by John D. Pierce | Jun 19, 2010 | Opinion
Seated next to me at the Atlanta Braves game on Tuesday night was a true fan hailing from Cedartown, Ga. He cheered on the home team with a distinct Northwest Georgia accent that would blend in at one of my family reunions.Like me, he knew (better than the future Hall...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 16, 2010 | Opinion
There was a time — a long time — when much of my personal and professional identity was tied to being a Southern Baptist. Today I keep up with my former denominational home from a detached journalistic perspective only.The truth is that the Southern Baptist Convention...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 15, 2010 | Opinion
Creativity in charitable fundraising is be admired. And I’ve witnessed some wild ideas from my many years of hanging around college students.Typically, I don’t drop money in a bucket being pushed toward my car window at an intersection. I prefer seeing a...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 12, 2010 | Opinion
A few months ago my good friends Betty and Raymond Hall gave me a copy of Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court. When the legendary basketball coach died on June 4, at age 99, I revisited some of his insights.In the book, Coach John...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 10, 2010 | Opinion
Truer words have not been spoken than those from Colleen Burroughs upon accepting the nomination as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.“It’s much easier to have an opinion about how someone else should lead than it is to actually lead...
