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Desmond Tutu
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Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu (1931-2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986, and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black...
Updated 01/06/2025
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Richard Twiss (1954-2013) was a Native American educator, author, and theologian. He was a member of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He was the Co-Founder and President of Wiconi International (Wee-choe'-nee is Lakota for "life"). In 1972, Twiss was a participant in...
Updated 03/19/2025
see moreMatthew Tyson
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Matthew Tyson is a Catholic convert, writer, and English teacher living in Alabama. In 2013, after a great period of spiritual wandering, he converted to the Catholic Church. Shortly thereafter, he founded the Mackerel Snapper Blog. (Source and photo: patheos.com/blogs/themackerelsnapper)
Updated 12/02/2022
see morePaolo Uccello
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Paolo Uccello (1397-1475), born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art. His best known works are the three paintings representing the battle of San Romano. He worked in the Late Gothic tradition, emphasizing color and pageantry rather than the classical realism that other artists were pioneering....
Updated 03/19/2025
see moreAmanda Udis-Kessler
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Amanda Udis-Kessler is a hymnwriter, songwriter, composer, and writer who specializes in music and lyrics for liberal/progressive religious people and communities, including inclusive, social justice-minded Christians, Unitarian Universalists, and other open-hearted religious traditions. Amanda's religious music is in use across the US and in Canada, the UK, South Africa, and New...
Updated 12/20/2024
see moreJohn Updike
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John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary...
Updated 01/15/2025
see moreChristine Valters Paintner
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Christine Valters Paintner is the online Abbess and director of AbbeyoftheArts.com, a virtual monastery exploring contemplative practice, creative expression, and ways to nourish an earth-cherishing consciousness. She is a spiritual director, teacher, pilgrimage guide, Benedictine oblate, and author of numerous books on spirituality and the arts. Her deepest belief is...
Updated 10/24/2024
see moreJohn van de Laar
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John van de Laar founded Sacredise in 2004. John is a liturgist with 40 years of experience in a wide variety of church, community, and musical settings. Since leaving the Methodist ministry in October 2019 John has devoted his time to helping churches navigate the new and growing reality of...
Updated 01/29/2025
see moreFrederik Hendrik van den Hove
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Frederick Hendrick van Hove (1628-1698) was born in The Hague, Netherlands. He studied under F. Bouttats in Antwerp before moving back to work in his hometown as a draughtsman and engraver. He moved to London in around 1692, where he worked for the last years of his life. (Source: npg.org.uk)
Updated 01/23/2025
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