My wife and I spent some time in Kansas this last week. We were there during the familiar Spring storms. One thing certain in Kansas, is there will be rolling thunderstorms. It happens every year. Every year there are tornadoes. It’s just a fact of life in Kansas. While tornadoes can be very dangerous, the biggest killers in a storm are flooding and lightning, and a common source of injury (to man, building, beast and crop) is hail. The beasts of the prairie have unique responses to storms. Perhaps none more so than cattle and buffalo. When a storm comes, cattle are primarily oblivious to it. They may even seek shelter from the rain by getting under a tree – the most dangerous place to be during a lightning storm. On the open ground they will often just stand there waiting to get struck. I hear some talk of how…

At the heart of every great endeavor are the people who make it happen. There is nothing like them coming together in an event setting to symbolize the sincerity and improve the professionalism of that endeavor. In 2018, the FBSN (Faith-Based Security Network) held the first summit type event for the people involved in the church security endeavor. 222 people came from 27 states to hear speakers who were experts in one of the many aspects of security operations in a faith-based environment. The need for such a summit was obvious and now the 2nd annual Faith-Based SOS (Security Operations Summit) has just been announced. In the first 24 hours of this year’s announcement, registrations came in from 6 different states. In the days since, more have been added. ​ Charl van Wyk will set the tone as the keynote speaker. Charl was a missionary in Africa when four terrorists…