by John D. Pierce | May 31, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Saturday morning coffee tastes the same as on other days of the week. But the overall feeling is a little different — with more contemplation of how to spend the hours ahead. Making efficient use of time has long been a priority for me — and a...
by John D. Pierce | May 24, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Vincent Harding, who established a Mennonite ministry of justice and reconciliation in Atlanta in the ’60s, and wrote speeches for Martin King Jr., and later a biography titled, Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero (1996, Orbis), died this week....
by John D. Pierce | May 22, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Back in March, a dramatic reading of the biblical text as part of worship provided new insight (or, at least, a new phrase) for me. The Gospel lesson for the first Sunday in Lent recalled the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness as found in Matthew...
by John D. Pierce | May 10, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce How is faithfulness defined or measured? Can one’s commitments be counted? If so, which ones? Some churchgoers of a particular generation or two remember the six-point offering envelopes that called one into account for certain actions considered to be...
by John D. Pierce | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Americans like the idea of having prayer at official public meetings — “as long as the public officials are not favoring some beliefs over others.” Such was the finding of a recent national survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind. In fact,...
