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This Special Edition of The Mosaic includes Advent Devotionals by Jill Duffield, editor of Presbyterian Outlook.

Jill Duffield
Prior to serving as editor of Presbyterian Outlook, Jill Duffield served as associate pastor for discipleship and acting head of staff at Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. She graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Arts in history. Her graduate studies include a Master of Divinity degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, a doctorate in ministry from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary with a concentration in preaching, and studies in medieval church history at the University of Pennsylvania.

As a teaching elder, Duffield has served both large and small congregations in North and South Carolina. She has preached at Montreat Conference Center in North Carolina and served as a commissioner to the 219^th General Assembly.

Duffield and her husband, Grant, have three children – Joseph, Jessie and Marissa.