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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of six books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. A native of Franklin, Virginia, Mrs. Rutledge has been married for forty-five years and has two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Discerning God's Work In The World: Tips From The Times For Preachers: A great woman with a great legacyThursday, July 31, 2008A great woman with a great legacyThis is a four-year-old obituary, but it's wonderful. I just found it in an old to-file folder. It's for the marvellous Mary McGrory who was a columnist for the Washington Star and Post for fifty years (she died in 2004). Listen to this:In 1998, when accepting the National Press Club's Fourth Estate Award, Ms. McGrory described her view of a Mary McGrory column. ''No great men call me,'' she said, proudly. ''You know who calls me? Losers. I am their mark.'' She added, ''If you want to abolish land mines, if you want to reform campaign spending'' or ''if you want to save children from abuse, or stupid laws, or thickheaded judges, you have my telephone number.'' ''All the places of little hope, that's my constituency,'' she said. Link to the whole obituary: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE7D7143AF930A15757C0A9629C8B63&scp=1&sq=mary%20mcgrory&st=cse
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