Resource Authors

Dr. Wes Vander Lugt serves as Adjunct Professor of Theology and Acting Director of the Leighton Ford Initiative in Theology, the Arts, and Gospel Witness at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 2017. He is co-founder of Kinship Plot, a Charlotte, NC nonprofit focused on community and belonging...

Rev. Leonard J. Vander Zee is a retired pastor and former editor-in-chief for Faith Alive Christian Resources (CRC Publications). After graduating from Calvin Thological Seminary, he served in pastorates in Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, and New York. He is the author of multiple books, and articles that have appeared in The Banner,...

Michael van der Gucht (c. 1660-1725) was a Flemish engraver and painter who worked for most of his career in England. He engraved portraits, book illustrations, and architectural prints and painted portraits. (Source: Wikipedia)

Freelance writer Sonya VanderVeen Feddema is a member of Covenant Christian Reformed Church, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. (Source: reformedworship.org)

Howard D. Vanderwell (1937-2018) was the Resource Development Specialist of Pastoral Leadership for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, the author and editor of The Church of All Ages and Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy, and co-author of Designing Worship Together. (Source: reformedworship.org; photo:...

Dr. Charlotte V. O. Witvliet now serves as a Senior Scholar and Professor of Clinical Psychology and Character Formation at Belmont University through the Belmont Formation Collaborative, contributing to whole-person formation initiatives, interprofessional medical education through the Kern National Network, and virtue-based formation groups. Trained as a scientist-practitioner at Purdue...

Hanna Cheriyan Varghese (1938-2009) was a Malaysian Christian artist.  She started her career as an art and English teacher. She was also a wife, mother and grandmother. Hanna worked with different medium like oil colours, metal-tooling and wood-block printing. Her passion was painting with Acrylic on canvas and batik-dyeing in fabric. From...

Rev. Winnie Varghese is the dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, NY. She was previously rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta, GA, Priest for Ministry and Program Coordinator at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City, and rector and priest-in-charge at St....

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects." (Source: wikipedia.org)