Beth Allison Barr
Author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood and Becoming the Pastor’s Wife
By Savannah Locke
Savannah Locke
Few humans possess the magnetic alchemy of being both the most intelligent and the most humble person in the room. If you’re lucky enough to know Beth Allison Barr, you experience exactly that. When you spend time with her, your shoulders drop as you sit with a woman who is comfortable with herself and her voice. Beth doesn’t have anything to prove or perform. She lets her work speak for itself.
Speaking of work, hundreds of students call her professor, as she teaches history at Baylor University. Thousands of women and men across the country call her their favorite author, as she has written not one but two New York Times bestsellers. She’s a podcast host, a Star Wars nerd, a wife, and a mom of both the human and canine variety. Off the clock, you’ll find her deep in a medieval book, rewatching a Star Wars film she has already seen 12 times, or mowing the lawn outside, which is a favorite therapeutic activity. She is, in short, the rare kind of person who has earned every accolade yet manages to be completely normal about all of it.
Beth is also remarkably genuine. In a world full of folks who say one thing and mean another, she is exactly as she appears — which is, perhaps more than her many professional awards, her greatest gift.
Savannah Locke is an artist, writer, and co-host of the All the Buried Women podcast with Beth Allison Barr.
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