The Rev. Dr. Duncan Newcomer is a writer, educator, pastor and Lincoln scholar who researches and hosts a weekly radio series broadcast via WERU, a community public radio station serving mid-coast Maine. That series is called Quiet Fire: The Spiritual Life of Abraham Lincoln. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, he also has served for many years as a licensed marriage and family counselor and psychotherapist. He earned his doctorate from the Chicago Theological Seminary in preaching and, today, is a popular teacher, educator and preacher.