Anne Ortlund (December 3, 1923 – November 4, 2013) was an American author, and hymn writer whose ministry encouraged spiritual discipline and renewal among Christians worldwide. Born in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to U.S. Army Brigadier General Joseph B. Sweet and Bessie McCoy, she grew up in a military family, moving often before settling in California. She graduated from the University of Redlands with a music degree, where she met Ray Ortlund Sr. in 1944 at a prayer group, marrying him in 1946 after his Navy service in World War II. Ortlund’s preaching career unfolded alongside her husband’s pastoral work, notably at Lake Avenue Congregational Church in Pasadena (1959–1979), where she served as organist and discipled over 270 women, while Ray preached on radio. Her sermons took form in over 20 books, including Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman (1977) and Children Are Wet Cement (1981), and hymns like “Macedonia,” chosen for Billy Graham’s 1966 Berlin Congress. After founding Renewal Ministries in 1979 with Ray, she preached globally, emphasizing personal holiness and family faith. Married to Raymond C. Ortlund Sr., with whom she had four children—Ray Jr., Nels, Margie, and Sherry—she died at age 89 in Costa Mesa, California, after battling kidney disease and bone cancer.