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Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a recognition event for Chief Stephanie Good of the Orono Police Department. Chief Good is also leaving her position at the end of the year, however she is moving on to a position of Chief Deputy with the Hennepin County Sheriffs Office. She will be second in command in [...] One of my favorite books is The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau . Geared toward modern-day pilgrims looking for inspiration and a few spiritual tools for the road, this book combines stories, myths, parables and quotes from famous travelers of the past to help them focus on the purpose and intention [...] From all of us at Public Safety Ministries, Have a Very Merry Christmas and A Wonderful Holiday Season!!
Don’t forget to take some time on these busy days, to contemplate, to pray, to meditate or what ever it is you do that helps you calm and rest your soul. And don’t for get to say [...] Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association Board Meeting December 21, 2006 Dear God, We thank you today for this opportunity to gather in the spirit of law enforcement leadership. We ask for guidance as we carry out our leadership roles in this association. Specifically today we ask for strength, peace, wisdom and humility. Provide us Strength to endure [...] I woke at 4 this morning. I’m tired but can’t sleep. I spent about an hour trying to get back to sleep, watched the news a bit, looked at a couple of old movies, read a bit, but nothing worked. So I gave up and now I write. It’s not surprising that I can’t sleep. It [...] The Strib ran a story Saturday called “How Old Is Your Body?” It talks about a current trend where people can get a physical fitness assessment that determines the “age” of their body based on its condition rather that just the number of years it has existed. Wear and tear, illness, injury, diet and exercise [...] The Saturday edition of the Strib had an article titled “Choosing My Religion” in the Faith and Values section. It shared the stories of several people who had changed their religious practices. They had been brought up in a religion different from the one they now have “chosen” to practice. I was brought up an [...] The following is the invocation I offered at last Wednesday’s Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association December meeting. It was our second annual “retired Chief’s Luncheon”. Chief Dohman of the Maple Grove Police Department started the idea last year and it received great reviews. Now that I am retiring I hope that the tradition continues [...] I thought that my final few weeks at the EPPD would be sitting back and winding down and relaxing. Not last week, it was anything but. You see we had an officer involved shooting. I can’t share any details since we are going though all of the necessary checks and balances, administrative reviews and incident [...] I’m constantly on the look out for stories, articles and titles that are relevant to “spiritual fitness” and its underlying foundation of “Body, Mind and Soul”. Today I hit pay dirt with the following title of an article in the StarTribune: Faithfully minding body and soul And the article’s subtitle: Isanti County program combines exercise, faith and fellowship and [...] |
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