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Karen Spears Zacharias

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May 2014

May 22, 2014

Summers at Christian Bend, TN

         Wild dogwoods were in bloom when Mama’s Aunt Cil died in...

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...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

I Married a Feminist

  When I think of the most patriarchal of all organizations, it is not the...

February 15, 2014

Purple Heart Recipient Jed Zillmer: American Tragedy

  His life ended in a one-sided shoot-out. Police said he wanted it that way....

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Obamacare’s Sticker Shock

  I voted for Obama twice. After President George W. Bush foolishly led us headstrong,...

November 12, 2013

It’s My Birthday

It's my birthday. The very first in my life without the woman who birthed me....

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Mark Driscoll: On the attack

Jesus is not a pansy or a pacifist -Mark Driscoll Pansy: a usually disparaging :  a. weak...

June 2013

June 16, 2013

Some of the Best Mothers are Fathers

When I got old enough to buy cards on my own I used to give...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

A Gold Star Daughter’s story

The Man in the Jeep   At first I never even noticed the jeep, what...

April 2013

April 21, 2013

An Adventure in Goodness: Best Ranger 2013

  During the week in which two brothers gathered together the tools of destruction that...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

Hagel: Right Man for the Job

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) would undoubtedly complain if Jesus Christ himself was singled out by...

October 2012

October 04, 2012

Still Undecided

  Did you watch the debate? I was driving home from Seattle so had to...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Death’s Long-Shadow

Irony is the long-shadow of death. It is early morning yet. I have just administered...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

The Kid: Ten Reasons not to vote for Obama

  I haven't had much to say about this upcoming election. The shortlist leaves much...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Colorado Shooting: Guns & Cameras

Here's the thing I hate most in the aftermath of tragedies like the one in...

December 2011

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...

December 11, 2011

Sunday Prayerathon

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by daughter Shelby, who will be running...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

The Veteran’s Wife

She’s the first person at church to greet everyone by name. The Veteran’s Wife commits...

June 2011

June 01, 2011

And the more I think about it

This pretty much sums up how I feel about the KKK & The Wesboro Baptist...

June 01, 2011

The KKK takes on Westboro Baptist

Lawdohmercy! Even Flannery woundn't have thunk this one up. As much as I despise what...

May 2011

May 08, 2011

Mucked up Mothering

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

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 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...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

How do you remember?

Did you do anything to remember it? Visit someone in the hospital perhaps? Make a...

March 18, 2011

Red Cross or Red Crayon?

The Red Cross has been warning us for years that in event of an emergency,...

March 15, 2011

Ramblin Woman: Navarre UMC

Those folks at Navarre know how to treat a gal Tammy & the Hipster did...

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