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By Dan Carlson, on May 30th, 2007
After the well guy came to install my new pressure tank this morning, I figured I’d drive up to my folks cabin and cut the lawn since no one has been there for a couple of weeks. It is on Lake Sullivan, just west of Onamia Minnesota. It’s about a 2 hour drive [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 28th, 2007
Every year the City of Excelsior hosts a Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony. Over the years we’ve had a kid or two in the parade as Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts etc. This is the first year I’ve had office space on Water Street (as traditional a main street as you’ve [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 24th, 2007
As I sit this morning and sort through the things I need to do (I still don’t have a routine of comfort) I am preoccupied with broken stuff. Stuff around a 27 year old house, original house stuff that has lived a good long life, stuff we’ve been patching together through the wonders of [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 21st, 2007
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association Executive Board Meeting
051707
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 blessings upon the new leadership of this association. Let them know they [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 17th, 2007
If one picture equals……How about four?
Thanks for a great couple of days George, Scott and Marv!!!!!
By Dan Carlson, on May 10th, 2007
Today I write to you from a bench atop a hill in the Excelsior Commons overlooking Lake Minnetonka. My new office space can be best defined as “nomadic”. My true office is where-ever I settle in and do my work.
This is my bench today, and this is the view in several directions.
(remember to [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 7th, 2007
Sometimes we wonder if what we do in the law enforcement profession really matters. The simple answer to that is….Yes. Yesterday I attended a faith based fund raising event. I was invited by a friend of mine who I spent a week in New Orleans with last summer. It was a [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 4th, 2007
Yesterday I got to travel to Camp Ripley in a C130 Air Force cargo plane. As I have mentioned before, I represent the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association on the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Task Force. The task force was set up to support our Minnesota National Guard Troops by establishing a reintegration [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 3rd, 2007
Hennepin County Chiefs of Police Association
Meeting Invocation May 2, 2007
Dear God,
We thank you once again for this opportunity to gather in the spirit of Public Safety leadership. We ask that you bless the food we receive today as nourishment for our bodies, the information we receive as nourishment for our minds and the fellowship [...]
By Dan Carlson, on May 1st, 2007
Over the past three months I’ve had the opportunity to share my transition story, my ministry story, essentially my “faith story” on several occasions and to a variety of audiences and people. In doing so I have tried to navigate the best way to describe my identity, as well as the identity [...]
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