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Dr. Thomas G. Long is the Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He began his career as a preacher at McElroy Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church near Atlanta, and since that time has taught at a number of seminaries, including...

Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins is Conference Minister for Heartland Conference United Church of Christ. He has served in a wide variety of capacities throughout the United Church of Christ. He is a graduate of Heidelberg University and United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. He is also a graduate of...

Fr. Dwight Longenecker is a Catholic priest and author. He was raised in an Evangelical home in Pennsylvania and earned a degree in Speech and English from Bob Jones University. He studied theology at Oxford University and was ordained as an Anglican priest, serving as a curate, school chaplain, and...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most popular American poet in the 19th century, known for such works as The Song of Hiawatha (1855) and "Paul Revere's Ride" (1863). (Source: britannica.com)

Dr. Christine Longhurst is Assistant Professor of Music and Worship at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with extensive experience in worship studies, music education, and church leadership. She is a graduate of the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies and Perkins School of Theology and Southern Methodist University. Professionally, she has...

Dr. Tremper Longman III is an Old Testament scholar, theologian, and served as the Robert H. Gundry professor of biblical studies at Westmont College from 1998 until he retired in 2017. He continues to serve Westmont as a distinguished scholar of biblical studies. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan...

Julie Lonneman is a fine artist and freelance illustrator, who currently divides her time between Bellingham, WA, and Cincinnati, OH. Her illustrations on themes of spirituality and social justice have appeared in books and magazines published around the globe. In her illustration career, Julie created 85 saints' portraits for The University...

Dr. Davina C. Lopez is a historian of religion and biblical scholar specializing in Christian origins and Early Christianity. She is the Loy H. Witherspoon Professor of Christian Origins at University of North Caroline-Charlotte, and was previously Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College, where she also served on the...

Rev. Der Lor is a 1.5 generation Hmong American, born in a refugee camp in Thailand after the Vietnam and Laotian wars. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1986 and currently worships at an Asian American non-denominational church in Atlanta, GA. He earned an M.Th. in systematic theology and ethics from...

Pietro Lorenzetti (c. 1280–1348), also known as Pietro Laurati, was an Italian painter. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, the brothers foreshadowed the art of the Renaissance. (Source: wikipedia.org)