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John Sturt (1658-1730) was an English engraver, apprenticed to Robert White. Becoming associated with John Ayres, he engraved the most important of his books on calligraphy. He is popularly known as an illustrator of The Pilgrim's Progress. (Source and photo: wikipedia.org)

Natalie Sims is a lay church leader based in Melbourne, Australia. She started voluntarily suggesting songs for her congregation, which grew into "Singing From the Lectionary." She is also is Head of the Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit at St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, where she is also...

Rev. Charles Rozell Swindoll is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, headquartered in Frisco, TX, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. He was the founding pastor at Stonebriar Community Church, in Frisco, TX, and...

Dr. David R. Schmitt is the Gregg H. Benidt Memorial Professor of Homiletics and Literature, and professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. His interests and areas of expertise include preaching, the intersections of faith and culture, particularly literary culture, spiritual autobiography, and the devotional life. He...

Fr. Mike Schmitz is the director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth as well as the Chaplain for the Newman Center at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He has preached to thousands locally and nationally. He is the host of the podcasts "Bible in a Year"...

Carl Ludwig Schuler (1785-1852) was a German engraver, painter, printmaker, and miniaturist. (Source: The British Museum)

John August Swanson (1938-2021) was an artist and independent printmaker of limited edition serigraphs, lithographs, etchings, and giclée print editions. Swanson's art is represented in the permanent collections of many museums, including: The Smithsonian Institution's National Museums of American History, American Art, and Air and Space; his works are in...

Virgil Solis or Virgilius Solis (1514-1562), a member of a prolific family of artists, was a German draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching, and woodcut who worked in his native city of Nuremberg. His prints were sold separately (mainly the etchings and engravings) or formed the illustrations of books (normally...

Dr. Samuel A. Schmitt is the Director of Sacred Music at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Bridgeport, CT. He has dedicated the better part of the past twenty-five years to making music for the church as an organist, conductor, composer, teacher, and choral singer. Dr. Schmitt has served as music director and...

John Sandiloupos maintains Mystagogy Resource Center, a website for Orthodox Christians worldwide. He is based in Boston, MA.