by John D. Pierce | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion
A 5-year-old boy politely greeted the octogenarian couple at the door and escorted them to a table with Bingo cards. His peers came by to offer cake and other treats. Vineville Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., where I will turn over the pulpit to Tripp Martin in a few...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 26, 2009 | Opinion
Never have I passed a BBQ joint (the AP Stylebook insists that “barbecue” is the proper journalistic spelling however) that did not claim to have been voted the best.One must wonder how this can be. Not one place proclaims having come in a close second.Now...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 24, 2009 | Opinion
Bruce Gourley, the Montana-based web editor for Baptists Today, commented to me yesterday that the stories posted at our web site “are among the most interesting … I’ve seen in a while.” Then he added: “Several of which I could not have...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 22, 2009 | Opinion
The number of female pastors in the U.S. has doubled over the past 10 years according to research by the Barna Group. A Religion News Service story on the report is posted at Baptists Today. As expected, the growth has occurred primarily in mainline Protestant...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 19, 2009 | Opinion
My short life as a Yankee began when Alamo “upgraded” me to a Pontiac Vibe at the Richmond airport this week. It went like this:Rental car clerk: “You reserved an economy car. Is that still OK?”Me: “Yes.”Rental car clerk (softly...
