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Karen Spears Zacharias

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June 2014

June 11, 2014

The Problem with Evil

I have been intentionally silent.  Instead of blogging, I have spent time listening to the...

May 2014

May 17, 2014

The Lost Father

Today (Saturday, May 17) is my father's birthday. Had he lived we would be celebrating...

January 2014

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...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Obamacare’s Sticker Shock

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

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...

September 2013

September 04, 2013

War Games: Creation gone Catatonic

  He walked over with a wooden cane, asked if the leather chair near me...

August 2013

August 18, 2013

Building a Domestic Military?

Our local county Sheriff Department is seeking funding from civic organizations to buy Kevlar vests...

August 17, 2013

How Profitable is Panhandling?

  Over the past few days there has been a panhandler on the corner where...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The duty of a journalist

I have been in France for the past week, and in Germany the week before...

July 24, 2013

The Creative’s Path

Whenever people ask how I became a writer I tell them Vietnam made me a...

July 15, 2013

Trayvon Martin: Latest Cause Celibre

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

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...

February 2013

February 07, 2013

Women in Combat

Frances L. Clayton was a woman who, dressing and acting as a man, served in...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

I Wonder Why

I wonder why it is that Believers are willing to speak out about this:  ...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

McGovern & A Million Mundane Moments

There are these moments, mundane ones usually, when a harsh truth confronts me. Tonight it...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Solidarity with the Grandchildren

When his sister got married a couple of years ago, Stephan walked his Hero Mama...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

The Veterans & the Nurse

It's the veterans she served as a nurse that Mama remembers best. Bruce. Homer. Mike....

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...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Fan Mail

I made a quick trip to Portland and then the Oregon Coast today. There and...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Memorial Day & the Mattress Man

I'm in Portland for a book event tonight (Thursday) at Powell's bookstore (7 p.m. Cedar...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

A Woman’s Moral DNA

You remember that old nursery rhyme, don't you? What are little boys made of? Snips...

March 2012

March 11, 2012

As Afghans lay sleeping

It's not quite My Lai but it is a nightmare nonetheless. An American soldier, reportedly...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Happy Birthday Hero Mama

Editor's note: Today is Mama's birthday. I thought I'd take this opportunity to share with...

December 2011

December 20, 2011

Who’s Sorry Now?

The government of North Korea released video of its people grieving the death of Kim...

December 18, 2011

What will you do with the gift?

  As headlines announce the withdrawal of troops in Iraq and as politicians tout victories...

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...

October 2011

October 23, 2011

The DNA of Evildoers

The most ghoulish scene Americans will see this season has absolutely nothing to do with...

August 2011

August 08, 2011

Holler of the Holies: The Hillbilly's Sanctuary

My buddy Gordon took this photo on April 16, 2007. I know the date because...

August 07, 2011

Recap from Homefront 911

I was at the Old Church in Portland for this event. Roger and the lovely...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

Portland's Old Church: August 5th

You've heard how nearly 10 years of war is affecting the troops. Homefront 911 tells...

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