Nathaniel Marshall is a plumber by trade, a postulant for holy orders in the Reformed Episcopal Church and seminarian at Cranmer Theological House (REC), and an Oblate of St. Benedict with St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. He writes The Blue Scholar Substack newsletter where he reflects on the meaning of our work in the world, philosophies and theologies of work, and occasionally tells a story from his time in the field. He lives in Georgia with his wife, Kayla, and their two daughters.
Nathaniel Marshall
Articles by Nathaniel Marshall
Educating Hands for Human Flourishing? or Economic Growth?
“Opportunities that were not available to some due to race, socioeconomic class, or gender became available through industrial education efforts”
Craft and Theology: The Reason
The frictionless existence we were promised, one that freed us from slavish obedience to place and tradition and family bonds, turns out to be one in which we amorphously float…
A Renaissance is Upon Us
In this piece, I turn from the abstract idea of the marriage between the outer world of work and the inner world of the spirit to centers of education that…
Craft and Theology: The Renaissance
It almost feels heretical to say that at the center of our religion, indeed our existence, is a God that can be wounded and broken, but this is precisely the…