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I have always had a soft spot for animals, and I’m blaming my lack of getting much done lately on a pair of brown eyes belonging to our last little black lab who hasn’t found a new home yet. The …
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By Amy Halverson
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8/30/23
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In the first half of Acts chapter 17, we see that the Apostle Paul preached the gospel in two different places and got two different results. Have you ever been part of a conversation where two …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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8/30/23
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In the first half of Acts chapter 17, we see that the Apostle Paul preached the gospel in two different places and got two different results. First, he preached in Thessalonica, which was a larger …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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8/23/23
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The same Iowa reader with a ZEN sense of humor included a second installment. Enjoy. 1. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably a wise investment. 2. If you tell the …
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By Jim Thompson
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8/23/23
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The young woman’s gaze swept across the room in front of her, the single room in which she would teach her sixteen students. Most had attended country school last year, but there would be a few new …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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8/23/23
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With school starting, I thought it would be a good time to share some easy breakfast tips for those busy mornings when the children are hungry, but there is no time to make a big breakfast. The best …
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By Amy Halverson
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8/23/23
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Assuring effective health care to a population is a challenge for every society. As care options become more complex — and expensive — the challenges increase. In the U.S., both the organization …
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By Tom Dean, MD
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8/23/23
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I didn’t think I’d find so much Jesus at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. He’s everywhere all the time, but I didn’t expect to feel his presence at a pancake breakfast at the Buffalo Chip. He …
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By Kristi Noem
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8/16/23
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I got this from an Iowa reader, someone with a weird sense of humor! The zen of sarcasm 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside …
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By Jim Thompson
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8/16/23
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What would you say is the most important question in the world today? What is the one question that it is absolutely imperative that we, as a human race, must find the answer? If we went out on the …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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8/16/23
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It took my eyes a few seconds to adjust to the darkness as I stepped inside. Tiny dust moats danced in sunbeams that flickered through the windows. There was just enough light to see the bales and …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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8/16/23
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Hail was the theme for last week. First the hailstorm, and then a Halestorm concert. I could have done without the first hailstorm, which caught us by surprise and did some pretty bad damage to the …
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By Amy Halverson
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8/16/23
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Here it is - August. Summer has flown by, and already, there is Halloween candy filling the shelves of Walmart. For most of us, August also brings the normal adjustment of transitioning back to the …
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By Nikki Eining, CSW-PIP, QMPH
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8/16/23
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South Dakotans are proud people. We are proud of our upbringing, our small-town values and our old-fashioned work ethic. There is one thing, though, that we South Dakotans are prouder of than …
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By Kristi Noem
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8/9/23
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In nearly every memory of my mom, she is wearing an apron. She wore that homemade cotton garment whether she was cooking, cleaning, feeding the chickens or helping Dad repair the corn picker. My …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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8/9/23
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Who am I? It’s a question we all ask ourselves at one point or another. Some of us find ourselves asking that question several times throughout our lives. In a world where we are encouraged to let …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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8/9/23
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My garden has been looking extra special lately. I’m finally keeping up with the weeds, getting some produce and having lots of extra, unexpected color. Weeding out the garden was going in spurts, …
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By Amy Halverson
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8/9/23
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High costs and shortages of pharmaceuticals are serious, on-going issues. Drug prices in the United States are among the highest in the world. A recent survey by the Rand Corporation looked at drug …
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By Tom Dean, MD
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8/9/23
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Since I like this poem so much, and since it means so much to me, I can assume that I've shared it prior to this. Nonetheless, the meaning is so important that it's worth a repeat. No extra charge :) …
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By Jim Thompson
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8/9/23
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The United States of America was created because of a sense of hope. Our founders had the hope that one day we would be a nation of greatness, of self-governance and of freedom. In too many …
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By Kristi Noem
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8/2/23
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