by John D. Pierce | Aug 22, 2009 | Opinion
When not reporting an accident or construction slowdown, the overhead interstate signs in Georgia often give this message in yellow-lighted block letters:REAL-TIME TRAVEL INFOCALL 511ANYWHERE IN GEORGIAMy witty 11-year old mentally moved the hyphen and joked:...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 20, 2009 | Opinion
When Typhoon Morakot dealt a devastating blow to Taiwan earlier this month, Baptist leaders knew where to turn for help. Baptist World Aid (BWAid) sent an initial gift of $10,000 to the Chinese Baptist Convention to enable local Baptists to better assist victims...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 18, 2009 | Opinion
Much of the wide diversity in church life comes from the ways we see Jesus. There are different lenses through which we view the central figure of our faith.In his new novel, South of Broad, Pat Conroy has his fictionalized characters driving into the mountains of...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 15, 2009 | Opinion
During one of her physical therapy visits in this sticky-hot summer weather of central Georgia, my wife entered a home without air conditioning. The patient, an older woman, was relaxing on the sofa as Christmas music played in the background.”Did it...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 13, 2009 | Opinion
In the barrage of emails received so far this week, was one from a publicist promoting a new self-published book about biblical prophecy found in “the Books of Daniel and Revelations,” as the publicist put it.(My astute friend Mark Parnell once noted that...
