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Rev. Nicole Diroff is the associate director of The BTS Center, and is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She is a certified Maine Master Naturalist, serves as Chair of the Spiritual Formation Committee at Williston-Immanuel United Church and Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee for the Scarborough...

William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) was an English writer of hymns and carols. He was educated at the Grammar School, Bristol, for a mercantile career, and became manager of a maritime insurance company in Glasgow where he spent most of his life. His original hymns are found in most modern hymn-books. He wrote also felicitous renderings in...

Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (1891-1969) was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Along with George Grosz and Max Beckmann, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Katelyn Dixon is a writer and contemplative exploring how we behold God in unexpected places—especially the painful and ordinary parts of life. After earning a Master's in Counseling from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, she pursued writing as vocation and now leads healing workshops and retreats. Katelyn co-hosts The Still Christian...

Rev. Sherrie Dobbs Johnson passed away in 2020. She was a minister and the wife of Bishop Alfred Johnson, who served as the lead pastor of the Church of the Village in New York City from 2005 to 2015. (Source and photo: nyac.com)

Dr. Susan Docherty is professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at Newman University Birmingham, UK. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and the University of Manchester. She has taught at Birmingham Newman University since 2000, and was appointed Reader in Biblical Studies, then professor of New Testament and Early Judaism....

Dr. Elizabeth Dodd is Programme Leader for Postgraduate Programmes in Theology, Ministry and Mission Lecturer in Christian Doctrine at Sarum College. She studied at the Universities of Oxford (MA), Edinburgh (MTh) and Cambridge (PhD) and has taught in theological education and ministerial training since 2012, covering roles as director of studies,...

Philip Doddridge (1702- 1751) was an English Nonconformist (Congregationalist) minister, educator, and hymnwriter. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Miranda Dodson is a singer/songwriter, and was previously worship leader at City Life Church in Austin, TX. She built her career through steady performing, consistent writing, and the release of two studio albums: Change A Thing (2010), produced by Robert Harrison, and Love is Real Try Again (2012),...

Peter Doebler is the curator of Asian art at Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, OH. (Source and photo: daytondailynews.com)