Phyllis Kester is a lifelong freelance writer with a degree in journalism. During the past decade, she has focused on church history. She has served in lay leadership positions in ...ver maisPhyllis Kester is a lifelong freelance writer with a degree in journalism. During the past decade, she has focused on church history. She has served in lay leadership positions in six mainstream Protestant congregations over her lifetime. Her writing reflects her perspective of commonalities across denominational lines of what it means to be the church at work in the world.ver menos