 She has been honored many times over for her preaching, her writing, and for her teaching of preaching. Barbara grew up in Iowa and is a graduate of Augustana College in Illinois, and early in her career was engaged in youth ministry in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, where she currently now resides. She earned her Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and she's always been one of the most popular Protestant Hour and Day One preachers.