The Rev. Dr. Dorothy Sanders Wells is an Episcopal priest and pastor in Memphis, Tennessee, and often writes about justice and equity issues for all of God’s people. Wells is a former attorney and a 1982 graduate of Rhodes College where she was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 2015. She works for the community through her work as a minister and with several nonprofits in the Memphis area. Her work has been recently recognized by the Associated Church... Read more
Dave Armstrong is a Catholic author and apologist, who has been actively proclaiming and defending Christianity since 1981, and Catholicism in particular, since 1991 (full-time since December 2001). Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Servant of God Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave’s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, He is a featured columnist for National Catholic Register and... Read more
Results of one of the most in-depth surveys of its kind on prayer show more than 85 percent of Americans are connecting with a higher power on a daily basis. The 2023 National Day of Prayer Study, commissioned by Skylight and conducted by City Square Associates, surveyed a nationally representative sample of adults aged 18-64 about ways they connect with God. Because this year’s National Day of Prayer coincided with the unofficial national Star Wars day “May The Fourth,” some... Read more
Based in Los Angeles, Kate O’Hare is a veteran journalist who covered television for the Tribune syndicate for two decades, doing thousands of interviews with entertainers, celebrities, industry workers, scientists, and everyday people. She has also traveled to sets and locations in New York, Los Angeles, Canada many points in between. Her stories appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald. After leaving the syndicate, she reported for the famed entertainment-industry publication Variety, along with... Read more
Ginny Baxter is a former journalist and public relations professional whose passion is writing. A graduate of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, Ginny majored in English with a focus on journalism. She later studied public relations at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She comes from a progressive Christian family and has been an active church member since childhood. Ginny has been writing for Patheos since July 2022 and finds it a challenging and richly rewarding experience. Her religious tradition... Read more
Tom Rapsas has been writing for Patheos for over 10 years. Since starting with Patheos in 2012 Tom has written over 500 articles in his section titled Wake Up Call. He also has written for the Contemplative Journal and Elephant Journal. Tom is the author of the spiritual fable Thaddeus Squirrel and the book, Life Tweets. Tom is currently working on Wakeup Call the book and lives at the Maryland Eastern Shore with his wife and a small herd of... Read more
Utilizing emerging technology is key to promoting and defending religious freedom worldwide, according to tech leaders speaking at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit 2023. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, was a premiere partner of the summit, which brought together a large gathering of diverse religious leaders to Washington D.C. for the cause of religious freedom around the world. Patheos, the world’s homepage for all religions, is a summit partner. On Wednesday morning Joshua Althouse, Meta Public Policy... Read more
A rare glimpse of bipartisanship in the volatile political atmosphere of Washington D.C. kicked off the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit 2023 Tuesday, setting a tone of cooperation and mutual understanding for the event. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee joined Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern, a Democrat, on the stage at the Washington Hilton as part of a panel to address why international religious freedom is key to U.S. foreign policy. The panel followed a welcome... Read more
Ukraine. The death of Queen Elizabeth. Polarizing politics. And a hit television show based on the life of Jesus. All of these topics factored into what people read this year when consuming religious content. Below is our top 12 Patheos articles by month in 2022 based on website traffic. To be considered the top article for a month in this list, the article had to be published during that particular month. We have some seemingly timeless intimate relationship articles (such... Read more
Daniel grew up in Southern California and served as a Mormon Missionary in German-speaking Switzerland. He earned a degree in Greek and philosophy from Brigham Young University. Peterson is married with three sons and currently lives in Utah. His three favorite topics are religion, history, and politics. Daniel enjoys writing for Patheos because, “I’ve been a teacher for most of my adult life, not only in higher education and in church but in scores and scores of public lectures on... Read more
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