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July 2014

July 04, 2014

Dead Boy’s Devoted Daddy

Editor's Note: This will be my last post on Patheos. I am grateful for the...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

The Sound of Sameness

Editor's Note: Rebekah Sanderlin is a journalist, a military wife and a dear friend. She...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

MLK & Sudan’s Human Rights Disaster

"Our Father who art in Heaven," I prayed, even as a little boy...

January 13, 2014

Lone Survivor: Thoughts from a Gold Star Daughter

Do you know what the right thing is? No disrespect but you don't have any...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

Trayvon Martin: Latest Cause Celibre

There are no protesters in the streets here in Kandern, Germany. No one even...

April 2013

April 03, 2013

When the abuser is your coach

I just don't get it. It isn't like technology is a new thing. We've...

December 2012

December 15, 2012

The Evil at Sandy Hook

Evil visited this community today, so declared Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy. Malloy was one of many who...

October 2012

October 02, 2012

Praying for Miracles

Back in my reporting days I did a story about miracles and the people...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

America: White-Trash Nation

There are days when I think I might have been so much better off if...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

After the killing

I am off to Baton Rouge. I won't return until Saturday. Pray for me, will...

July 21, 2012

The Joker

His isolation. Their inability to distinguish reality from pretend. Those are two of the primary...

April 2012

April 20, 2012

The Third Baptism

(Editor's Note): I leave out Friday for events in Washington state and then on to...

April 18, 2012

In the wake of human tragedy

Shelf Awareness A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder by Karen Spears Zacharias...

March 2012

March 20, 2012

The Conundrum of Compassion

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

The Reckless Death of Children

People all across the nation cried out after learning that Josh Powell blew himself and...

January 2012

January 22, 2012

Gingrich’s Black & White World

Newt Gingrich wants voters to understand one thing -- should he be elected president, assuming...

January 05, 2012

CNN & the Twitterbird

Back in my reporting days, I convinced the editors to let me write a feature...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

A Serial Husband: New(t)s or Gossip?

President Obama may be more of a plodder than a doer when it comes to...

December 15, 2011

We are a Gold Star Family: Sucks 2 be U

Daddy was the first dead person I ever saw. A child never forgets that...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

Friends, Family, Angels & Bears

So I'm off to Portland for the weekend. Tonight I'll be meeting with booksellers from...

July 2011

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...

June 2011

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 10, 2011

The Tot Dad Remembers

Last Friday marked an important anniversary date for Karly. David remembered that day in a...

May 2011

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...

January 2011

January 22, 2011

The Virtual Addict: Poop for brains

You have undoubtedly heard the story already about the mother in Colorado who was on Facebook,...

January 03, 2011

Blackbirds, Doomsayers & Hexes

Did you notice how 2011 arrived like a scene out of a Hitchcock flick? Out...

December 2010

December 14, 2010

Grinchalert

Editor's note: A glimpse of the $130 million building project planned by the good folks...

September 2010

September 20, 2010

Should Christians be praying for Hitch's Salvation?

One of this generation’s most celebrated atheists, Christopher Hitchens, is dying. He has been diagnosed...

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