by John D. Pierce | May 4, 2021 | Opinion
My great-grandfather, Calvin Berry Pierce, was a strapping man who wasn’t particularly patient, so my dad told me during one of our front porch conversations many years ago. Therefore, I’m living proof that a less-than-positive trait can travel at least four...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 30, 2021 | Opinion
By the nature of the work, some occupations have a continuous, negative impact on society. Think of the unscrupulous payday lenders who exploit vulnerable working people with abusive interest rates, which the Bible soundly condemns, or manipulative phone scammers who...
by Paul Lewis | Jan 13, 2021 | Opinion
Politicians and pundits ponder what a fitting response should be to the storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6. Some say we should impeach the president again, remove him from office by invoking the 25th Amendment or pursue both. Others say that either course would be...
by Tyrone Keels | Jun 25, 2020 | Opinion
I find myself conflicted about the mosaic mass of people protesting against racial discrimination and the equitable treatment of African Americans by law enforcement. While I am elated that white Americans are beginning to see what we as African Americans have seen...
by Colin Holtz | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion
When William Wilberforce mounted a decades-long campaign to ban slavery in the British Empire, his deep evangelical piety sustained him. When Ida B. Wells risked her life to expose the horrors of lynching, she did so out of a faith in a crucified God. Oscar Romero was...
