Opinion

As the calendar turns to August, we are getting closer to that time of year when kids go back to school. In South Dakota, our kids will be in classrooms this fall.

PHILIPPIANS 4:11 "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."(KJV) 1TIMOTHY 6:6 "But godliness with contentment is great gain.

I am currently reading “Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead, through the online book service that is provided by our library. This book is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize of 2020 for fiction. The following is a review written by “Goodreads”.

There’s a mystery along the Apple Tree Road in Bon Homme County that has stumped local historians for decades: the identities of six soldiers buried in the Bon Homme Cemetery, said to be members of Lt. Col.

Politicians are people, too. Unfortunately, in today’s highly partisan environment that can be hard to remember. Cable news fosters the idea that officeholders, especially those in the other party, are worthy of our derision, rather than our respect or empathy.

I rarely give hunting advice, and you know that I’m not a high tech guy when it comes to hunting or fishing. I don’t own a range finder or a computerized rifle scope, and I don’t use trail cameras or ozone scent machines.

PSALM 64:10 " The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory." (KJV) PSALM 68:3 "But let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice before God; let them exceedingly rejoice.

PSALM 67:1,2,3 "God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us Selah. That thy way be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise Thee, O God let all the people praise Thee.

Last Friday night I watched Jon Stewart's Political Comedy 'Irresistible’. The story is set in small-town Wisconsin. The community has recently suffered a devastating loss of their main employer. In response, a failed political consultant from Washington, D.C.

MATTHEW 15:7-9 "Ye hypocrites, well did Esias prophecy of you saying, this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and hounereth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. But in vain do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.