The Reverend Dr. Lee Ramsey, the Marlon and Sheila Foster Professor of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics at Memphis Theological Seminary, will retire this year after 24 years of service to the institution. An ordained United Methodist Minister, he will also be retiring from his position as the pastor of Elm Grove United Methodist Church in Burlison, Tennessee. Ramsey is the author of Preachers and Misfits, Prophets and Thieves: The Minister in Southern Fiction and Care-full Preaching: From Sermon to Caring Community. In his time at MTS, Ramsey also served as the Director and Associate Director of the Methodist House of Studies.