They really put you out there it's really hands on.

Don't think of it as a class think of it more of an experience you get to experience what it's like to be a police officer.

Growing up in the city you have an idea of cops and it's not positive at all so I think it definitely changed my opinion of police officers. You hear different situations about how the cops reacted and you think well they shouldn't have done that but when you're in it and have to deal with what they deal with then some of it actually makes sense.

Christians can have doubts and they can have questions, and the unhealthy way to deal with that is to keep them inside where they fester and grow and can undermine our faith. The healthy way to deal with it is to talk about it and be honest about it.

Creative non-fiction is such a liberating genre because it allows the non-fiction writer, whether he or she be journalist or essayist, to use all of the techniques of the fiction writer and all of the ideas, creative approaches, that fiction writers get a chance to use, but they have to use it in a true story.

My fiancee and I recently eloped. We went on a fabulous honeymoon to Europe, and I was able to see and do everything I wanted without worrying about taking it easy.