Publisher's Synopsis
"I asked him for 10 cents....for cookies." That simple request by Davian Tinsley, 13, started the last conversation of 36-year-old Police Officer Jeremy Henwood's life. Davian approached Officer Henwood at a San Diego McDonald's counter on Sunday, August 7, 2011. NBC News reporter Lee Cowan memorialized his last act: "Rarely do surveillance cameras capture the good in people....he opened his wallet and his heart to a kid he'd never met." Officer Henwood bought the cookies, picked up his order, and walked out. Minutes later he died, shot by a fleeing robbery suspect while sitting in his patrol car.
That seems so wrong...like 9-11, cancer, or divorce. How you process life's interruptions determines your destiny. Hold on to negative emotions or bad choices and life becomes overwhelming-like an overloaded backpack. That's wrong, too. So we'll target 7 mistakes that steal God's best for your life.
What's in your backpack?
Adventure! It captures the wild life-story of author Russ Shinpoch. There's a lot in his backpack! The Indiana Jones-style craziness includes: survived an elephant stampede in Zimbabwe; run over by a classic black taxi in London; injured skateboarding in Sydney, Australia; narrow escape on an Amalfi Coast cliff in Italy; almost pulled into the ocean while shark-fishing in Florida; faced a wounded leopard in Ethiopia; blinded in one eye after snorkeling in Hawaii; nearly died with a mysterious illness in remote India village; shot trophy Kudu at age 8; almost played Nebraska football and Cincinnati Reds baseball; married popular blonde lifeguard who became a speech therapist; earned finance degree from University of Nebraska; interned for major accounting firm; graduated summa cum laude with seminary Master's and Doctorate degrees; spoke on five continents; started a magazine; got a concealed weapons permit; and, led churches from 60 to 7,000. Since 2011, Russ has served as Pastor of a new ministry venture, Destiny Church, in Greenville, South Carolina.
