by John D. Pierce | Mar 26, 2009 | Opinion
It has long been said that crime doesn’t pay. Yet some suburban Atlanta officials have discovered that good behavior does not pay well either.According to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, five towns in Gwinnett County, Ga., are cutting out or back...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2009 | Opinion
Most families with special needs children do not receive the nurture, support and care of a local congregation. That’s what my friend Bill Neal, president of Developmental Disabilities Ministries, told me recently.The reason, he explained, is that most churches...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 20, 2009 | Opinion
If you are in the area — or want to come gaze at some of Macon, Georgia’s gazillion cherry blossoms on display this time of year — there is a good place to spend your Sunday evening. Singer-songwriter Kyle Matthews will give a concert at Mount Zion Baptist...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 19, 2009 | Opinion
Dried fruits and assorted nuts have become my favorite snack in recent weeks. Nestled in the grocery display among the cranberries, raisins and mango was a bag touting “Premium Pitted Dried Plums.”It took me a moment to realize these were prunes. Clearly...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 14, 2009 | Opinion
How’s this for commitment? Doug Maag taught a college Sunday school class at Wieuca Road Baptist Church in Atlanta from 1964 until 1998. And it was more than a Sunday morning duty.”Those were blessed days,” the 90-year-old Texan told me one afternoon...
