by John D. Pierce | Dec 18, 2011 | Opinion
Photo by John Pierce. I only counted one of these in my backyard recently. By John Pierce A story in the local newspaper this morning was titled “Volunteers count when coming up with flock figures in Macon.” The article was about the annual Macon Christmas...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 16, 2011 | Opinion
A Relgion News Service article about how some American Jews handle the Christmas season is interesting. The perspectives within that faith tradition vary from not observing what is considered a distinctively Christian holiday to exchanging gifts stacked beneath a...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 10, 2011 | Opinion
Photo by John Pierce. Calvary Baptist Church in Denver, Colo.By John Pierce The strumming theologian Bocephus penned: “If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I don’t wanna go. If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I’d just as soon stay home. If...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 9, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Yesterday I received a phone call from a man who couldn’t give financially to support Baptists Today at this time but wanted me to know why. He expressed deep appreciation for the news journal, but shared that his wife’s extended poor health...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 2, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce The intriguing life of Margaret Mitchell was shared this week in an excellent Georgia Public Broadcasting production that will air nationally next spring. Amazingly, Gone With The Wind was her only novel. More amazingly, it has been released in more...
