Karen Swallow Prior
Karen Swallow Prior, Ph.D., is professor of English and Chair of the English and modern languages department at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She is the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T.S. Poetry Press) and serves on the faith advisory council of the Humane Society of the United States. She and her husband, Roy, serve as deacons in their church and keepers of their 100-year-old homestead, where they live with their horses and dogs—and, more recently, Karen's mom and dad.
The Gospel of Grace for Women Who Self-Injure
How the church can respond as cutting and other forms of self-harm are increasingly glamorized online.
Michael Vick's Long Road to Recovery
A Christian animal-welfare activist reflects on the NFL quarterback and dogfighter's restoration.
Surprised by Beauty at the March for Life
The people who caught my eye—the ones the mainstream media overlooked—at this year's march.
'Skins' Prompts Call for Child Porn Investigation
This time, the Parents Television Council is probably right about the British export that spotlights teens (and teen actors) engaging in a sexual free-for-all.
Honeymoon with Mom and Dad
How I spent the holidays with my live-in parents.
The Best Ever Christmas Gift
Women in particular, it seems to me, have a hard time thinking of themselves as gifts.
What Is the Stay-at-Home Daughters Movement?
What the branch of the Christian Patriarchy Movement believes about family and young women.
A Peter Singer Sympathizer Changes His Mind
After his infant son, August, suffers irreparable brain damage, professor Chris Gabbard re-thinks what makes a life worth living.
When Mom and Dad Move In
Dispatches from a member of the half-a-sandwich generation.
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