Rueben P. Job was a United Methodist bishop, pastor and acclaimed author and served as World Editor of The Upper Room publishing program. Best-known for the classic book, Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Life, he also authored or co-authored A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, A Wesley Spiritual Reader, Living Fully, Dying Well, and co-edited Finding Our Way: Love and Law in the United Methodist Church. Bishop Job also chaired the Hymnal Revision Committee that developed the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal.