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Rev. Canon Debbie Royals, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe from Tucson, serves as an Episcopal priest, retreat leader, author and educator. Debbie graduated from Prescott College, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union. She previously served as Canon for Native American Ministry in the...

Dr. Sue A. Rozeboom is professor of Liturgical Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, MI, and is ordained in Christian Reformed Church. She graduated from Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and University of Notre Dame. Her teaching and research topics include the Trinity and Christian worship, the Holy Spirit and...

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular...

Dr. Adrianne Rubin is Director of Membership & Engagement at Temple Sinai in Long Island, NY. She has previously served in university-level teaching and administration roles, and through museum and exhibitions work. She is a graduate of University of Oxford. She also previously served as Director of Exhibitions at the...

Andrei Rublev (c. 1360-c. 1430) was a Russian artist considered to be one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescoes. He is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 29 January. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Steve Rudolph is an author and composer. He is a graduate of Eastern Nazarene College. A former high school choral director, Steve was also director of a U.S. Army chorus in Europe. He has directed choirs and given Children's Messages in a number of churches in New England. He maintains...

Rev. Marilyn Rudy-Froese is the Church Leadership Minister for the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada. (Source and photo: mcec.ca)

Mary Ruefle is visiting poet at Smith College in Northampton, MA, and currently teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College in Montpelier, VT. She has received various awards including an award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship,...

Fr. Anthony Ruff is a monk and priest of St. John's Abbey. He teaches theology, liturgical music, and Gregorian chant at St. John's School of Theology and Seminary in Collegeville, MN. He graduated from Saint John's University, Yale Divinity School, and University of Graz, Austria. He is the founding director...

Rev. Michael Ruffin is a retired pastor; he also works as a curriculum editor with Smyth & Helwys Publishing in Macon, GA. He graduated from Mercer University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.