by John D. Pierce | Jan 24, 2009 | Opinion
In a her church newsletter column, pastor Julie Pennington-Russell of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., reported on an early January visit by representatives of the Georgia Baptist Convention. (I will have a more complete news story early next week.)It was the...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2009 | Opinion
The soup and salad were just fine, but I chose to have lunch at Applebee’s on Tuesday for two other reasons.I wanted to find a place with televisions and to be among some African Americans. From a recent lunch meeting there, I recalled that young black women...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
When my family moved to Macon, Ga., nine years ago, a friend who had spent several years here told me: “It is everything right about the South and everything wrong about the South.”The same, I’m sure, could be said about other places. But I’ve...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2009 | Opinion
My foray into journalism came when high school friend Nancy Poston invited me to join the 1974 yearbook staff. My specialty was pretending to sell ads while picnicking and playing with friends at Wilder Tower in Chickamauga National Military Park.Vocationally,...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 13, 2009 | Opinion
Fernwood Baptist Church celebrated 50 years of ministry in Spartanburg, S.C., on Sunday. It was my pleasure to share in that grand occasion.I joked with them about moving my membership there since “apparently churches in this area welcome non-resident...
