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Fr. Gregory Joseph Boyle is an American Catholic priest of the Jesuit order, and the author of six books. He is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, the world's largest gang intervention and rehabilitation program, and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, CA. (Source and photo:...

Carey Boyzuck is currently the Steward of Communications with Church of the Magdalen in Wichita, KS, and a lay member of Regnum Christi. (Source and photo: magdalenwichita.com)

Rev. Dr. Kimberly Bracken Long is a Presbyterian minister, liturgical scholar, and editor with an extensive career in worship studies and church leadership. She holds degrees in music, divinity, and theology from the College of Wooster, the University of Maryland, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Drew University. Ordained in the Presbyterian...

Mark Bradford is Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with Word on Fire Institute. For over twenty years, he has served in leadership positions in various church ministries, including as the founding president of the Jerome Lejeune Foundation in the U.S. Mark is a passionate advocate for those born with...

Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry, as well as personal writings published posthumously. Born to a wealthy Puritan family in Northampton, England, Bradstreet...

Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674) was a Dutch painter known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings. Very prolific as a painter and draftsman, he is noted especially for nocturnal scenes which show a penchant for exotic details of costume and setting. He also painted frescos—a rarity north of the Alps—which have not survived,...

Rev. Dr. Phillip Brandt has served St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Portland, OR since July of 2019. Prior to that, he served as a professor at Concordia University in Portland; Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Roseburg, OR; and Pastor of Cross of Christ Lutheran Church and...

Leslie Brandt is the author of Psalms Now, and prayers for corporate use.

Dr. Walter "Wally" Brath is a musician, educator, and liturgist composing a soundtrack for the spiritual journey. He is a graduate of University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Liberty University, and Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. As Assistant Professor of Worship Arts, he created and launched the Worship...

Rev. Doug Bratt retired in 2024 after serving churches in Iowa, Michigan, and Maryland. He has been an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church for nearly 33 years. (Source: thebanner.org; photo: sscrc.org)