Laura Gentry
Laura Gentry (nicknamed Laughing Laura) is currently Pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing, IA. Check out her web site at LaughingLaura.com. Laura created Anti-Workbook content for re:form Ancestors. When asked to name her favorite ancestors, Laura replied, “I groove on them all, but I particularly relate to Jonah because I don’t like fish or worms either.”
Theological training: Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Worship and the Arts from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley
Family: Married 15 years (and still laughing).
Voted the re:form contributor most likely to: Preach in a pink wig (and I have).
Youth ministry superpower: Laughter—I can laugh in any situation and thereby save the day.
3 words that describe you: Ha ha ha (which is also what my license plate says)
3 words that describe sparkhouse: Weird | Wild | Wonderful
Dinner Guest: I’d love to laugh with Sarah about her late-in-life pregnancy. Did she take prenatal vitamins or geriatric vitamins? I’ve always wondered.
A favorite theologian quote: If you can’t laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there. (Martin Luther)
A favorite pop culture figure quote: As a rock star, I have two instincts. I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. (Bono)
Your work on re:form is a success if a youth responded by: Laughing so hard they fell off their chairs.