I Should Learn Something From This

May 2, 2010 Leave a Comment

Donald Miller has a great post over at his blog on civil discourse.

There must be truth, but there must also be acceptance, regardless of whether somebody disagrees. This methodology frees the person to make an objective decision. When we become angry or condescending we take the truth and wrap it in a toxic-candy shell and get frustrated when people don’t like it. Truth wrapped in grace is more easily digested.

In today’s very polarized climate, it seems very hard to say anything without pissing someone off. I have been guilty of adding to the rancor by some of my snarky blog posts, Facebook & Tumblr updates, and comments. For this I apologize.

Principals of civil dialogue from Donald Miller.

  1. Truth is not My Truth, it’s Just Truth
  2. Methodology is Part of the Message
  3. Without a Loving Heart, I am Like a Clanging Cymbal
  4. The Other Person has Sovereignty
  5. I Could be Wrong

The whole post is worth the read. I’ll try to take it to heart.

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NaNoWriMo Fail

November 20, 2009 Leave a Comment

While I started off with great intentions to complete the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) contest and complete a 50,000 word novel in a month, I am not going to be able to complete it. The first day I got about 3,500 words written and was well on my way to my goal. However, events in the very first week conspired against me and I began to fall farther and farther behind. By the end of the first week it was clear that I wasn’t going to make it.

That being said it was not a total bust. For some time I have been blogging on a work related blog called The Crime Analyst’s Blog. I have been fortunate enough to get some attention from a couple of prominent bloggers who blog on crime analysis or criminal justice issues. As I have continued to blog, my blog statistics have continued to grow. A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a crime and criminal justice website and offered an opportunity to become a regular contributor and write articles for their site The Crime Map.

There is an old adage that says “write what you know”. With 19 years in law enforcement I suppose it’s only fitting that I take that advice. I posted my first article for The Crime Map here. It’s exciting for me as I love to write and want to be able to do more than just annoy my friends on Facebook with my rants.

While I’ll chalk this year’s NaNoWriMo up as a loss, the new contributor gig goes in the win column.

Cheers,

Scott D

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Don Miller’s New Book

June 10, 2009 Leave a Comment

Donald Miller is the author of Blue Like Jazz and one of my favorite authors. His new book “A Million Miles And A Thousand Years” is due to come out soon. Don’s has published a draft of the first three chapters on his blog. You can download it at the link.

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