by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 6, 2014 | Opinion
It has been many years since I watched Sesame Street, but I can still sing all the words to “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?” If I recall correctly, they would sing it before introducing a video clip about people who work at different occupations,...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 2, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce [Note: My brother, Robert Franklin Pierce Jr., was a minister in the North Georgia Conference of United Methodists. He died Sept. 1 after years of struggling with a variety of health concerns. These are some of my reflections on our growing up...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 29, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Someday I hope to meet Rembrant (Rem) Stokes. I’ve learned a lot from him already. One of his Clemson University classmates of old shared with me a copy of Rem’s book, Cultivating Generosity: Giving What’s Right, Not What’s Left (LifeRich Publishing,...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 27, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Eight spaces are available to tour Israel, Nov. 6-17, with Tony Cartledge, an excellent Bible scholar and writer of the Nurturing Faith Bible Studies, and Doron Heiliger, one of Israel’s most experienced and sought-after guides. Historian Bruce Gourley...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 7, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce A recent coffee-shop conversation led me to note that Jesus was not very socially acceptable. American Christians, in general, have domesticated the Son of God into someone less offensive than the real one — whose offenses included loving the unlovely,...
