Rev. Terry Davis

Ferguson Fury

Dear Friends, Unless you have been away from the newspaper, TV and Internet the past few weeks, you are likely aware of the deeply troubling news of a young man’s death and a community’s outrage. The shooting death of 18-year Michael Brown, an unarmed African American man, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, has brought pain,

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Human Endurance

HUMAN ENDURANCE Come on, Terry . . . join us for the Grouse Grind! Dear Friends, This invitation was not one to try a new blend of Seattle coffee. Rather, it was my two traveling companions, Denis and Jay, casually asking me to accompany them on a not-so-casual hike on one of our last days in Vancouver, British

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Serving from the Heart

I’d like to suggest that whatever it is that we do to be of service to someone or something else, we have an opportunity to be changed by it. And, it seems, the higher the emotional risk, the more profound our transformation is likely to be. Therefore, I am proposing to you that any service that moves us involves engaging with our own vulnerabilities.

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