Laura Ortberg Turner is a writer, speaker, and church culture enthusiast living in the Bay Area. She has a BA in political science from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, the most beautiful school on earth. Before beginning her MFA at Seattle Pacific University, she worked at HarperOne publishing and Fuller Seminary as well as doing freelance writing and editing. Laura blogs at www.loturner.com about issues of faith, theology, gender roles, and Oscar fashion. She is passionate about including women in all spheres of the church, good books, and peanut butter cups from Trader Joe’s. Laura and her husband, Zack, live in Palo Alto, California, with their dog R2D2.
Want to Love Your Kids? Stop Overparenting Them | My parents modeled what it looked like to serve God with their gifts while letting us kids explore our own. (September 7, 2012) What Christians Can Learn from the Legacy of Nora Ephron | The film screenwriter, who died Tuesday, showed that women can be deadly funny about the fears that haunt us. (June 28, 2012)
How God Can Use Your Anxiety for Good | Good news for the many women facing an anxiety disorder. (May 22, 2012) Coveting Cover to Cover: Why I Gave Up Vogue for Lent | Fashion magazines were eating up my heart. (February 23, 2012)
Clothing in Church: Why It Matters | Like everything else in creation, what we wear can either glorify—or dishonor—God and others. (February 20, 2012)
‘Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus’: To Adore or Abhor? | What we can take away from the viral video that elicited such visceral reactions. (January 16, 2012)
The Bible, Gender, and the ‘Dad-Mom’ Debate | Laura Ortberg Turner and Owen Strachan discuss whether Scripture dictates that women work inside the home. (November 21, 2011)
John Ortberg Is My Dad, But Don’t Call Me a PK | My siblings and I managed to avoid the perils that come with having famous Christian parents.(October 5, 2011)
