Ruth C. Duck has recently retired to Claremont, California, after teaching twenty-eight years as a professor of Worship at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Her writings about Christian worship include Finding Words for Worship and Praising God: The Trinity in Christian Worship, published by Westminster John Knox Press. A prolific writer of songs for worship, she has hymn texts appearing in hymnals in many countries and denominations, and she has been honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in recognition of her contributions to congregational song.