How can Christians in America navigate politics with their souls intact?
That’s one of the questions that host Steve Cuss and his guest—author, pastor, and artist Mandy Smith—consider on this episode of Being Human. They discuss cultivating hope and creativity in the face of change and what it means that God is a mystery. Their conversation covers struggles in both personal lives and churches, core false needs, and how God shows up in our times of anxiety.
Resources mentioned during this episode include:
- Mandy Smith
- The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry by Mandy Smith
- Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture by Mandy Smith
- Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God by Mandy Smith
- Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God by Mandy Smith
- “Nick Cave On Singing with Johnny Cash and the Joyful, Uplifting Vibe of His New Album, ‘Wild God’”
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
- “What Art Does: An Artmaker’s Wisdom on Life and Leadership”
- The Sacred Art of Writing (doctor of ministry cohort at Western Theological Seminary)
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“Being Human with Steve Cuss” is a production of Christianity Today:
Executive produced by Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper
Produced and edited by Matt Stevens
Associate producers: McKenzie Hill, Raed Gilliam, and Abby Perry
Theme song by Dan Phelps
Original music by Andy Gullahorn
Mix engineer: Kevin Morris
Graphic design: Amy Jones
