Do You Linger?
Do You? For years as I suffered from an unresolved life of past personal pain, it was impossible to simply sit alone with my thoughts....
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Pouring Out Your Oil Always Gives You More
That really makes no sense, does it? How can I have more of something if I’m always giving away something? Making Sense Of course in the...
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Scott Silverii
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Jesus Needed His Space. So Do We
Jesus Needed His Space. So Do We The middle of September found me busier than the last six months, but just as I was about to dive deep...
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Scott Silverii
- Jul 4, 2020
- 3 min
Is This Our Final 4th of July, Independence Day Celebration?
It Could Be Our Last! Leah & I took our kids to a small town outside of Dallas to have a picnic and fireworks. We scooted chairs into the...
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Scott Silverii
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
Father’s Day Can Be A Tough One
Stunned Leah and I were having supper with a couple from church this week and as it was the first time we’d all spent time together, we...
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Scott Silverii
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Mullet Life. The Great Deception
I graduated high school in 1983 and attended college during the same decade. It was an era of incredible music and of course the...
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Scott Silverii
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Hit The Wall Yet? How Many Times?
Have you hit a wall yet? We’ve been at this pandemic quarantine for a while now, and even the most ardent introvert is feeling the...
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Scott Silverii
- Apr 21, 2020
- 1 min
Let Me Be Honest – I Struggled This Week. A Lot
I Wish It Hadn’t Stunk, But It Did. Kinda I’ll start off with an apology for sounding doom and gloom, but it’s my oath to be truthful...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 12, 2019
- 4 min
From Social Ghost to Holy Ghost: Surviving Police Retirement
Casper Ghost was the word I once used to describe myself. After decades of serving the public and being at the core of making sense out...
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Scott Silverii
- Sep 4, 2019
- 4 min
Anniversaries Of Trauma: How Are You Marking Tragedy?
Shut Off In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m writing this behind closed doors in my office on a beautiful Saturday afternoon while my...
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Scott Silverii
- May 29, 2019
- 5 min
Why Sitting In Church Is Bad For Men
We Have A Crisis Look around your church on any given service and the odds are you’ll see more women and kids than you will men. Why?...
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Scott Silverii
- May 22, 2019
- 4 min
Profiles In Personal Pain: Which One Are You?
What’s really eating away at you? Are regrets consuming your thoughts so you’re forced to shut them down? Can you sit in silence without...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 30, 2018
- 2 min
25 Days of 31: Broken and Blue
25 Days of 31: Broken and Blue “How long does it take you to write a book?” I’ve been asked that often. My reply for a full-length novel...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 28, 2018
- 2 min
24 Days of 31: How Could You
24 Days of 31: How Could You? I was talking with a friend this week. He only knows I was a cop at some point, at some place, for some...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 27, 2018
- 2 min
23 Days of 31: You Can Fix That
23 Days of 31: You Can Fix That I skipped a few days in my quest to journal for 31 days consecutively. But, it was best at the time as I...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 24, 2018
- 1 min
Breaking The Chains Of Past Pain | Five Stones
I’m thankful to be a part of Five Stones University’s online self-improvement course development. I was able to design several courses...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
8 of 31 Days: It Was Me
8 of 31 Days: It Was Me Have you ever felt your spouse’s tears roll across your shoulder? Over the last few weeks Leah and I had engaged...
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Scott Silverii
- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
Freedom From Pain? Broken And Blue Is Required Reading For LEO & Family
Broken and Blue: A Policeman’s Guide to Health, Healing and Hope This is possibly the most important project I’ve ever worked on....
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Scott Silverii
- Aug 28, 2018
- 1 min
It Doesn’t Always Go The Way You Planned
And closure comes in life’s transitions… I chose to retire on August 28th because it had held such a devastating association over those...
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Scott Silverii
- Jan 16, 2018
- 1 min
Policing & Personal Pain: Freedom for Healing from Your Past
I wrote this piece for Law Enforcement Today. I once contributed to this great resource from a chief of police perspective on policy and...
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