15 Ways to Pray for Our Police Officers

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

**This post was originally published in June of 2020, and I actually got a lot of backlash for writing it. Even now looking back over it, I am not sure why this post was met with so much anger, but... Continue reading →

The Post in Which I Write about our Life in Law Enforcement

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 26, 2022 // 8 Comments

Ok. So, this post has been in my drafts folder for nearly two years. And honestly, the internet for the past two years has not felt like a space that I can be safe enough to share the kinds of... Continue reading →

How to Survive the Police Academy

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 24, 2022 // 6 Comments

**I originally wrote this blog post in the winter of 2017. A lot has happened since then, but I wanted to start out my police blog post series by republishing some of my backlist posts! It was actually fun to... Continue reading →

The Battlefield of My Mind

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // October 26, 2020 // 6 Comments

It has been a long time since I’ve written a blog post that is deeply personal. To be honest, the internet has become a scary place for me to be. First, I am finding it hard to put myself out... Continue reading →

Life…

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // June 10, 2020 // 4 Comments

I am sitting at my dining room table, and I pause with my fingers on the keyboard. How do I write even a fraction of what is on my heart and my mind? I want to please everyone. I want... Continue reading →

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