Mary Hinkle Shore is Provost and Dean of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. She had served as Associate Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary. Her publications include: ""Establishing Social Presence in Online Courses: Why and How,"" Theological Education 42/2 (2007): 91-100, ""Forgiveness in Film: Finding Truth and Reconciliation,"" Word & World, Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter 2007, and Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life (Augsburg, 2003, in the Lutheran Voices series). She is the co-author of New Proclamation, Series A 2007-08, Advent-Holy Week, (Fortress, 2007).