This is an excerpt from the chapter, “Field Training Officer.” As discipline, there were a few shifts in which I drove my car and made him sit in thepassenger seat. For an eager recruit, this is a tough sentence. Eventually, Recruit Brian started to come around. After our three weeks together, I felt that he […]
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This is an excerpt from the chapter, “Field Training Officer.” There was another recruit that had struggled to get through the police academy. His previous three FTO’s had all wanted to kill him. They gave him to me as his last hope. The Major told me, “Feel free to wash him out if he doesn’t improve.”
I have a confession to make. I am an addict. I have gotten addicted to listening to podcasts. It started innocently enough. I would go to the library and check out books on CD to listen to as I drove around at work. Then it progressed to downloading college and seminary lectures and burning them to a
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Tim Irwin’s book, Derailed, is not your normal book on Leadership. He doesn’t give three steps to becoming a more visionary leader. He doesn’t tell the reader how to motivate the people in their organization. Instead, Irwin deals with the most overlooked aspect of leadership, the leader’s character. Derailed provides six case studies of high profile CEOs who were either fired
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It seems like every few years, another one comes along. You know, a Christian “prophet” who has figured out exactly when Jesus is coming back. In the 70’s, it was Hal Lindsey. His Late, Great Planet Earth sold more than any other book, Christian or secular in that decade. While not giving a specific date, he made
Who do you enjoy following on Twitter? Here is the rest of my Top Ten. OK, it turned into a Top Twelve list! 6. Jim Powell @Jim_Powell Baseball season is here! Jim Powell is one of the Atlanta Braves play-by-play guys. He tweets pretty extensively during the season, and often tweets during the games that he
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Recently, I have had a few people that are new to Twitter asking me for some “Follow” suggestions. Feel free to add some of your own favorites. Here is my Top Ten list: Michael Hyatt @MichaelHyatt He is easily my Number One. As the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing, he knows a thing or two about
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Francis Chan’s book, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, seems to be aimed at the non-Charismatic/non Pentecostal segments of the Church. It provides a basic theological and practical introduction to the person and work of the Holy Spirit. The heart of Chan’s message is that the Church as a whole has
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The weakest area of Chan’s book is his neglect of really developing the many ways that we are led by the Spirit. In his effort to not appear overly “charismatic,” Chan avoids almost all mention of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. He seems to come down squarely in the non-Charismatic camp that says, “If God wants to
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I love this time of year. Spring is right around the corner. Spring Training has started and baseball is almost here. What I hate about this time of year, though, is having to see story after story about various player’s contract negotiations. I really don’t care that many players will make more money in a year than most people
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