by John D. Pierce | May 1, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Roswell, New Mexico is best known — or vaguely known, at least — for a 1947 UFO incident, some 75 miles from town, that flooded the area with conspiracy theories rather than green aliens. Some hotels and restaurants along North Main Street still play...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 24, 2018 | Opinion
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...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 23, 2018 | Opinion
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...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 19, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce We no longer have to speculate. And what many of us have suspected is true. We’ve wondered why Jesus — who offered expansive grace, a counter-cultural life and incisive teachings as part of revealing God and modeling how his followers are to live —...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 5, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Every funeral I attended as a child — and I attended way too many — included some warbling rendition of “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me.” I hate that song. I associate it with the sight of waxy, dead, unknown distant relatives and the smell of flower...
