Lillian Daniel has served as the Senior Minister of the First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn since 2004. Before that she spent fourteen years in Connecticut, growing up, going to grad school, raising a family and leading two churches, most recently the Church of the Redeemer in New Haven from 1996-2004.

She is the author of the book, Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony, which is the story of one church’s attempt to get main-line Protestants to talk to each other about God.

Her newest book, This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers, co-authored by Martin B. Copenhaver, is a humorous and honest look at the ministry.

Lillian also hosts the Chicago-based public television program, “30 Good Minutes,” which airs on Sundays at 5:00pm on WTTW Channel 11. Additionally, Lillian was recently featured on the PBS program, "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly."

An editor at large for the Christian Century Magazine and a contributing editor at Leadership, her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post, Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, Books and Culture, The Journal for Preachers and in the daily email devotionals available at ucc.org, with over 20,000 subscribers. She has taught preaching at Yale Divinity School, Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Divinity School.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of Chicago Theological Seminary and the Board of Advisors at Yale Divinity School. In October 2010 she received the distinguished alumni award from Yale Divinity School for “Distinction in Congregational Ministry.”

A frequent speaker around the country, Lillian has preached at the National Cathedral, Duke Chapel, the Festival of Homiletics and has delivered preaching lectures to clergy at King's College, London and Queen’s College, Ontario.

Lillian is married to Lou Weeks, a labor union organizer who chose not to take her name when they got married back in 1991. She is the mother of two teenagers, Calvin and Abigail Weeks, and therefore in need of constant prayer. In her spare time, Lillian enjoys the following hobbies...

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