About

Lucy Ruth

I was born in a culturally Christian society where things were either black or white and you were either in or out. At a very early age, I decided two things; one, that I wanted to be “in” and two, that it would require the appearance of being good. I set off on this impossible quest of being good and those who observed my life would have most likely given me an A in this endeavor. By the age of 33, two things happened. Read more

Marty Anthony

I grew up in a Christian home where family, education, and a work ethic were extremely important. My mother was a teacher and encouraged creativity while my father was a maintenance supervisor with a strong work ethic who believed that an education would open doors for you. Even though I participated in plays, musicals, concert choir, and piano, my favorite times were being outside or reading. Read more

Jill Wiebe-King

I was born in Africa, to American parents.  My father was the principal of an American school there and my mother was a teacher.  We moved back to the United States when I was 5 years old and lived in western Kansas in a small Mennonite community where both of my parents continued to teach at a small college. Read more

About The Model

When Jill decided to use human hands to symbolize God, she knew immediately who she would use as her model.  Her father, Orv Wiebe had the strong, wrinkled, hard-working, yet gentle hands that she needed.   Though Dr. Wiebe was a psychologist before retirement, he has very strong, calloused hands from working with them in every kind of construction and creative endeavor.   Dr. Wiebe was raised on a midwestern farm. Read more