Beginning Prayer
The Rev. Dr. John Killinger and his wife, Anne, live in Warrenton, Virginia. A former pastor in Baptist, Presbyterian, and Congregational churches, he also taught for 15 years at Vanderbilt Divinity School and was distinguished professor of religion and culture at Samford University in Birmingham. He is the author of over 50 books, among them *God, the Devil, and Harry Potter.** His prayers and sayings often find their way into Sunday church bulletins and other ministers' sermons.