It's All in a Word: God, Life, and Meaning
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We are not useless passions without meaning in a meaningless world, nor are we dust and dirt, and nothing more. We have been created, created with speech, the meaningful speech of a meaningful creator who spoke us and the cosmos into being. We have more meaning than we can possibly imagine. Though we will never understand everything about our existence, we can understand and communicate with one who does. And we can understand that one day, life will no longer be a frustratingly finite and heartbreakingly terminal mystery. We will know. But it all begins, as does everything else: with speech. So, speak. Speak and experience who you are, speak and experience who you can be, speak and experience the truth about the way the world is made. Most importantly, speak, and know and believe that God is there, listening and ready to respond. Speak and experience your creator, speak and know your maker. Speak and find the meaning that is your true life and home. Speak.
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Why do we speak? We speak because we have purpose, and we have purpose because we have been created, created, as it were, with speech. We speak because we have been spoken into existence. This book is about this speech, this Word that spoke us into existence. It's about how to know this Word, this Word that made us, this Word that gives us form, joy, and meaning. It's about how to know our creator, the loving and holy God who made us. For when we know our creator, we know who we are and we know why we are here. We know how to live, and we know how to die. We know everything we need to know. It all begins with speech, the Word became flesh, the Word that made the world. That's why we speak.
About the Author
A writer and teacher, William E. Marsh holds degrees in philosophy, theology, and history. He and his wife are the parents of two grown children. They live in northern Illinois.