Betty Jean Steinshouer
Betty Jean Steinshouer is the author of E-Reader Planet and A Woman's Book of Psalms as well as Travels with Willa Cather and Red Cloud to Cross Creek, two volumes of poems from the road drawn from more than twenty years of touring as a Chautauqua scholar.
Since becoming a contributing writer to Suite 101 in March 2010, she has appreciated the opportunity to write both evergreen and date-sensitive pieces. "The challenge is to be factual and at the same time to ask the hard questions. In matters of whether we are being told the truth about the long-term effects of the BP oil spill, or whether schools are really committed to providing Safe Space on campus or whether GPS monitors do anything to deter repeat offenders, these could be life or death issues."
Latest Articles
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Street Preachers Join Methodist Stand Against Homosexuality
The United Methodist Church found itself in odd company during 2012 General Conference, with its language against gay people echoed in screaming diatribes.
May 9, 2012
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Another Woman Missing in Virginia: Where Is Darrell Rice?
The question again haunts families and friends of missing and dead women, as the disappearance of Leyla Namiranian drags on.
May 8, 2012
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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United Methodist Bishop Speaks Out For All
In the midst of painful debate at the 2012 UMC General Conference, Bishop Minerva Carcano is the lone voice for an open church.
May 3, 2012
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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The Little Church That Could: Lakewood United Methodist
As General Conference 2012 heats up in Tampa, one Florida congregation - Lakewood UMC - across the bay in St. Petersburg - again stands for inclusion.
Apr 25, 2012
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Mary Oliver Unable to Give Rachel Carson Lecture Due to Illness
America's great poet and champion of the environment is under doctor's orders not to travel or make public appearances while she undergoes treatment.
Feb 13, 2012
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Terry Tempest Williams on the Shattered American Dream
She's a fifth-generation Mormon; also a feminist and an environmentalist. And Utah still claims her, as does Florida and all wild places
Nov 9, 2011
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Tom Keith aka Jim Ed Poole: A Beautiful Life
Garrison Keillor's voice got slower and deeper, in one last chorus for his sound man: "Life's evening sun is sinking low - a few more days and I must go."
Nov 7, 2011
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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NaNoWriMo: Let the Madness Begin
Every year on November 1 would-be novelists all over the world begin a frenzy that has a name like a wild animal from outer space. NaNoWriMo even has horns.
Oct 31, 2011
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Darrell Rice Freed - Women Missing/Dead in Virginia
Is it a coincidence that each time this man has been released, women's bodies have been found? His December 2009 to July 2010 parole haunts three families.
Sep 24, 2011
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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Mary Chapin Carpenter: Voice of Humanity
"Passing some healing balm around" is how the singer/songwriter described "Grand Central Station," her story-song about 9/11. It's an old habit of hers.
Sep 18, 2011
- Betty Jean Steinshouer
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