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Think About it -- Notes of Wisdom From Others

This last weekend, the FBSN hosted 15 speakers to address a group of church security operators and faith leaders in Fairfield, CT. We spoke in 19 sessions to attendees from all over the New England States. Many expressed gratitude for hearing information from others on why and how to do things well. I want to share a small portion of that information shared with the good people of region 1 ...

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Think About it -- Perspectives From New York City

I don’t know how anyone could be unmoved by visiting the 9/11 memorial.

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Think About it -- Guns are the Problem!

It’s not about guns. It’s about protection ignorance.

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Think About it -- Not Everyone Can be a Gravedigger

I’ve never asked a young person what they wanted to be when they grew up and heard, “I want to be a gravedigger.” But somebody must do it. 

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Think About it -- Lost in the Verbiage

To overly define the way a violence victim died, is to disregard many victims and the primary risks associated with violence.

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Think About it -- Lessons From the Farm # 2 -- Father's Day Gratitude

As I left our farm Friday, wheat harvest was in full swing. It will be finished when I return from Philadelphia on Father’s Day. I can’t think of wheat without thinking of Grandpa. In conversations with my brothers recently, it became obvious we should all preserve our perspectives about him. No better time than Father’s Day. Grandpa was born in 1897. My great grandmothe...

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Ministry Security Done Well

Recently, parishioners of a Church in Chesterfield, MO were hit with a disturbing announcement in their Sunday bulletin. Someone knew enough about church operations to know who printed their Sunday bulletins and slipped in an article attempting to form a security team for the church. Allegedly, the actual wording of the ad was, We are calling all young men back to the church to form ...

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An Old West Lesson

There is simply no factual argument that some of your protection team should not be properly trained and equipped (armed) to stop violence acts. 

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Think About it -- No Bystanders Here

LGBTQIA+ is already set up like a drip IV directly into Christian America.

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Think About it -- How do you Want to be Remembered?

Don’t prepare to be a victim. Prepare to be a victor.

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