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Brian Doerksen is a songwriter, recording artist, and songwriting instructor who founded Unlocking Your Songs and has spent decades shaping contemporary worship music through internationally recognized songs such as "Come Now Is the Time to Worship," "Refiner's Fire," and "Hope of the Nations." His career has included mentoring...

Fr. Luke Doherty serves with the Dominican Friars in England, Scotland, and Wales. (Source: english.op.org)

Dr. Kevin Doi is seminary chaplain and adjunct professor teaching Asian American pastoral ministry at Fuller Seminary. He graduated from California State University, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Northern Seminary. Prior to Fuller, Kevin was founder and senior pastor of Epic Church in Fullerton, CA for 20 years. He is also co-founder of...

Dr. Shawna Dolansky is associate professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She specializes in biblical studies, with a focus on the history and religions of Israel and the ancient Near East and the development of the Hebrew Bible. Her research interests include women in the ancient world, gendered...

Garrison Doles (1951-2013) was a singer/songwriter who won major songwriting competitions in North Carolina, Texas, Florida, and Massachusetts. He toured nationally, performing at festivals, coffeehouses and house concerts. He made his home in Central Florida with his wife and creative partner, the author and artist Jan Richardson, until his unexpected death in...

Domenico Zampieri (1581-1641), known as Domenichino after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Dr. Andrew Donaldson is a performer, teacher, composer, and editor. He has led workshops on congregational song across North America, as well as in Korea, Indonesia, Poland, Switzerland and Scotland. He previously served as Music Director at Beaches Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Canada for two decades, and as Pastoral Musician...

Dr. Hilary Donaldson is a musician, worship leader, and educator whose work centers on congregational song, collaborative music-making, and cross-cultural worship leadership. She directs the music program at St. Andrew's United in Toronto and has led music ministries across several United Church and Presbyterian contexts, while also teaching, presenting, and...

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (c. 1386-1466), better known as Donatello, was a Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance style in sculpture. Donatello's David was the first freestanding nude male sculpture since antiquity. He worked...