Author: Bethany Sundstrom-Smith

  I’m firmly #nevertrump.   Trump insults everybody, lies for apparently no reason, and represents nothing that I would hope for in a president.   I know some

  In this podcast from Dallas Theological Seminary, Dr. Daniel Carroll-Rodas discusses immigration and the Bible. It’s well worth a listen (or you can read the transcript). Dr. Carroll-Rodas also

  In case you missed it, a new site launched last month, The Babylon Bee. The site’s tagline sums up their purpose, “The Babylon Bee is Your Trusted

It’s simple. Many evangelicals are okay with Donald Trump’s behavior because we allow, and often support, the “Trumps” among us. Many evangelicals grow enamored with people who “succeed”, especially in

  Recently my pastor shared a passage from Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in the book, Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter. Crafton starts her essay saying: We

Back in the 2000’s, I spent about five years working at Starbucks. One thing they talked about often was how Starbucks was the “Third Place” — a place between your

  It’s Christmas Eve, so I thought I’d share something simple and a bit fun, but hopefully thoughtful too.   Photo by Andrew Kitzmiller

  Spend any amount of time reading political comments on Facebook or social media, and even the best of us can get confused when comments and posts invoke the

  The The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis is one of my favorites as well as one of his more popular works. A very simple overview of the

Several months ago I wrote on my (and my husband’s) search to find a new church.  You can read those articles here. I’m happy to report that we