Today I had the honor to teach a class on “Creating a Culture of Resiliency” at the first Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Leadership Academy continuing education course at Franklin University. Every opportunity I get to spend with police officers is always a blessing. Today it was a special blessing. I…
True love is real! My wife and I have a blessed relationship that has resulted in 16 years of marriage and eight beautiful, wonderful, joy filled children. (Yes, you read that right, 8!) People often ask me, how do you find true love, or how do you find your soul…
Following our dreams can be a divisive subject. People like to talk about it in general terms, but when it comes time to act the momentum of the world and the opinions of others can stop us in our tracks. The moment we step out and follow a dream our…
A US Marine, Sgt. Merlin German, died April 11th, 2008. Sgt. German was burned over 95 percent of his body after a bomb blew up his humvee February 21, 2005 enroute to Ramadi, Iraq, he survived and after 17 months of treatment against all odds was able to move home.…
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer Stop a minute and ponder this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. NOT TO ACT IS TO ACT! When we see veterans suffering…
The other night I spoke at a candlelight vigil for victims of drunk driving crashes and drug overdoses. One of the first things that came to mind as I was preparing my talk were a couple lines from my late grandma’s favorite bible verse, Psalm 30:5: “weeping may endure for…
