As I build this site, my focus is primarily on content rather than style or aesthetics (much like my life if you’ve ever seen my wardrobe). However, I am trying to give this page a nice look and I have some control over “decorating” the site. So I thought I’d dress up the site with [...]
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Like most people, I’ve got several books I’m reading or intending to read. Both of these were recommended to me by friends, and from just skimming them they look like they have some good “spiritual fitness” stuff in them. If you’ve read them and have an opinion I’d love to hear it. I’d like to [...] One of the purposes of this website is to collect and disseminate stories. I’ve done some work as a police chief promoting practices and systems of information / intelligence collection and dissemination. These fusion centers focus on receiving information, analyzing it and disseminating it as intelligence that can be applied in our public safety operations. [...] I was considering making a Thanksgiving post today, just a general holiday greeting. As I checked my e-mails this morning I was greeted with the following letter. So instead, I say thank you for this wonderful Thanksgiving Day gift. And a very special thanks to all who protect and serve and spend their days (even [...] Well my time with the EPPD is nearing its end. Another few weeks of work, a bit of time off around the holidays, then back to the office for a week or so to clean out the place. Then my 25 years with the department ends. I pulled an old book off my shelf the other [...] As I posted a couple of days ago, I just attended a mens two day retreat through my church. The thing I like most about the retreat is the stories, and how these stories inspire me. Before I share some of these stories, I though I should explain how important the idea of storytelling is [...] Today I write from the Dunn Brothers in Hudson Wisconsin. I am attending an annual mens retreat with my home church Mt. Calvary Lutheran. I snuck away for a bit to connect to the internet and make this post. For the past seven years we have traveled to the YMCA Camp St. Croix for a [...] The following is the invocation I shared at yesterday’s Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association Executive Board Meeting.
Dear God,
We thank you today for this opportunity to gather in the spirit of law enforcement leadership. We ask [...] One of the things that has always intrigued me is where we spend our time. As police chief I spend a lot of time at my desk at the EPPD. As I write this post I’m sitting at my desk at home. I also have a desk at my new PSMInc office in downtown Excelsior [...] A few days ago I posted a story “A House With Four Rooms”. When I posted it I had read it but not really reflected on it. I consciously visit all four rooms as often as I can, and am pretty good at getting to each one daily, if only to “air it out”. But [...] Dan Carlson is currently serving as Police Chief for the City of Eden Prairie Minnesota. He has announced his retirement from police service, effective January 2007, to pursue a second career in the ministry. His 25 year career in law enforcement and his passion for the concept of spiritual fitness training [...] Yes, at some point I’ll need to spend some time raising money for the ministry, but this morning I had a great opportunity and a great experience raising something more important, awareness. The mission of Public Safety Ministries is To Promote Spiritual Fitness in the Public Safety Professions. There are three basic components to promoting [...] This website is an outreach project of Public Safety Ministries. Is is intended to be an active and ever changing site that is updated on a daily basis. It utilizes a weblog format that encourages response to postings and other information shared. Just like with physical fitness, the pursuit of spiritual fitness requires regular participation in a personalized exercise program [...] Yesterday Father Tim, a friend and adviser, gave me the following story adapted from “A House with Four Rooms” by Rumer Godden. A house with four rooms Imagine a house with four rooms: One room is a fully equipped kitchen, stocked with every kind of delicious food and wine. Another room is a quiet library, furnished with comfortable chairs [...] Click here to see todays post on my EPPD Chiefs weblog |
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