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 Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 17, 2011 | Opinion
Politics is known for making odd bedfellows, and a current campaign offers a good illustration: the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is encouraging support for new Environmental Protection Agency regulations calling for lower mercury levels that some members of...
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 Roger Thomas | Dec 16, 2011 | Opinion
Somewhere along the way, adultery became acceptable. For a while almost every Democrat who ran for president seemed to be surrounded by the rumor of infidelity. Now, assuming Newt Gingrich gets the nomination for president, the Republicans will have nominated two...
by James L. Evans | Dec 16, 2011 | Opinion
For several years I have fluctuated between annoyance and amusement over the so-called “battle for Christmas.” To read the propaganda put out by certain faith ministries, you would think a full-scale war had been declared on the Christian faith by secular...
by Chuck Warnock | Dec 15, 2011 | Opinion
Small churches are concerned about a lot of things including growth, finances and ministry programs. But one issue seems to cut across all of these small church concerns – sustainability. Small churches often do not ask the question, “How are we going to sustain...
