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Rev. Thomas (Tom) Are, Jr. retired as interim pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, IL in 2025. He has served the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC; the Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC; the Riverside Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, FL; and for nineteen years, the Village Presbyterian Church...

Elsa Anders Cook is a minister in the United Church of Christ with a passion for interim ministry and the written word. She has served churches in New York, Maine, Washington, Pennsylvania and Kansas with more than ten years of listening experience after graduating from Union Theological Seminary. She studied...

Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim serves as pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, VA. He graduated from Goshen College, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (including a semester at Princeton Theological Seminary), and McCormick Theological Seminary through the Chicago Association of Theological Schools D.Min. in Preaching Program. A frequent contributor to church periodicals, Ryan...

Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Beginning at Bec, Anselm composed dialogues and treatises with a rational and philosophical approach, which have sometimes caused him...

Dr. Joel Aguilar is the dean of post-graduate studies at CETI Continental, and was previously the Director of Leadership Development at Center for Transforming Mission, Guatemala, a part of the Leadership Foundation movement. He is a graudate of University of Pretoria, South Africa; Bakke Graduate University; and Central American Theological Seminary, Guatemala. As a...

Jackie Francois Angel is a musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, speaker, and youth minister, as well as a frequent contributor to the Roman Catholic faith formation site Ascension Media. (Source: jackieandbobby.com)

Rev. Dr. Joanna M. Adams is pastor emerita of Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. Beyond her congregations, Rev. Adams has preached at the National Cathedral, the Memorial Church of Harvard University, and the Chautauqua Institution, as well as at many Presbyterian and ecumenical events. She has authored over 40 published...

W. Patrick Alston has performed throughout the United States and abroad as a solo artist, composer, and an accompanist in prestigious venues that include The White House, Carnegie Hall, the Mormon Tabernacle, and the Auditorium De Milan. He has served as organist, pianist, and music administrator for various churches in...

Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480-1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg, Bavaria. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber, he is regarded to be the main representative of the Danube School, setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colors. He...

Rev. Dr. O. Wesley Allen, Jr. is the Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He earned degrees from Emory University, Yale Divinity School; and Birmingham-Southern College. Previous to Perkins, Dr. Allen served on the faculties of Lexington Theological Seminary and Drew...