by John D. Pierce | Dec 11, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce For a brief moment today I was 10 years old again. Mesmerized by the animated window displays at Miller Brothers Department Store in Chattanooga and soaking up all the excitement of the Christmas season, and wondering how to spend the whole quarter my...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 8, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce Thirty years ago, a group of Berry College students and I spent a week in Harlem working with children and assisting in a ministry center down on the Lower East Side. Each night, after our various adventures in NYC, we would gather at the corner of West...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce The day Sky King came to town is a special childhood memory. Not often could a youngster meet a real, television hero in person. So my family paid a visit to Brainerd Village, a popular retail destination beyond the downtown Chattanooga department...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 16, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce The Gospel is too big for us. It calls us to do things we are unwilling to do. Love our enemies? It’s hard enough to love all of our family and friends. Do not store up treasures on earth? But what about a comfortable retirement? If we...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 11, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce In our fast-paced, high-tech living there are moments when we yearn for simpler times. At least, I do. My own upbringing was pretty simple. Life revolved around home, church, school and community events (like Boy Scouts and Little League) with a small...
