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Dr. Frederick Niedner is Senior Research Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN, where he continues to lead or make presentations at conferences and workshops on preaching and on the general topics of forgiveness and reconciliation. He taught biblical studies and Hebrew language in Valparaiso's Department of Theology...

Liz Niehoff is a hospital chaplain. (Source: blog.reformedjournal.com)

Dr. Glenn Nielsen is director of Placement, director of certification and professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. His areas of interest and expertise include communication, rhetoric and homiletics. Particularly, Nielsen has studied the use of creative means within a sermon. He is a graduate of Concordia...

Shauna Niequist is the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine, Savor, and Present Over Perfect. (Source: shaunaniequist.com)

Aaron Niequist is a liturgist, writer, and pastor currently living in NYC. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI and Willow Creek Church in Barrington, IL, he created A New Liturgy, a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. In 2018, he  released a book about a practice-based...

Rev. Dr. Rodger Nishioka is senior pastor of Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, KS. He joined the staff in March 2016 as director of adult faith formation, later becoming senior associate pastor. Rodger is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University, McCormick Theological Seminary, and Georgia State University. Prior to...

J. Peter Nixon, a regular Commonweal contributor, works in the health-care industry and lives in Northern California.

Mark Noll is an American historian specializing in the history of Christianity in the United States. He holds the position of Research Professor of History at Regent College, having previously been Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Noll is a Reformed evangelical Christian, and...

Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, and The Virgin of Bennington, as well as seven books of poetry. Exploring the spiritual life, her work is...