by John D. Pierce | Jun 1, 2020 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Decades ago, at my home church, the pastoral prayer would be followed by the choir’s soft refrain: “Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord; incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace.” Those long-buried words were resurrected from...
by John D. Pierce | May 18, 2020 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Asking, “How was church last Sunday?” has a whole new connotation. The answer is likely to have a technical dimension. Curses, biblical and otherwise, rained down on Zoom’s unfaithfulness yesterday. Other online services were delivered as advertised....
by John D. Pierce | May 15, 2020 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It was lunchtime in Rome, Ga., in 1980. I was living on a meager intern’s stipend so a Big Mac was the day’s sustenance. An older man at the neighboring table started a conversation. I was young, and had not yet learned to tell such strangers that I...
by John D. Pierce | May 13, 2020 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Rebellion never came easy for me — so I lived it vicariously through music by Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. I wore a groove through a 45-rpm record of “Mama Tried” — although I turned 21 approaching college graduation, not “in...
by John D. Pierce | May 5, 2020 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Since announcing the formation of Good Faith Media we have been buoyed by the widespread interest and affirmation. This new venture brings together the varied media and experiential resources of Nurturing Faith and EthicsDaily. However, the sum of...
