
Geboren: March 10, 1964 – Lansing, Michigan, United States
Karen Ehman is a Christian author, Bible teacher, and Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker whose work centers on faith, communication, marriage, and women’s spiritual growth. She is best known for Keep It Shut and Zip It, and is a New York Times bestselling author whose books and Bible studies have reached a broad evangelical audience. ((https://karenehman.com/about-karen/?utm_source=openai))
Karen Ehman’s path as a writer began early in Michigan, where she has said she loved talking and writing from childhood and was already creating material for school by elementary age. She wrote a Christmas play in fifth grade, contributed poetry and newspaper pieces in middle school, and later served as sports editor for school papers in high school and college. A major turning point came at sixteen, when she first heard and responded to the gospel at a youth event in rural Michigan. She went on to graduate cum laude from Spring Arbor University with a B.A. in social science, and she later married her college sweetheart, Todd. ((https://karenehman.com/about-karen/))
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— Renee Swope
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— Ruth Schwenk
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— Jim Daly
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— Holley Gerth
"Karen Ehman’s book A Life That Says Welcome is full of practical wisdom and ideas"
— Jeff Campbell
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