by John D. Pierce | Mar 15, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Few things are as rare as a changed mind. Everyone seems to buy into a particular ideology and defend it regardless of faults or facts. Often professing Christians are the most rigid and defensive by attributing divine endorsements to weak but...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 13, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It’s a big “What if?” for sure. Huge, in fact. But just imagine the mouth-gaping, head-spinning, outrageous response if the president actually had an honest-to-God spiritual conversion. What if he humbly conveyed to the nation and world one day that...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 12, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Productivity often defines my day as being “good.” There is a sense of satisfaction that comes from work well done. And the more that gets checked off the to-do list, the better. There are also those “good” days that begin with abandoning the laptop...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 6, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce At hotel check-in time I am profusely thanked for being “elite” as well as loyal. A new rewards program has designated my status as “titanium” now, not merely “platinum.” Even the plastic key and paper holder that let me find and enter my...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 26, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce “I’m a believer that the church has to transform the culture, not the culture transforming the church,” said Pastor Jeff Kersey of Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Lexington, S.C., speaking in opposition to equality for LGBTQ persons. Where have...
