Sandi Villarreal

“I’m going to help get you the health care you need no matter the risk,” said Rev. Shelby Dean Nowland.

Taking breaks necessitates a change of pace — and a laying down of self importance.

Digital pastors weigh in on shepherding congregations through quarantine.

A conversation with Anne Helen Petersen

And an end to ad hominem attacks.

A Q&A with ‘The Great Reckoning’ Author Stephen Mattson

His bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye became go-to courtship advice for a generation of teens raised within 1990s-early 2000s evangelical purity culture.

In Conversation With Rev. Lacette Cross

The No Shame Movement, as well as other hashtags like #ChurchToo and online education communities like Queer Theology, offer space for people to identify the effects of shame or fundamentalist upbringing and move toward new understandings — of faith, of the Bible, of sexual identity, and for some, the actual mechanics of sex.

Oct 1, 2018 ... That's how this works: Fear of losing power will justify an assortment of ills. It allows Jerry Falwell Jr., ostensible Christian “leader,” to ...

In discussing birth control and population issues when visiting the Philippines recently, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church promoted “responsible parenthood” that didn’t require good Catholics to be “like rabbits.” The frank imagery prompted a flurry of playfully creative headlines that ranged from mocking to woeful. And the byproduct of such reaction stories? The continued misinformation on what Catholics currently practice and what the Catholic Church actually teaches when it comes to fami…

It’s amazing what silence will do for the soul. Communication doesn’t mean noise. And the failures of this world, the church, and each other doesn’t mean that we don’t still strive for “thy kingdom come.”

What if we didn’t talk at each other down a never-ending spiral of false assumptions in a vomit-inducing quest for relevancy? What if reflection and prayer and confession that we don’t know how we feel about something replaced our need to be first?

It may have taken a little bit of prodding — a little ‘you-want-me-to-do-what?’ and a lot of faith — but in the end, Congressman John Lewis agreed to go along with staffer Andrew Aydin’s out-of-the-box idea. The result: March (Book 1) — the first of a three-part graphic novel autobiography chronicling Lewis’ life and the Civil Rights Movement.

The GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership aimed at increasing worldwide access to immunizations, has a goal of reaching 250 million children by 2015. Dr. Mercy Ahun, GAVI special representative in Geneva, sat down with Sojourners to discuss the role of faith-based organizations in helping reach those 250 million,and the role her own personal faith plays in her work.

The Violence Against Women Act — which usually is reauthorized without question whenever it comes up — is in danger of expiring if the House doesn’t act before the end of session.

A blog post written on the website of the Christian Men's Defense League — yes, an organization dedicated to protecting the rights of white American Christian men is apparently a thing — blames Mitt Romney's loss Tuesday night on what the author brilliantly coins "the slut vote."

“Nones” is a term that includes atheists and agnostics, but also anyone who does not identify with a traditional religious faith. Therein lies my concern.

Obviously there are differences — biological, hormonal, stereotypical — between men and women. I don't dispute that. For me, the danger is in going one step further to assume how those differences do or should affect real-life situations — from choice of profession, to division of labor in the home, to the ever-present work v. children debate.

I’m not one to elevate sports stars as role models or some kind of symbol of perfection. It’s just not real. So here’s my question: Who needs a hero?