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Jan Richardson is an artist, writer, and ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. She serves as director of The Wellspring Studio, LLC, and has traveled widely as a retreat leader and conference speaker. With work described by the Chicago Tribune as "breathtaking," she has attracted an international audience drawn...

Rev. Seth Richardson is a director with Gravity Commons. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Wheaton Graduate School, and Northern Seminary. An Anglican priest, he has served in a variety of roles in churches in Chicago and Arkansas for over a decade. He is also a coach...

Rev. Dr. Amy Richter currently serves as co-dean for the Diocese of New Hampshire's School for Ministry (SFM). She is an Episcopal priest, and the author and editor of several books, including Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship and Saving Words: 20 Redemptive Words Worth Rescuing, published by Cascade. She graduated from Marquette University, Princeton...

Sr. Theresa Rickard is a Dominican Sister of Blauvelt, NY. She is a conference speaker, retreat leader, and author, and has spoken on the topics of parish revitalization, evangelization and small-group ministry in various dioceses. She is the author of numerous publications, and is a contributing author to Preaching in the Sunday Assembly...

Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460-1531) was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. A master in limewood and stone, he was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the Late Gothic, to which he essentially belonged, and Northern Renaissance art. He was also a local politician in the council of Würzburg....

Dr. Debra Rienstra is professor of English at Calvin University, where she has taught since 1996, specializing in early British literature and creative writing. She is the author of three books—on motherhood, spirituality, and worship—and numerous essays and poems. Her literary essays have appeared in Rock & Sling, The Examined...

Dr. Ron Rienstra is professor of preaching and worship arts and director of worship life at Western Theological Seminary. Since his ordination in the RCA in 1993, Dr. Ron Rienstra has lived and ministered at Central College (IA), Calvin College (M), and Fuller Seminary (CA), pursuing his primary interest: helping...

Deidra Riggs is a literary agent with Embolden Media Group, and an author, speaker, coach, and consultant. Her extensive background includes writing, editing, and marketing for faith-based, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations. She is a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and works with individuals, faith communities, organizations, companies,...

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (1875-1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he is widely recognized as a significant writer in the German language. His work is viewed by critics and scholars as possessing undertones of...

Dr. Sharon H. Ringe is Professor Emerita of New Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, she has also taught at Methodist Theological School in Delaware, OH; at the Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana in San José, Costa Rica; at the Seminario...