Karen Spears Zacharias - Latest Comments

Re: Two Sides of Creation

Tim — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:26:29 -0000

Creating things is such a great way to honor God and his creative nature, Karen. Thanks for pointing us to that. How do you think Ecc. 3 ties in with the desire to be creative rather than destructive or deconstructive?

Tim

Re: Two Sides of Creation

Shelby Spears — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:23:40 -0000

What a nice surprise

Re: Two Sides of Creation

Jeanne Damoff — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:44:34 -0000

LOVE this. And, yes, to magnifying God's beauty with our art, our lives, and our relationships. (We plan to be in Seattle in late June. Perhaps you might visit your Mama then?)

Re: Two Sides of Creation

April Terry — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:18:21 -0000

May we all keep seeking the beauty and continue to be co-laborers in His continued creation...

Re: Two Sides of Creation

Johnhaselton — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:52:52 -0000

blessings on you and all who "co-create" with God

Re: When Children set the Example

John in PDX — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:29:31 -0000

Young adults are interested in these things. I encourage them to ask the library for a copy.

Re: Raised by Lousy Moms

Marian Carcache — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00:57 -0000

Thank you, Karen, for saying what needs to be said, no matter how unpleasant or unpopular the subject may be -- and for managing to always, always say it eloquently.

Re: Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

Gloria — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:05 -0000

Thank you Karen for your powerful thought provoking post. Once again you have nailed it! You continue to inspire me and cause me to exam my own life to see if there is more I can be doing for others. Thank you for taking head on those issues others don't wish to discuss!

Re: Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

Sharon O — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:14:15 -0000

wow...you are so right on.
so hard to see a hallmark card that says 'you were always there'... yeah...
No...
there are no cards that say "thank you for giving me a reason to see a counselor for years on end suppose my life would have been different if you had been."
For some, mothers day and fathers day are not warm fuzzies.
They are hard to deal with for many who may read your words.

Re: Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

Tim — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:49:02 -0000

The mainstream acceptance of Fifty Shades of Grey reminds me of the same phenomenon in the 1970s with Deep Throat and Behind the Green Door. Couples were attending the movies, I think in a mistaken belief that it was somehow liberating to go to porn movies together. Fifty Shades now has women thinking that reading about BDSM, discussing it in book clubs, and perhaps even finding ways to act out their fantasies are the ticket to liberation.

Those women miss that for some people these are actually the ticket to the type of abuse you note here, Karen. Each of the scenarios you mention has been brought into my courtroom at one time or another over my 17 years as a judge. Judges deal with horrible horrible things all the time. We do the best we can with what the law allows and requires.

Tim

P.S. If anyone wants to see something I recently wrote at Think Christian on the effect of sex work on a family in America and on families in a village in India, just click on my name above for the link.

Re: Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

bossmanham — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:45:14 -0000

Death is too good for the perpetrators of this evil.

Re: Half-Baked Mama

Pat68 — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:15:19 -0000

Sharon, this morning on the news some of the salons in her area are saying they will ban her, while the salon that she goes to has not taken quite as strong a stance. Reportedly, they just told her to cool it for a while.

Re: Half-Baked Mama

Pat68 — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:13:51 -0000

True. I've gotten really tired of the media interviews of Octomom. She's another one that clearly needs help. Why continue giving her what she craves--attention? Or better yet, why not give her the attentions she craves in the privacy of a psychiatrist's office vs. a t.v. studio?

Re: Fifty Shades of Grey: Masturbation of the Mind

April Terry — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:03:02 -0000

That was hard to read. I don't even know what to say, but I'm glad you said it.

Re: This one is for you, Katie Couric

Gloria — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:05 -0000

WOW! From the mouth of a child! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful post with us Karen. Safe travels.

Re: This one is for you, Katie Couric

Loretta gillespie — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34:50 -0000

Friends and neighbors! Be forewarned that anything you say in front of Karen is likely to wind up in a book, article, blog or facebook post! lol
She was wonderful in Cullman, although all who needed to be there weren't ...every doctor, nurse, baby sitter, day care worker, teacher, coach, Sunday school teacher, lawyer, or neighbor of a child needs to hear her message and read 'A Silence of Mockingbirds; Memoir of a Murder' ....it could give you the strength to be 'One With Courage' (google it)

Re: This one is for you, Katie Couric

SimplyDarlene — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:48:20 -0000

good story, miss karen

(you can tell your man G that i would not have opened the door for her any day of the week, then again that's just me)

* gotta love a store with a pitchfork...

Re: Half-Baked Mama

Sharon O — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:45:26 -0000

I so agree with you, and doesn't the tanning business have a responsibility to tell her she is tanning too much or is it all about money? She needs therapy in a big way.

Re: Ann Voskamp speaks out for Silence…

Sharon O — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:12:57 -0000

Ann Voskamp is totally beautiful and with a voice sharing a depth of 'faith' we all would hope for.

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

AFRoger — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:46:02 -0000

Sunday evening as we gather for worship and prayer, it will be the beginning of our sixth year of sharing sacred space, prayer, a Holy Meal, and a hearty meal with people who have come from all walks of life and find themselves in the corners and crosswalks of a city. It's not just the people we've stereotypically assigned to these spaces in our thinking. It's now a grandmother with her precious granddaughter, a mom with her two energetic pre-teens, an Iraq War vet with one active prescription med for every year of his life before he entered the Army: 23. It's the 40-something man who just lost his mother to a heart attack leaving him as much in need of a hug as any toddler at bedtime.

The world does not suffer from too little wealth but from too little love. She sang it well back during the Vietnam War: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of..." Jesus promised, and I'm holding him accountable to keep it. It's all I have to give, all I can count on, really. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

Sharon O — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:39:15 -0000

wow...
it is so sad. no wonder Jesus said 'let the children come to me' he knew they had no voice and he had to be it for them. Lord may we be the voice too when we can be bold enough to do it.

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

Gloria — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:17:39 -0000

Once again you have brought me to my knees which is exactly where I am suppose to be anyway. Thank you for this. Safe travels!

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

Tim — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:57:54 -0000

One of the first sex abuse trials I presided over(back in the 90s) involved a stepfather who was discovered only when the girl got pregnant after 15 months of continual abuse; he's now serving a 138 year sentence. Another trial from years ago involved a boyfriend who killed a 3 year old boy; the boyfriend got convicted by a jury and sentenced to life in prison.

Some children face horrible, horrible situations every day. Thanks for shedding light on this dark world of abuse, Karen.

Tim

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

deana — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:20:32 -0000

yes...yes...God always answers...His love brings peace over and over and over.

Hugs to you Karen

Re: The Whys and Whats of God

Fiddlepeg — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:45:16 -0000

Yes. "WHAT" is the right question. The only question God promises to answer. WHAT do you want me to do?

I have plenty of food, a house - even a car (which, when you get right down to it, is NOT a necessity). I have peace (well, most of the time). And I have the love of God. By my choice, I can "pay it forward." Or lose it.

I can spend my minutes and hours, my money, my emotional energy to lift up "the least of these." I can be diligent in observation and assertive to protect. Or I can sit around on my fat backside thanking God for my blessings and feeling good about myself. My choice.
God, WHAT do you want me to do? And btw, please give me the courage to take the first step!