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Cecilia Mereness (1937-2026) spent a lifetime in education and ministry. She began in the classroom before stepping into leadership roles as Executive Director of Calvinettes, Director of Friendship Ministries and Coordinator of Training and Consultancies at CRC Publications. She was a graduate of Calvin College, and a longtime member of...

Matthaeus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. (Source and photo: Wikipedia)

Rev. Beth Merrill Neel serves as co-pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Portland, OR. She blogs, shares liturgy and posts her art at holdfasttowhatisgood.com. (Source and photo: pres-outlook.org)

Dr. Amy Merrill Willis is the Director of General Education and Coordinator of Integrative Seminars and LCSR at the University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, VA. She graduated from Emory University, Union Theological Seminary, and Erskine College. Her research and teaching interests include primary Hebrew Bible: Literature, Methods, Criticism, and Historical...

Jonathan Merritt writes on issues of faith and culture. He is author of four books, and a contributor for The Atlantic, a contributing editor for The Week, and a regular columnist for Religion News Service. He has published more than 3,000 articles in respected outlets such as The New York...

Thomas Merton OCSO (1915-1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis." He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near...

W.S. Merwin (1927–2019) was an American poet, translator, and environmental advocate whose career spanned over seven decades. Born to a Presbyterian minister, he studied at Princeton University under R.P. Blackmur and John Berryman and pursued postgraduate work in Romance languages, traveling through Europe to translate poetry. Merwin published numerous poetry...

William G. Messenger is the Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project and a member of the Steering Committee. Previously, Will was the Director of the Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Workplace at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary from 1999 to 2008, and an adjunct faculty member there. He created...

Rev. Dr. Susanna E. Metz (151-2022) was the rector of St. John the Baptist Church in Battle Creek, TN, as well as Assistant Professor at the Sewanee School of Theology, Sewanee, TN. She graduated from Immaculata College, West Chester University, and the Sewanne School of Theology. (Source and photo: episcopalchurch.org)

Dr. Bruce Manning Metzger (1914–2007) was an influential American biblical scholar and historian who specialized in New Testament textual criticism and Bible translation. He earned a BA from Lebanon Valley College, a ThB from Princeton Theological Seminary, and an MA and PhD from Princeton University, completing his dissertation on a...