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Karen Spears Zacharias

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May 2011

May 31, 2011

God Lotto: Converting the unsaved by the millions

Perhaps somebody ought to try upping the ante on Christopher Hitchens' salvation. You may recall that...

May 30, 2011

Peter's Story

Peter's Story I met Peter at one of Vietnam's busy marketplaces. He asked me why...

May 29, 2011

Just as I am: An excerpt

Just as I am Mama decided to bury Daddy at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery over...

May 27, 2011

No greater love than this…

There are two places I go whenever I want to spend a holiday with my...

May 26, 2011

Elizabeth Smart has what Casey Anthony needs

Two days after her toddler daughter was last seen alive, Casey Anthony asked to borrow...

May 25, 2011

How media messed up the Rapture: As soldiers lay dying

Several years ago when I was working as a local reporter I arrived at the...

May 23, 2011

Camping Prohibited

Harold Camping had it wrong -- again. The world did not end on Saturday. It's...

May 22, 2011

The community we nurture

It's the way we frame our treasures here and there The hospitality we offer The...

May 20, 2011

Where the Wild Things Grow

That hike I mentioned? It was a path along the Metolius River. That's Native American...

May 19, 2011

Living The End

I'm all about endings. You might say as a writer, I live for The End. I...

May 18, 2011

Bootleg Hair

As it turns out, Delilah may have been onto something when she demanded the servant...

May 17, 2011

I am Jesus, so says the Aussie Man

WOW!!! What a week! It's only Tuesday and in one week's time we have the...

May 16, 2011

Lessons from Survivors

"We may be a global village, but instant communication often isolates us from each other,...

May 15, 2011

The Yankee Man's Dixie

Editor's Note: When I went out for my drive earlier this week, I passed through...

May 14, 2011

No Tithing, No tax Refund, No Communion

Barna reports that tithing is down... again... Consistent with this trend, the Barna study revealed...

May 12, 2011

The Art of Living

You may remember when internationally acclaimed virtuoso Joshua Bell sat up camp at a DC's...

May 11, 2011

A day in the country

I took a ride out to the country yesterday. I've been working hard finishing up...

May 09, 2011

Thoughts on Good Christian Bitches

Christianity Today reported that they were recently contacted by a reporter asking if they had...

May 08, 2011

Mucked up Mothering

When my memoir -- "After the Flag has been Folded" -- was first published it...

May 06, 2011

Why God is mad at his mama

I have this theory that has absolutely no basis in fact, whatsoever. It's just a...

May 05, 2011

Special to CNN: My prayer

Editor's Note: Karen Spears Zacharias is the author of After the Flag has been Folded, serves on...

May 04, 2011

The Official Photo of bin Laden dead

URGENT: White House Releases official photo of bin Laden dead. bin Laden's official death photo....

May 03, 2011

Revenge & Redemption

I spoke with my friend Lillian tonight. Lillian's only daughter, Marjorie, was killed in the...

May 02, 2011

Bin Laden's Legacy: The Reign of Terror Remains

The news that Bin Laden is dead sent throngs of Americans into the streets, hooting...

May 02, 2011

Tuckered thoughts

I know you all are waiting for me to comment on the announcement about Bin...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

Community in all the good ways

If you haven't been dropping by All the Church Ladies site, this is only part...

April 29, 2011

Prayers for the Southland

I lived through one tornado. It was the summer of 1977. I was working as a summer...

April 28, 2011

When we speak out of turn

This just makes me sad. I'm bone tired of the snarky and the snide --...

April 28, 2011

Will You or Won't You?

Few things will compel me to get out of bed at o'dark-thirty in the morning:...

April 27, 2011

Human indignities

I'm at Sister Tater's house this week. She had shoulder surgery this morning. It was...

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