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Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (c. 1470-1533) was a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and painter. He was one of the first important artists working in Amsterdam. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Sandra Maria Van Opstal is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Chasing Justice, a movement led by people of color to mobilize a lifestyle of faith and justice. She is an international speaker, author, and activist, recognized for her courageous work in pursuing justice and disrupting oppressive systems within the church....

Bernard van Orley (c. 1487/1491-1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was equally active as a designer of tapestries and stained glass. Although he never visited Italy, he belongs to the group of Italianizing Flemish painters called the Romanists,...

Christoffel van Sichem (1546-1624) was an engraver, etcher, woodcutter, printer and publisher. (Source: National Portrait Gallery)

Christoffel van Sichem II (1581-1658) was a printmaker and woodcutter. (Source: British Museum)

Christoffel van Sichem III (1618-1659) was a Dutch artist. (Source: collections.artsmia.org)

Rev. Alison VanBuskirk Philip serves as Police Chaplain in Westfield, NJ, as well as pastor of First United Methodist Church Westfield. She previously served in Franklin Lakes and various hospitals and mental health facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Before seminary, she worked in interfaith and ecumenical nonprofits in New York City,...

Rev. Dr. Shannan Vance-Ocampo serves the Presbytery of Southern New England as General Presbyter. Ordained in 2001, Shannan's previous calls in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were as the Transitional Presbyter for Albany Presbytery in New York, Pastor/Head of Staff at Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church in North Plainfield, NJ, and as...

Dr. Mary L. VandenBerg retired in 2025 as a professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary, holding the Jean and Kenneth Baker Chair. She graduated from Calvin College and Calvin Seminary. Her academic focus is theological anthropology, particularly questions of human uniqueness, sin, and the human experience at the...

Rev. Elizabeth Vander Haagen is co-pastor of Boston Square Church in Grand Rapids, MI. She graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary and Calvin Theological Seminary, and is a licensed spiritual director. (Source: bostonsquarechurch.org)