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 John D. Pierce | Dec 10, 2011 | Opinion
Photo by John Pierce. Calvary Baptist Church in Denver, Colo.By John Pierce The strumming theologian Bocephus penned: “If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I don’t wanna go. If heaven ain’t a lot like Dixie, I’d just as soon stay home. If...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 2, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce The intriguing life of Margaret Mitchell was shared this week in an excellent Georgia Public Broadcasting production that will air nationally next spring. Amazingly, Gone With The Wind was her only novel. More amazingly, it has been released in more...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 29, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Although not an educator by training, I keep wondering about the degree to which critical analysis can be taught or at least nurtured. Why? Because, obviously, independent thinking is in short supply. When reading online publications and forums that...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 26, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce As we all know, Jesus was born about two millennia ago — surrounded by his young parents, a disgruntled innkeeper, a donkey, three wisemen and some startled shepherds. That happened some 4,000 years after God created everything in the whole world...
