Prose / Poetry

I have three adult children, two of whom are boys that refer to me as Pops. Their term of endearment makes me beam with delight. My children sustained decades of highs and lows as a law [...]

Experiencing the candlelight vigil during Police Week is a powerful experience. Counting the cost of lives maimed, murdered, and marooned is the least we can do. We honor the wounded and remember [...]

Tragedy strikes the law enforcement family far more than normal. We grieve and then move forward in our life as community gatekeepers. But what follows death? Anything? Nothing? Heaven? Hell? The [...]

  When God has my heart, he has my mind; When he has my mind, he has my thoughts; When he has my thoughts, he has my actions; When he has my actions, he has my obedience; When he has my [...]

  The Bugler Plays Taps   Men of gallantry Women of courage Bravery in combat Never discouraged   Fighting with valor Flying with nerve Spines that were daring Limbs filled with [...]

As I’ve prepared to bring the gospel to Muslim refugees in Germany, I’ve done considerable study regarding culture and how it will affect our effort. Sitting with my philosophical thoughts one [...]

I stumbled across a poem that I wrote during a small crisis about fifteen years ago. While reading it, I recognized that 11 of 15 things mentioned were from nature. This was not intentional, but [...]

I recently wrote the prose, “Gracious Redemption,” while pouring out my heart to the Lord in prayer. It is filled with instruction from the greatest philosopher of all time, Jesus Christ, so you [...]

On September 12, 2001, we collectively vowed as a nation to take into account all that happened the previous day. “We will never forget,” read signs from coast to coast. FDNY and NYPD ball caps [...]

“Gatekeepers and Guardians”        What is a police officer? Today’s law enforcement professionals are male and female. They are black, white, and every shade in between just as God created. [...]