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Ernst Wilhelm (William) Olson (1870–1958) was a Swedish-American editor, publisher, writer, and hymnal translator who became a major literary figure among Swedish immigrants. Raised in Nebraska after emigrating as a child, he studied at several Midwestern Lutheran schools before building a long career in Swedish-language journalism and later in publishing...

Rev. Dr. Matthew S. C. Olver is the Executive Director and Publisher of the Living Church Foundation. A priest since 2006, he was the assistant rector at Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, TX, and has served widely in the Episcopal Church in diocesan, national, and international capacities. He is a liturgical...

Fr. Robert Ombres, former Procurator General of the Order of Preachers, lives and teaches at Blackfriars, Oxford and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Dr. Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology and doctoral students at Northwind Theological Seminary. He is an award-winning author and has written or edited more than twenty-five books. A gifted speaker, Oord lectures at universities,...

Arlene Oost-Zinner is a Catholic writer and liturgist. She was formerly conductor of the chant schola at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Auburn, AL, and director of programs for the Church Music Association of America. She is composer of the popular English Responsorial Psalms, has taught chant at all levels for the...

Ordinary Time is an independent folk acoustic trio rooted in the Christian tradition. Comprised of Ben Keyes, Peter La Grand, and Jill McFadden, Ordinary Time presents extraordinarily rich vocal harmonies, skillful instrumentation, and thought-provoking lyrics. The band's oeuvre seamlessly weaves the hymns of generations past with their own new songs"often...

Esau Oreso lives in Nairobi, Kenya. He is the Leadership Training Director at the Center for Transforming Mission Kenya/Nairobi which is part of the Leadership Foundations movement. Esau is also the lead Pastor of the Tumaini Ministries Center in Kibera, a church he founded and has served for 19 years....

Deborah Organ is Senior Adjunct Faculty and Director of Lay Ministry Program at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Her background is in Clinical Social Work and theology, and she has enjoyed learning from and working with Spanish speaking people from many countries in Latin America for more than 40...

Origen of Alexandria (c.185-c. 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical...

Lelio Orsi (c. 1508–1587), also known as Lelio da Novellara, was a Mannerist painter and architect of the Reggio Emilia school in northern Italy, active in both exterior and interior decoration. Much of his output, which favored small cabinet pieces over large altarpieces, entered the collections of the Dukes of...