An Office “On The Road”

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 [...]

A Memorial Day Tradition

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 [...]

Broken Stuff (but don’t forget to exercise)

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 [...]

An Invocation: MCPA 05/17/07

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 [...]

Yup, Still Here, Been Fishin’

If one picture equals……How about four?

Thanks for a great couple of days George, Scott and Marv!!!!!

Realizing the Dream

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 [...]

Chalk Up 2 for “Order” and “Peace”

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 [...]

A Ride on a C130!

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 [...]

An Invocation: HCCPA 050207

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 [...]

My Faith Identity

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 [...]