Karen Swallow Prior
@karenswallowprior.bsky.social
Reader, writer, dog lover, Ph.D. Most recent book: You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful. Find me on Substack at The Priory.
Over at The Priory, we’ll be starting a slow read of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS on December 30. Plenty of time to grab a copy (make sure it’s unabridged and preferably with footnotes). This is not the children’s story you might remember! 😏
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December 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Over at The Priory, we’ll be starting a slow read of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS on December 30. Plenty of time to grab a copy (make sure it’s unabridged and preferably with footnotes). This is not the children’s story you might remember! 😏
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Credit: Susan Danielle (on X: realprophetguy)
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Credit: Susan Danielle (on X: realprophetguy)
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the band.
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Happy Thanksgiving from the band.
Propane man left our annual calendar. And some treats for the dogs. They love him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Propane man left our annual calendar. And some treats for the dogs. They love him.
“It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.” — GMH
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.” — GMH
Today’s run
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today’s run
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good morning
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Good morning
Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again …
—Mary Oliver
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again …
—Mary Oliver
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again …
—Mary Oliver
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again …
—Mary Oliver
Don’t make me tap the sign.
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Don’t make me tap the sign.
Right now—more than half off The Evangelical Imagination! 💥💥💥
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Right now—more than half off The Evangelical Imagination! 💥💥💥
Today’s run
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Today’s run
A picture perfect October morning
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A picture perfect October morning
Today’s run
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today’s run
This is essential reading for our times.
September 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is essential reading for our times.
An unexpected gift:
September 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
An unexpected gift:
Today’s run
September 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today’s run
Me and my homie (the late) Nat Hentoff back sometime in the ‘90’s. RIP.
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Me and my homie (the late) Nat Hentoff back sometime in the ‘90’s. RIP.
About last night …
September 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
About last night …
Perhaps you, like me, need your attention drawn more to what is good. Here are words from You Have a Calling that I re-read for myself today. @brazospress.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Perhaps you, like me, need your attention drawn more to what is good. Here are words from You Have a Calling that I re-read for myself today. @brazospress.bsky.social
Took a couple days off social media and was finally able to finish my first-time read of this classic. (I may share my thoughts at some point but not yet.)
September 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Took a couple days off social media and was finally able to finish my first-time read of this classic. (I may share my thoughts at some point but not yet.)
If you haven’t read You Have a Calling, what are you waiting for? If you have read it but haven’t left a review, what are you waiting for? 🙂 @brazospress.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you haven’t read You Have a Calling, what are you waiting for? If you have read it but haven’t left a review, what are you waiting for? 🙂 @brazospress.bsky.social