Visitor returns to write of art It was March 2001 when the young graduate from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., walked into the Sistine Chapel in Rome. “I was completely overwhelmed by the beauty and the sheer scale of Michelangelo’s work,” Angela Nickerson said. “And I never wanted to leave.”
Nickerson, who also was a member of St. Olaf’s choir, is director of congregational discipleship at St. John Lutheran Church, Sacramento, Calif. “When I married a Roman in 1998,” Nickerson writes in her book, “I had no idea I was marrying a city. But that is indeed what happened.” Her husband is an architect and also a St. Olaf graduate. Before joining St. John’s staff, Nickerson taught English for eight years and created a class on the Bible as literature. The rest of this article is only available to subscribers. |
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