by John D. Pierce | Nov 16, 2009 | Opinion
Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell told me she found a FedEx package from the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) when she arrived at the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., yesterday. It contained a letter from GBC Executive Director J. Robert White, the mouthpiece of...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 14, 2009 | Opinion
Martina McBride is wrapping up “Do you see what I see?” when my car radio comes on early this morning. Then Bing Crosby starts to proclaim: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”No it’s not, Bing. It’s Nov. 14 with...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 12, 2009 | Opinion
Constant efforts by church leaders to meet their members’ personal tastes for worship styles and times can be exhausting. Tom Long, professor of preaching at Emory’s Candler School of Theology and author of Beyond the Worship Wars, has some good insights...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 9, 2009 | Opinion
The name on the sign at the busy intersection of Vineville and Pierce Avenues in Macon, Ga., will change this week as Tripp Martin, a gifted young minister, assumes the pastorate of historic Vineville Baptist Church. For most of the year it has been my great pleasure...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 7, 2009 | Opinion
This past week, our 6th-grader Abigail wrote in an essay that she enjoys going to Chattanooga, Tenn., because they have really good restaurants not found anywhere else. I agree.In fact, I’ve long bemoaned the loss of local flavor. Once a Chicago native suggested...
