Retired psychiatrist Marshall L. Shearer, MD, has served as Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, developer and trainer at the Masters and Johnson Institute, researcher, consultant, and journal author. He and his wife, Dr. Marguerite R. Shearer, wrote the syndicated “Sex Help” column for 23 years, as well as the popular relationship self-help book Maximizing Happiness Through Intimate Communication. Born to generations of ministers, Marshall melded a lifetime of religious studies with expertise in the human mind to write Toward Interfaith Harmony, a spiritual atheist’s bold exploration of how human thinking shapes our relationships with the Divine, a guide for transcending mere tolerance so that we may celebrate the differences that make us whole. Marshall continues to find happiness with Marguerite at their home by the river in Dexter, Michigan.