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Rev. Dr. Casey Sigmon is Assistant Professor in Preaching and Worship, and Director of Contextual Education and Pause/Play Center for Preachers at St. Paul School of Theology in Leawood, KS. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, McCormick Theological Seminary, and University of Kansas. Sigmon is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of...

Luca Signorelli (c. 1441/1445-1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece. (Source and photo: wikipedia.org)

Rev. Ken Sikes is the pastor of Manitou Park Presbyterian Church, where he's served since 2003. His call to pastoral ministry was formed at the intersection of faithful neighborhood presence and congregational life. Ken's theology of place has committed him to one neighborhood and one congregation for fifteen years where...

Karin Simmons is a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, TN. (Source and photo: karinsimmons.com)

Rev. Caela Simmons Wood is the pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Manhattan, KS, where she has served since 2014. She graduated from Kansas State University, Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, and Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN. Ordained in 2010, she previously served...

Rebekah Simon‑Peter is the founder of her eponymous coaching and consulting business, and is passionate about reconnecting spiritual leaders with their God-given powers to co-create miracles with the divine. Her award-winning group coaching program, Creating a Culture of Renewal® has energized church leaders across the country to reclaim their calling...

Fr. Michael Simone is pastor of Gesu Parish in Milwaukee, WI, and a Jesuit priest of the USA Midwest Province. Fr. Simone previously served at Gesu parish in Detroit, MI; St. Leonard's and St. Cecilia's parishes, in Boston, MA; and as associate pastor of Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago,...

Menno Simons (1496-1561) was a Roman Catholic priest from the Friesland region of the Low Countries. He was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and became an influential Anabaptist religious leader. Simons was a contemporary of the Protestant Reformers, and it is from his name that his followers became known as Mennonites. (Source and image: wikipedia.org)

Natalie Sims is a lay church leader based in Melbourne, Australia. She started voluntarily suggesting songs for her congregation, which grew into "Singing From the Lectionary." She is also is Head of the Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit at St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, where she is also...

Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Simundson (1934-2013) graduated from Stanford University, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and Harvard University, where he was awarded the Graduate Prize Fellowship. Ordained in 1959, he served as pastor in Illinois and as a hospital chaplain at Washington University Medical School before joining the faculty at Luther...