Laura Barringer
@laurabarringer.substack.com
Writer | Speaker | Teacher |
Co-author of award-nominated A CHURCH CALLED TOV + PIVOT | Fellow with Baylor Center for School Leadership
Links: http://linktr.ee/lauraebarringer
Co-author of award-nominated A CHURCH CALLED TOV + PIVOT | Fellow with Baylor Center for School Leadership
Links: http://linktr.ee/lauraebarringer
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I made a starter pack for those looking to connect about healthy cultures that resist abuse. I’ll continue adding to it. Please share!
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Why is the East Wing demolition making me feel so sad?
October 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Why is the East Wing demolition making me feel so sad?
Is your church toxic or Tov for women? (Would you kindly subscribe to my free substack?)
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Is Your Church Toxic or Tov for Women?
What clues indicate a culture of toxicity? What red flags ought to grab our attention?
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October 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Is your church toxic or Tov for women? (Would you kindly subscribe to my free substack?)
open.substack.com/pub/laurabar...
open.substack.com/pub/laurabar...
I just finished Beloved by Toni Morrison. It’s one of the most haunting books I’ve ever read. Trauma doesn’t end with the event that caused it.
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I just finished Beloved by Toni Morrison. It’s one of the most haunting books I’ve ever read. Trauma doesn’t end with the event that caused it.
I didn’t want to write this piece, but the words poured from my soul. This weekend marks Willow Creek’s 50th anniversary, and the harm echoes louder than its celebration. #spiritualabuse julieroys.com/did-willow-c...
Did Willow Creek Skip Yom Kippur — Again?
Repeated failures by Willow Creek to confront the churchs past shows a missed Yom Kippur moment of truth & repentance, writes Laura Barringer
julieroys.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I didn’t want to write this piece, but the words poured from my soul. This weekend marks Willow Creek’s 50th anniversary, and the harm echoes louder than its celebration. #spiritualabuse julieroys.com/did-willow-c...
I started the day in kindergarten and ended the day at @baylorcsl.bsky.social. Beginning and ending, how blessed I am. #SicEm
September 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I started the day in kindergarten and ended the day at @baylorcsl.bsky.social. Beginning and ending, how blessed I am. #SicEm
Isn’t this cute, @kkdumez.bsky.social?!
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Isn’t this cute, @kkdumez.bsky.social?!
To my Bible-study-loving friends: reading Amy Jill Levine is a must.
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To my Bible-study-loving friends: reading Amy Jill Levine is a must.
This TOV Kindle deal is available at all major eBook retailers from August 1-31....
www.amazon.com/Church-Calle...
www.amazon.com/Church-Calle...
August 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This TOV Kindle deal is available at all major eBook retailers from August 1-31....
www.amazon.com/Church-Calle...
www.amazon.com/Church-Calle...
Nothing in all creation can separate you from his deep and lasting and abiding love.
#tovtuesday
#tovtuesday
July 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Nothing in all creation can separate you from his deep and lasting and abiding love.
#tovtuesday
#tovtuesday
How did Jesus conquer? Not by military strength as Israel expected — but rather as a suffering Servant who gave away his life. The King of the Kingdom taught and lived a peaceful ethic.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Come, Lord Jesus.
June 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
How did Jesus conquer? Not by military strength as Israel expected — but rather as a suffering Servant who gave away his life. The King of the Kingdom taught and lived a peaceful ethic.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Come, Lord Jesus.
I tend to be a pacifist anyways, but thanking God for a successful war operation seems heretical to me. Christ and his kingdom are peaceful and just. War and violence are not the way of the cross.
June 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I tend to be a pacifist anyways, but thanking God for a successful war operation seems heretical to me. Christ and his kingdom are peaceful and just. War and violence are not the way of the cross.
Hey @scotmcknight.bsky.social… look what you’re “missing” on X.
June 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey @scotmcknight.bsky.social… look what you’re “missing” on X.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
May 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“Don’t you want to be a MAN?” my kindergartener asks her classmate complaining of his finger pain. “BRUSH IT OFF,” she tells him.
And there you have it. My work is done.
And there you have it. My work is done.
May 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
“Don’t you want to be a MAN?” my kindergartener asks her classmate complaining of his finger pain. “BRUSH IT OFF,” she tells him.
And there you have it. My work is done.
And there you have it. My work is done.
Don’t miss this Tov (tov!) giveaway. @julieroys.bsky.social is giving away four copies. Details below.
'A Church Called Tov,' a landmark work by @scotmcknight.bsky.social & @lauraebarringer.bsky.social, unpacks issues of toxic church cultures—& shows what it takes to build a healthy, "tov" (good) church.
We're giving away 4 books! Sign up by Fri. at noon for a chance to get a copy: eepurl.com/dk6fzP
We're giving away 4 books! Sign up by Fri. at noon for a chance to get a copy: eepurl.com/dk6fzP
May 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Don’t miss this Tov (tov!) giveaway. @julieroys.bsky.social is giving away four copies. Details below.
IN THE POPE I HOPE
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
IN THE POPE I HOPE
Christos anesti! ✝️
April 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Christos anesti! ✝️
Had a lovely Passover meal in my Jewish friend’s home last night. We ate haroset and bitter herbs and sang Hebrew hymns with a room full of Ashkenazi friends. Tov.
April 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Had a lovely Passover meal in my Jewish friend’s home last night. We ate haroset and bitter herbs and sang Hebrew hymns with a room full of Ashkenazi friends. Tov.
My latest article for Accord magazine, Creating Cultures of Tov (part two):
drive.google.com/file/d/1tnRl...
drive.google.com/file/d/1tnRl...
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My latest article for Accord magazine, Creating Cultures of Tov (part two):
drive.google.com/file/d/1tnRl...
drive.google.com/file/d/1tnRl...
I know I’m immersed in @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social’s history when I hear a Sunday sermon on John’s letter to the church at Thyatira and my thoughts about Jezebel are YES BUT SHE WAS A PROPHET LEADING IN A CHURCH. #becomingthepastorswife
March 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I know I’m immersed in @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social’s history when I hear a Sunday sermon on John’s letter to the church at Thyatira and my thoughts about Jezebel are YES BUT SHE WAS A PROPHET LEADING IN A CHURCH. #becomingthepastorswife
Our latest podcast (Tov-cast!), with the good folks at My Spring Harvest:
shows.acast.com/67adec0f9b1e...
shows.acast.com/67adec0f9b1e...
Culture and Leadership with Scott McNight and Laura Barringer | Becoming: A My Spring Harvest Podcast
shows.acast.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Our latest podcast (Tov-cast!), with the good folks at My Spring Harvest:
shows.acast.com/67adec0f9b1e...
shows.acast.com/67adec0f9b1e...