Waking up (at) Yellowstone

Waking up (at) Yellowstone

By John D. Pierce Yellowstone is waking up from its long winter nap. The snow is beginning to melt and the animals are starting to move about. The park’s summer splendor is early in the making. What if you (yes, YOU) woke up on a cool summer morning to the...

How Churches Must Move Forward on LGBTQ Debate

The debate taking place within churches across denominational lines regarding the inclusion of LGBTQ individuals and their relationships is more than familiar by now. On one side, there are traditionalists arguing in favor of maintaining the church’s position of...
‘All God’s children’ is more than a slogan

‘All God’s children’ is more than a slogan

By John D. Pierce We must never think of ourselves as more important than others. There is no such thing as a menial person regardless of the task he or she may perform. That includes those who cook and serve our food, drive our buses or cabs, or clean our rooms. In...

Think Twice When You Rationalize Your Moral Outrage

Moral outrage is the antithesis of morality. Yet it’s everywhere present in our world today and is everywhere rationalized on the basis of God and truth. We live in a world awash in moral outrage. Everywhere, individuals and groups are indignant and morally...