Gift of a soft heart
My heart hurts. And feels very soft. Maybe you can relate?It is as if the nervous system of our country continues to fray.And this I do know: We live in a world where we are primed to see a soft…
Daily Dose (February 24 – 27)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 -- It does my heart good when people stand up and say, “We get to say how the story ends.”Which means that even in the darkness, we can be a place of light.Let us never forget that…
Kindness matters
I love learning new words. This week: Quanked. Perfect.Our world is emotionally quanked. It means "overpowered by fatigue."Fatigue from the barrage. The onslaught. Where it feels like nothing matters, and yet, everything matters. Maybe you can relate?I am writing this…
Daily Dose (February 17 – 20)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 -- Caring for others is music worth singing. It is the music of Grace. It is the music that brings people out of hiding, out of unease, and out of fear.Songs that invite courage, and renewal, and…
The music of Grace
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, ‘It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I…
Daily Dose (February 10 – 13)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10 -- In a world where exclusion is real, I choose the Gospel: “You belong. Your humanity is not up for negotiation. Your presence does not require anyone’s permission.”I choose to be a witness. And in my heart,…
I choose to be a witness
“Please, tell me how to hold it all?” she asks me in an email. “Do you ever want to close your eyes, and plug your ears?”“Yes.” I tell her. “If I’m honest, a few times a day.”Her email was one…
Daily Dose (February 3 – 6)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3 -- “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King Jr.And when that happens, I forgot, or didn’t remember (or didn't see and embrace the light inside of me)…
Mercy matters
My heart hurts. And I know your heart hurts too.And when I see what is happening right now and choose to write about it, adding names and faces of the people of Minneapolis, some readers say to me, “Terry, you’re…
Daily Dose (January 27 – 30)
TUESDAY JANUARY 27 -- Rear Admiral Thornton Miller Chief was the Chaplain at Normandy in WWII. Someone asked him, "Up and down the beach, with the shells going everywhere, why did you do that?""Because I'm a minister.""But didn't you ask…