Karen Swallow Prior
Karen Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press, 2012), Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson, 2014), and On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (Brazos, 2018). She is co-editor of Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues (Zondervan 2019) and has contributed to numerous other books. Her writing has appeared at Christianity Today, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, First Things, Vox, Relevant, Think Christian, The Gospel Coalition, Religion News Service, Books and Culture and other places.
Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders
When Childless Becomes Grandchildless
When you are childless, not by choice, the realization of this reality takes years. But confronting the later, consequential fact that you will also not have grandchildren takes only an instant.
Pastors
Beware the Black Robed Regiment Cosplay
Lauding the “patriot preachers” of the Revolution, one group aims to “stand for liberty as the 18th century church did.” But cosplaying Revolutionary clergy doesn't reflect sound theology.
Christian News
Grace Community Church Let Her Down. Now She Is Standing in the Gap for Women.
Eileen Taylor never planned to come forward about her experience with Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Then, in 2017, a woman from her former church reached out, asking Eileen to share her story in order to help other women who had experienced similar treatment from the church.
Articles for Pastors
Karen Swallow Prior: We Can Be an Army of Wounded Warriors — Or a Collective of Wounded Healers
Karen Swallow Prior reflects on what it means for us to be "wounded healers." The symbol of a wounded healer points to the truth that when we imitate Christ, our own wounds, too, have the power to help others heal.
Articles for Pastors
The Scandal of Evangelical Christian Friendship
Believers more than anyone else ought to have the most robust and healthiest understanding of Christian friendship, including, or especially, friendship between men and women, says Karen Swallow Prior.
Articles for Pastors
Shame, Grace and #STOPtheSTEAL
(RNS) — Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel "Great Expectations" tells the story of Pip, a poor, rural orphan boy who is taught to be ashamed...
Articles for Pastors
Why I’m Still Baptist, Still Evangelical
You might wonder, given all the Baptist church has witnessed regarding sexual abuse scandals and cover-ups, political fear-mongering and backbiting, why I'm still Baptist.
Articles for Small Group Leaders
The Role of the Body in Healing After Trauma
I confess that before experiencing a bodily trauma, I thought that emotional and spiritual healing consisted primarily in thinking the right things and believing the right things.
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