Karen R. Keen is a writer, scholar, and spiritual director, a unique blend of vocations combining her love of scholarship with practical life application. Her interests include biblical literature, spiritual biography, lived theology, and religious histories (especially Baptist, evangelical, and Ignatian traditions). Karen is the author of several books, including The Word of a Humble God: The Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture, The Jesus Way: Practicing the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, and Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships. She is also co-editor of Christlike Acceptance Across Deep Difference. Karen earned her ThM from Duke Divinity School, MA from Western Seminary, and MS from Western Oregon University. She completed several years of PhD work in Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity, achieving ABD, before voluntarily leaving doctoral work to respond to a ministry call. When she’s not writing, Karen mentors young adults through Bakos Project.