Resource Authors

Rev. Ron Man is Director of Worship Resources International (WRI) and a longtime teacher, pastor, and author focused on the biblical and theological foundations of Christian worship. His formal training began in music; he graduated from the University of Maryland, followed by advanced conducting study in Munich. He then pursued...

Scottish conductor Iain McLarty is Musical Director of the Scottish Chamber Choir, Conductor of the St Andrews Symphony Orchestra, and a regular guest conductor with the Edinburgh University String Orchestra and Meadows Chamber Orchestra. His work across Scotland spans standard orchestral and choral repertoire alongside innovative projects, including experimental concert...

Fr. Walter Modrys is a Jesuit priest with over twenty-five years of experience in parish ministry. (Source: believeteachpractice.org)

Dr. Susan McGurgan is the Director of the Preach All Ways Lilly Compelling Preaching Grant and Associate Professor of Theology at Marian University, Indianapolis, IN. She has worked in pastoral ministry and lay formation for 30 years as a parish minister, formation director, professor, and administrator. Susan is a graduate...

Joseph Milner coordinates RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) and is a member of the Liturgy Planning Team and Pastoral Associate at St. Francis Xavier College Church on Saint Louis University campus in St. Louis, MO. (Source: liturgy.slu.edu; photo: sfxstl.org)

Fr. Euan Marley O.P. is Prior at Blackfriars, Cambridge. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

James I. McCord (1919-1990) was an ordained Presbyterian minister and former president of Princeton Theological Seminary (1959-83). He was also the founder of the Center for Theological Inquiry, winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1986), and the former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. (Source:...

Rev. Kevin Miller serves as the rector at Church of the Savior, Wheaton, IL. He previously served as associate rector at Church of the Resurrection, as well as editor and vice-president at Christianity Today for 26 years. His ministry areas include prayer, preaching, vision, leading vestry and clergy. (Source and...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work had a major influence on the development of Western art, particularly in relation to the Renaissance notions of humanism and...

Diana Macalintal is the co-founder and co-director of Team Initiation. Diana also is an author and speaker on Catholic liturgy, music, the catechumenate, and intercultural ministry. She holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint John's University in Collegeville, MN, and has served in campus, parish, and diocesan ministries for...