GLENN E. WHITLOCK is a United Presyterian pastor who served as a parish minister and university chaplain before contracting polio and subsequently studying for a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the experimental Johnston College of the University of Redlands, Adjunct Professor at San Francisco Theological Seminary, a consultant for a community crisis hot line, and a counselor with a Christian counseling service. He has published three books, numerous journal articles, and finds time to enjoy family, friends, and leisure activities. His sermon, Dying to Become, was preached at the United Church of Christ in Redlands, California, while that congregation was in the process of searching for a minister. In it he discusses the dynamics of letting go of the…