Hal M HelmsBorn in North Carolina in 1923, Hal M. Helms graduated from Furman University and earned an M. Div. from Hartford Seminary. He served five congregations and then in 1974 became chaplain at the Community of Jesus, an ecumenical Christian Communty on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Rev. Helms "mildly modernized" a number of classics, including The Pilgrim's Progress, The Imitation of Christ, and The Confessions of St. Augustine and wrote several devotional books. He died in 1997. Read More Read Less