• Moses – Center or Sideline?
    March 16, 2025

    The east pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court building features Solon of Athens as a western lawgiver and Confucius of China as an eastern lawgiver. But In the center[...]

  • Whose 10 Commandments should we display?
    March 10, 2025

    “So how do you think a Jew would feel seeing that plaque?” a reporter once asked me about a 10 Commandments display. “Why don’t you ask Moses?” I responded.[...]

  • Recommended Reading: “The Escape Artist” by Jonathan Freedland
    January 22, 2025

    “The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World” written by Jonathan Freedland is a must read!  It is the riveting, fascinating, gripping story[...]

  • What Were They Thinking?
    September 17, 2024

    What was “who” thinking? The founding fathers of our Nation and framers of our Constitution. Constitution Day is September 17 – the day in 1787, when the Constitution of[...]

  • Religion of Love
    June 5, 2024

    "If your religion teaches you to hate people based on who they love, maybe it's time to find a new religion." This is a challenge on a picture that[...]

  • A Sacred Trust
    May 27, 2024

    [Transcript of speech delivered by Pastor Barry Nelson (First American Lutheran Church-Tripp and Hope Lutheran Church-Delmont) at the Memorial Day observance in Tripp, SD on May 29, 2023.  Pastor[...]