by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce My mother never traveled overseas but her one global connection was a Dutch pen pal relationship formed when the two were schoolgirls. They never met (or talked by phone to my knowledge) but enjoyed this exclusively mail-based friendship well into...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce A tiny black-and-white image of Jack Harwell — in his younger, bespectacled days — was a weekly visitor to my family’s home in northwest Georgia. It was set within his allotted words on the editorial page of The Christian Index. Even many years...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Most of my time is spent looking ahead to an approaching deadline or planning the next event that is part of the expanding ministry of Nurturing Faith. However, I have taken some moments to reflect on what has happened in and through these efforts in...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 16, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Paul Baxley has long been called upon to serve in leadership roles within and beyond the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Today the pastor of First Baptist Church of Athens, Ga., was named the fourth executive coordinator of the 27-year-old network of...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 9, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce When learning of the death of Baptist statesman Jimmy R. Allen so many thoughts swirled through my mind that I decided to reflect for awhile before attempting to put them into words. A Texan who landed well in Georgia, Jimmy died on Jan. 8 at his...
