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Rev. Duane Steele served as pastor of Gladesboro Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hillsville, VA, from 1978 to 2010. In 2012, the congregation voted to make him pastor emeritus. Duane is one of only a few totally blind pastors who have ever held full-time positions in the ELCA. He received his...

Elizabeth (Betsy) Steele Halstead was Resource Development Specialist for Visual Arts for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Betsy's areas of interest include encouraging life-long learning for leaders and laity of the church, and interdisciplinary studies, with particular focus on the integration of theology and the arts. As an artist,...

Jan Havickszoon Steen (c. 1626-1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the seventeenth century. (Source and image: wikipedia.org)

Carrie Steenwyk is an English language teacher at Vanguard Charter Academy. She previously served as a children ministry director and as the publications manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. She is the co-author of At Your Baptism (2011). (Source: reformedworship.org)

Rev. Mary Stegink was previously pastor of Ramapo Reformed Church in Mahwah, NJ. (Source: ramaporeformedchurch.org; crcna.org)

Rev. Dr. Edmund Steimle (1907-1988) was a teacher of preaching at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. (Source and photo: day1.org)

John Ernst Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature and has been called "a giant of American letters." During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely...

Jacob Steinhardt (1887-1968) was a German-born Israeli painter and woodcut artist. He mainly in woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects. He participated in the Berlin Secession and founded the Pathetiker Group. He was a member of the Bezalel school group. In 1934, Steinhardt opened an art school in Jerusalem. In...

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, O.P. is a traveling preacher, theologian, and web-developer. He serves as the Promoter of Media for the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great. (Source and photo: word.op.org)

Dr. Richard Stemp is an independent art historian. He graduated from Clare College, University of Cambridge. He has lectured at the National Gallery for over twenty-five years, and has also worked on a regular basis at Tates Modern and Britain, the Wallace Collection, Buckingham Palace, and the V&A. As well...