Beth Ernest is a writer, pastor, spiritual director, former hospice chaplain, and long-ago travel clerk at the United Nations in Vienna.

Her writing explores the messiness and beauty of life in a world undergoing redemption. Her first novel, Mysterious Ways, tests the bounds of forgiveness.

Beth holds a Doctor of Ministry in the Sacred Art of Writing from Western Theological Seminary. She is represented by Don Pape of Pape Commons.

short stories

“Back to Eden,” Faithful AI: Stories of Hope from 2045, edited by Elias Kruger and Brian Sigmon; AI and Faith (2024) 

Blue Christmas: Six Short Stories on the Theme of Christmas, Doctor of Ministry thesis, Western Theological Seminary (2024)

essays and articles

“Mark Ji Tianxiang,” in Modern Saints, edited by Gracie Morbitzer; Convergent Books (2023)

“In the Time of Darkness: Reflections from an Unemployed Pastor,” The Covenant Companion, Jan/Feb 2014

“Interim Ministry: More than an In-between,” The Covenant Companion (August 2009)

“No Longer Up for Adoption,” The Covenant Companion (July 2008)

“Life at the Kettle: Fourteen Days as a Salvation Army Bell Ringer,” The Social Cause Diet: Stories of Satisfying Acts of Service, edited by Gail Perry Johnson; Cupola Press (2008)