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Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and nonfiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. She graduated from Hollins University. Her 1974 book "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for...

Rev. Elizabeth Dilley is minister and team leader of the Ministerial Excellence, Support & Authorization Ministry Team within the United Church of Christ. Ordained in 2003, she served a small, progressive congregation in Red Oak, IA, for nine years before joining MESA in Cleveland, OH. As a member of the...

Dr. Dana Dillon is an Associate Professor at Providence College, where she holds a joint appointment in theology and public and community service studies. She is a graduate of Duke University and University of Notre Dame. Most of her teaching centers around Catholic social ethics, community service and engagement, and...

Dr. Michal Beth Dinkler is associate professor of New Testament and the Head of Timothy Dwight College at Yale Divinity School. She is a graduate of Harvard University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Stanford University. She is the author of three books, and has also been published in chapters in multiple...

Rev. Nicole Diroff is the associate director of The BTS Center, and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She is a certified Maine Master Naturalist, serves as Chair of the Spiritual Formation Committee at Williston-Immanuel United Church and Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee for the Scarborough...

William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) was an English writer of hymns and carols. He was educated at the Grammar School, Bristol, for a mercantile career, and became manager of a maritime insurance company in Glasgow where he spent most of his life. His original hymns are found in most modern hymn-books. He wrote also felicitous renderings in...

Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (1891-1969) was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Along with George Grosz and Max Beckmann, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Katelyn Dixon is a writer and contemplative exploring how we behold God in unexpected places—especially the painful and ordinary parts of life. After earning a Master's in Counseling from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, she pursued writing as vocation and now leads healing workshops and retreats. Katelyn co-hosts The Still Christian...

Rev. Sherrie Dobbs Johnson passed away in 2020. She was a minister and the wife of Bishop Alfred Johnson, who served as the lead pastor of the Church of the Village in New York City from 2005 to 2015. (Source and photo: nyac.com)

Dr. Susan Docherty is professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Newman University Birmingham, UK. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and the University of Manchester. She has taught at Birmingham Newman University since 2000, and was appointed Reader in Biblical Studies, then professor of New Testament and Early Judaism....