Episode 13: Finding Hope in the Goodness (tov) of God with Laura Barringer
Sep 10, 2024
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This week, I talk with teacher and author Laura Barringer about her “real” work with Kindergartners, her path to becoming a reluctant author, and how that writing has changed her life today.
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We ultimately wanted to write something redemptive. We didn’t want to just point out the problem, but we wanted to point churches and people towards a better way.
We’ve heard a lot of really dark stories since Tov was published the last four years and but that’s always where I find hope is because tov, that little Hebrew word means good, and God is completely good.
For everything you just said about why Broken to Beloved exists, it’s where I find goodness and hope, like I was talking about earlier with who God is. God is good. And I feel like that’s the message that broken to beloved shares that here are some resources to help you heal.
Episode Resources and Links
- Episode 7: Forced Forgiveness: Misinterpreting Matthew 18 with Dr. Scot McKnight
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Guest Spotlight
Laura is a full-time teacher, a part-time writer and speaker, and she is coauthor of A Church Called Tov as well as Pivot: The Priorities, Practices and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Into a Tov Culture. She previously co-authored the children's version of The Jesus Creed and wrote a teacher's guide to accompany the book. A graduate of Wheaton College, she resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband Mark and their three beagles.
- A Church Called Tov on Bookshop.org | on Amazon
- Pivot on Bookshop.org | on Amazon
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