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Romanos the Melodist

Romanos the Melodist was a sixth-century Byzantine hymnographer and composer and a foundational figure in the development of Byzantine sacred music. Born in Syria and later ordained as a deacon in Beirut, he eventually moved to Constantinople, where he became the era’s foremost composer of kontakia, musicalized poetic sermons used...

Updated 09/09/2026

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Oscar Romero

Fr. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (1917-1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Robert Chao Romero

Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero is an ordained minister, community organizer, and professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated from University of California, Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley. Romero has published more than 30 academic books and articles on issues of...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Linda Roorda

Linda Roorda is a mother and grandmother, retired hospital medical/radiology transcriptionist, retired worship music leader, member of The Dry Bones band, an empty-nest author, past speaker at a multi-church women's retreat, now substitute teacher in local school system. She published some of her ancestral genealogy research in the "New York...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Andrew Root

Andrew Root, PhD (Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary. He is most recently the author of Evangelism in an Age of Despair and the six volume Ministry in a Secular Age series (including Churches and the Crisis of Decline, The Congregation in a...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Kara Root

Rev. Kara K. Root is the author of The Deepest Belonging (2021), Receiving This Life: (2023), and A Pilgrimage Into Letting Go (2025, with husband, Andy). ​Pastor of Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, MN, a Christian community that shapes its life around worship, hospitality and Sabbath rest, she is a trained Spiritual Director and Certified Educator in the PCUSA. She has written...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Melinda Roper

Sr. Melinda Roper entered the Maryknoll Sisters Congregation after attending Michigan State University. She has served in educational and pastoral roles across Central America, including teaching in Guatemala and engaging in catechetical work and indigenous language study in Mexico. She earned a B.A. in theology from Loyola University in 1971...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Evan Rosa

Evan Rosa is assistant director for public engagement at the Yale Center for Faith & Culture (YCFC). A communications professional with over 15 years of experience in digital communications, media production, content marketing, and strategy, he leads YCFC's public outreach efforts, including website development, audio and video production, email and...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Dempsey Rosales-Acosta

Fr. Dempsey Rosales-Acosta is an adjunct professor of Biblical Theology and holds the Miller Endowed Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. After graduating from the Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta en Maracaibo, Venezuela, he graduated from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, the Pontifical Biblicum...

Updated 08/01/2026

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Ellie Roscher

Ellie Roscher is the author of several books, and her writing appears in the Baltimore Review, Eunoia Review, Inscape Magazine, Half and One, Mothering Spirit, Bearings and elsewhere. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and Luther Seminary. She founded and facilitates Plum Writing & Wellness, a supportive online community for...

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