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Peter W. Koenig is a British Catholic artist. He nearly abandoned art at fifteen for science, but poor exam results redirected him back to the classroom, where an influential teacher led him to art school and teacher training in Leeds. He later returned to teach there, though his Jungian-themed work was...

Dr. John Koessler is retired faculty emeritus of pastoral studies of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL. He writes a monthly column for Mature Living Magazine, and is the author of over 10 books, and multiple articles. He served as general editor of The Moody Handbook of Preaching (Moody), and hosts the podcast Stranger In the...

Dr. Craig R. Koester is professor emertius and the Asher O. and Carrie Nasby chair of New Testament Studies at Luther Theological Seminary. He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College, Luther Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminar. He served as a parish pastor for several years in Princeton, Minnesota,...

Rev. Dr. Nancy Koester is an American religious historian and expert on how 19th-century women helped spur faith-inspired social reforms, and also serves as an an affiliated scholar with the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center at the American Bible Society. Her award-winning book, Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life (Eerdmans, 2014), highlights...

Peter Kolar is editor for Spanish and bilingual resources at GIA Publications, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in Catholic liturgy and music to GIA, including a long tenure with World Library Publications, where he was the founding editor of the bilingual missal Celebremos/Let Us Celebrate. As a composer, his work is featured...

Rev. Dr. Robert A. Kolb is is Distinguished Professor and Research Fellow at Christ School of Theology at the Institute of Lutheran Theology, and a professor emeritus of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. He retired in 2009 after sixteen years of distinguished service as missions professor of Systematic...

Rev. Dr. Marc Kolden (1940-2017) taught systematic theology at Luther Seminary and held the Olin S. and Amanda Fjelstad Reigstad Professorship in Theology. He graduated from Harvard University, Luther Seminary, and the University of Chicago. He joined the Luther Seminary faculty in 1981, assuming the position of academic dean in...

Rev. David Koll retired in 2021 after thirteen years as the Director of Candidacy for the Christian Reformed Church (CRC). He graduated Calvin Theological Seminary, then served as pastor of the First CRC of Flint, MI, then moved to Anaheim CRC in Anaheim, CA, where he served for fourteen years....

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography, and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to...