by John D. Pierce | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
Getting away with family is important. So I am grateful for a spring break trip to the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee last week. Overall, I give myself a B+ for shutting out work — which was kept to a minimum. The greatest asset was the absence of an Internet...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 28, 2009 | Opinion
The name John Henry Moss may not ring familiar — like Ted Williams, Tommy Lasorda or Orlando Cepeda — to baseball fans at large. But his contributions to America’s pastime are of no less significance. For 50 years, he was president of the South Atlantic League...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 26, 2009 | Opinion
It has long been said that crime doesn’t pay. Yet some suburban Atlanta officials have discovered that good behavior does not pay well either.According to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, five towns in Gwinnett County, Ga., are cutting out or back...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2009 | Opinion
Most families with special needs children do not receive the nurture, support and care of a local congregation. That’s what my friend Bill Neal, president of Developmental Disabilities Ministries, told me recently.The reason, he explained, is that most churches...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 20, 2009 | Opinion
If you are in the area — or want to come gaze at some of Macon, Georgia’s gazillion cherry blossoms on display this time of year — there is a good place to spend your Sunday evening. Singer-songwriter Kyle Matthews will give a concert at Mount Zion Baptist...
