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A member of the North American Academy of Liturgy and an elder in the Texas Annual Conference, Lester Ruth has published articles in several professional journals in addition to the books Accompanying the Journey (Discipleship Resources, 1997) and A Little Heaven Below: Worship at Early Methodist Quarterly Meetings (Kingswood Books, 2000). Formerly pastor of First United Methodist Church, Overton, TX, and (1998-2000) assistant professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale University Divinity School and the Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT, he is currently Assistant Professor of Worship and Liturgy at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.