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July 2011

July 22, 2011

Grace for a Dying Man

They say any extra day for a dying man is grace. I'm not so sure...

July 21, 2011

Make a Difference

There is a famine underway in Somalia. Yes. I understand that famines don't just happen...

July 20, 2011

Church retries Casey Anthony

They call themselves "In Touch With Christ Christian Center" but that might be a misnomer....

July 19, 2011

Murdoch's Most Dangerous Game

It's a scene right out of Richard Connell's vivid short story -- The Most Dangerous...

July 18, 2011

A whole new definition of "passing"

I've heard of passing away, passing by, and passing gas. This is my first with...

July 17, 2011

My Summer Reads

Some people go to antique stores. Others drop in the random bike shop. When I'm...

July 15, 2011

The Risky Business of being a Rock Star Pastor

I've written in many places about the life-long friendship I enjoyed with the pastor of...

July 14, 2011

My two-cents about the budget mess

One of my favorite artists has a new album coming out soon. This tune seems...

July 13, 2011

My Unsecret Abortion

I had an abortion. A full-fledged three-day affair in 1974. I wrote about it in...

July 11, 2011

Making God laugh

I checked for pools of blood around the driver's side door. Then around the tires....

July 09, 2011

Gimme a God with a Posse

Years ago I read a magazine interview with Brad Pitt. Pitt was raised up in...

July 08, 2011

Author 2 Author with John Hart

Critics are raving about author John Hart’s latest release – IRON HOUSE. Noting that Hart...

July 07, 2011

George did it, says Anthony cousin

I don't even know the names of my second-cousins, do you? I wouldn't want even...

July 06, 2011

Why Casey Anthony lied

In a verdict that stunned a nation, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in...

July 03, 2011

Grow the Cuss Up

The class assignment was to write a personal essay. Teachers understand such assignments are a...

July 02, 2011

Happy Birthday Girls

On this day 29-years ago It's hard to believe how quickly the stories add up...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

God does not love America

The letter was titled: How is God blessing America. It came from one of those...

June 30, 2011

How do you measure freedom?

This is how we celebrated freedom We brought in the big guns Wrapped ourselves in...

June 29, 2011

This really bugs me

Oh. C'mon really, y'all? What's wrong with a little crunch in the diet? Those pesky...

June 27, 2011

Go the F*** to Sleep: Not F***ing Funny

Editor's note: Karen Spears Zacharias is the author of the forthcoming memoir, "The Shelter of...

June 27, 2011

Yeah, but can they stay married?

Well, by golly, they up and did it. Gay people can now marry in the...

June 25, 2011

Memories of The Redhead: Mama was a Dancing Woman

It has been two years. Four days. 23 hours and 37 minutes, give or take a...

June 24, 2011

Cindy Anthony's hell

The peach doesn't fall far from the tree. Cindy Anthony proved that in court yesterday...

June 23, 2011

Losing that Luv'n Feeling

Really Southwest? And did anyone besides me catch that Southwest motto hanging behind the Flight...

June 22, 2011

Faking Faith

As you might imagine in a household where there are four children close in age,...

June 20, 2011

Church asks handicapped to Please stay home

We were gathered around a tree in her front yard, yanking up saplings and grass-gone-wild...

June 19, 2011

Father's Day

A sweet gift from today's soldiers King David went in, took his place before God, and...

June 18, 2011

In Praise of Good Fathers

Have you noticed that it’s much easier to find a good man than Flannery O’Connor...

June 17, 2011

Where is your faith?

You ever feel like you are only getting a peek at things? As if you...

June 15, 2011

Shrews for Jesus

ATHARINE, the Shrew, was the eldest daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua. She...

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