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Mark Sprinkle is an artist and cultural historian, and was formerly Senior Web Editor and Senior Fellow of Arts and Humanities for The BioLogos Foundation. A phi beta kappa graduate of Georgetown University, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William and Mary, where...

Rev. Dr. R. Leigh Spruill is rector of The Church of St. John the Divine in Houston, TX. He graduated from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the School of Theology at the University of the South (Sewanee), and Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto in Canada. He was ordained...

Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-92) was a British Baptist preacher and prolific author of sermons, commentaries, books, poetry, hymns, and devotionals. (Source: wikipedia.org; photo: public domain)

Dr. Edward Sri is a theologian, author, and Catholic speaker who presents to tens of thousands of people from around the world each year, including clergy, parish leaders, catechists and laity. He has written several best-selling books. He is also the presenter of several Ascension Press and the Augustine Institute...

Suzanne Stabile is an internally-recognized Enneagram Master, and has conducted over 500 Enneagram workshops over the past thirty years. She has spoken to college and church audiences, and teaches in the Baylor Health Care System, in Dallas, in both the Cancer and Transplant Hospitals. Additionally, she has taught at Richard...

William Stafford (1914-1993) was an American poet, teacher, and long-time writing instructor known for his plainspoken style, disciplined early-morning writing practice, and lifelong commitment to pacifism. A Kansas native who later settled in Oregon, he taught writing for about thirty years, published widely across several decades, and became...

Michael Stalcup is a Thai American poet who writes at the intersection of faith, justice, and wonder, with work appearing in Sojourners, First Things, and The Lent Project. He received Fuller Theological Seminary's 2025 Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing and invests...

A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is Oxford Professor of Poetry, and an American poet and classicist from Decatur, Georgia, educated at the University of Georgia and Oxford University. Known for blending classical forms with contemporary insight, she has published several acclaimed collections—including Like, Olives, Hapax, and

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