowell \u2014 West Easton, Pennsylvania
\nJaime Vergara \u2014 Saipan
\nPat Webb \u2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
\nJohn Webster \u2014 Rogers, Arkansas
\nTerry Weygandt \u2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<\/p>\n

Twentieth Anniversary Report \u2013 November 2004<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While we will celebrate our thirtieth anniversary in 2014, much of our history and ongoing work is well described in the twentieth anniversary report that follows.<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago on December 6, 1984, the Realistic Living application for nonprofit status was signed and notarized.\u00a0 The signees were Gene Marshall, Joyce Marshall, and Marilyn McCord.\u00a0 We had worked toward this throughout 1984, and in November of that year we published our first Realistic Living Journal.<\/p>\n

With this report we celebrate with you our twentieth anniversary, sharing highlights from the story of these two decades.<\/p>\n

Click on the sections of this report you want to read<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Table of Contents for the 20-Year Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Antecedents and Beginnings of Realistic Living<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Our Christian Resurgence Focus<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Bioregionalism and the Endangered Planet<\/a><\/p>\n

4. EcoTheater and Community Awakenment<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Interreligious Research and Christian Theology<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Written, Recorded, and Electronic Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

7. A House for our Home, Offices, and Meeting Place<\/a><\/p>\n

Inserts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joyce\u2019s Reflections<\/a><\/p>\n

Roger Alexander\u2019s Report of a New CRC<\/a><\/p>\n

John Stowell\u2019s Report of the Sojourn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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