TMI: When does news become gossip?
Found the following at The Oregonian’s site tonight: Bob Caldwell, editor of The Oregonian’s editorial pages, was in the Tigard apartment of a 23-year-old woman when he went into cardiac arrest...
View ArticlePraying for Prescott
My daughter spent a couple of summers on a firefighting crew. I’ll be honest, it terrified me. The forests on these mountains surrounding us are dense. I’ve seen how one lightening strike can set a...
View ArticleIt’s My Birthday
It’s my birthday. The very first in my life without the woman who birthed me. I’d post one of those photos here. You know the kind with the mother kneeling beside her daughter or son, as they blow...
View ArticleBeneath a Rising Jesus
Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:5) It was Saturday and we were in church. A big city church sat back on one of Portland’s wooded corners. Imago Dei....
View ArticleDead Boy’s Devoted Daddy
Editor’s Note: I will no longer be blogging at Patheos. This is my permanent site. Please make note. And, thank you for sticking with me all these years. KarenZach.com has been my home for many years...
View ArticleDeath without a Funeral
This was going to be the blog post in which I announced that daughter Konnie and her husband are expecting wee ones. I had it all written in my mind. I was going to share with you how long a...
View ArticleWhen Women Gather Part II
My phone rang at 1 a.m. this morning – August 10th, 2014. I grabbed for it quick, thinking even through dark slumber: This cannot be a good thing. Why do we always think that when the phone rings...
View ArticleDeath with Dignity Branding
Death with Dignity. Such lyrical, poetic branding. I live in Oregon, home to the Death with Dignity laws, allowing terminally ill people the right to die when they want. To be clear this is not...
View ArticleItty Bits of Almost Nothing
Kentucky women aren’t supposed to be barren. It goes against every stereotype, every myth ever propagated. Sylvie Garcia reasoned she had to be some kind of genetic throwback to not be able to get...
View ArticleIt’s My Party
Today is my 59th birthday. I can hardly fathom it. I feel like I’ve finally mastered some game that has granted me access to a warp zone where everything goes faster, where the Novembers seem to bump...
View ArticleEarl’s Stupid Human Tricks
Sitting in the courtroom, listening to Earl’s momma lie through her pearly white teeth, Morgan wished upon her momma’s grave that she had not thrown out that book. She wished she’d read it...
View ArticleEveryday is a Jubilee for Each of Us
I was packing up my bags when the phone call came. It was somewhere around 7 a.m. but I’d been up an hour already. “Karen, looks like there might be a Jubilee going on.” “Oh, wow!” I said. “Really?”...
View ArticleRemembering That Which You Cannot Forget
Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Christmas 2012 originally titled Getting Mama Ready. In 1966, when we got word of my father’s death, it was my brother’s crying that frightened me most. The way...
View ArticleOur Brother Terry McGregor
DaNang, Vietnam with Sons & Daughters in Touch. Every now and then there are people we meet who change the trajectory of our lives in the most unexpected but eternally astounding ways. Terry...
View ArticleGood People Rise Up
If you read the headlines, you might come away with a warped view of the world. Michael Moore is screaming that Trump is going to get us all killed. Trump himself threatens nuclear war with North...
View ArticleDeath without a Funeral
This was going to be the blog post in which I announced that daughter Konnie and her husband are expecting wee ones. I had it all written in my mind. I was going to share with you how long a...
View ArticleWhen Women Gather Part II
My phone rang at 1 a.m. this morning – August 10th, 2014. I grabbed for it quick, thinking even through dark slumber: This cannot be a good thing. Why do we always think that when the phone rings...
View ArticleDeath with Dignity Branding
Death with Dignity. Such lyrical, poetic branding. I live in Oregon, home to the Death with Dignity laws, allowing terminally ill people the right to die when they want. To be clear this is not...
View ArticleItty Bits of Almost Nothing
Kentucky women aren’t supposed to be barren. It goes against every stereotype, every myth ever propagated. Sylvie Garcia reasoned she had to be some kind of genetic throwback to not be able to get...
View ArticleIt’s My Party
Today is my 59th birthday. I can hardly fathom it. I feel like I’ve finally mastered some game that has granted me access to a warp zone where everything goes faster, where the Novembers seem to bump...
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