Thomas Lemmer has once again been invited to instruct to police chaplains. This time, in Spokane, Washington, at the annual training seminar for the International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC). The seminar will be held during the week of 20 July 2026. The ICPC is the leading association advancing law enforcement chaplaincy. It has members from all 50 American states and more than 20 countries. Lemmer will be building upon his keynote address from this past March at the ICPC’s Midwest Regional Conference. At the upcoming international conference, he will present on Gratitude Leading Leadership, and he will conduct a plenary session on “why faith” in policing is so important. [Click the link to read more | 14 July 2026]
On this 250th Independence Day, let us keep first things first. Our most essential rights come from God, and it is the proper role of government to protect these natural rights of the people. The struggle between good and evil is real. As is the struggle between liberty and tyranny. People of faith understand that an appeal to heaven is always available in the cause of justice. At the time of the American Revolution, the British king wielded the mightiest military power of any nation on Earth. When the repeated appeals for justice made to the king by our founders failed, they resisted the king, and appealed to heaven. We have cause for both celebration and continuing appeal to heaven. Thank God for our freedoms. Pray for guidance, and the strength needed for us to remain “one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.” [Click the link to read more | 2 July 2026]
Increasingly, I instruct on the importance of gratitude in leadership and in life. We abound in blessings. And even in a politically-divided America, just being able to live in this nation is to be blessed. Even for the nation’s most vocal critics, they cannot deny that America remains the world’s most-desired destination location. As this Memorial Day and weekend comes to an end, I hope to spark within each of us a desire to embrace gratitude and an understanding that there is more to this day than the approach of another summer. Secondly, I hope to encourage us all to do more than just remember. So, as you read this message the day after Memorial Day 2026 (or later), I urge you to hold firm to the intended meaning of this day. [Click the link to read more | 25 May 2026]
The founder of Secure 1776, Thomas Lemmer, will once again be presenting at the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP) Annual Conference. This year the conference will be held on April 29th through May 1st at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Illinois. This is the sixth annual ILACP annual conference at which Lemmer will have presented. This year his presentation will be “Iron Sharpens Iron: Gratitude in the Face of Adversity.” This course expands the exploration of his Gratitude Leading Leadership Model. The extent to which a police agency is able to meet its mission is impacted by the extent to which it is an environment that embraces gratitude. This truth is must evident when we truly acknowledge the reality of adversity in the world in which we ask our police officers to perform their duties. [Click the link to read more | 21 Apr 2026]
Thomas Lemmer has been invited to address police chaplains in Springfield, Illinois. The International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC) will be conducting its Region 4 annual training seminar on 9 through 11 March 2026. The ICPC is the leading association advancing law enforcement chaplaincy. It has members from all 50 American states and more than 20 countries. ICPC Region 4 provides support for police chaplains from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Lemmer is honored to both instruct and serve as the keynote speaker at the association’s annual banquet. [Click the link to read more | 23 Feb 2026]
Thomas Lemmer has been invited to return to the Breaching the Barricade Conference (BTB) for an unprecedented fifth year. Each year, this premiere conference is uniquely focused on building resilience in meeting the challenges of the policing profession. This year, Lemmer will be presenting four sessions on gratitude, adversity, truth, and the importance of being proactive in policing. The full-day conference will be held on Friday, 3 October 2025 at the Farmstead Inn and Conference Center in Shipshewana, Indiana. [Click the link to read more | 9 Sep 2025]
