TERRY HERSHEY—author, humorist, inspirational speaker, dad, ordained minister, golf addict, and smitten by French wine. He divides his time between designing sanctuary gardens and sharing his practice of “pausing” and “sanctuary,” to help us do less and live more. Terry’s newest book, The Power of Pause, offers the permission to slow down, and to be gentle with ourselves, in a world that demands More-Bigger-Faster. Most days, you can find Terry out in his garden–on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound—because he believes that there is something fundamentally spiritual about dirt under your fingernails.
Terry tries to be live by the motto that “he loses much who has no aptitude for idleness.” On Vashon—where ferry is the main mode of travel—this maxim doubles for a rule: if you have to go somewhere on Vashon, you can’t be in a hurry. And yes, Terry tolerates the rain—so long as he is able to spend some time each winter on a golf course in a land where the sun shines bright.
All this doesn’t mean Terry is immune to the challenges of our fast-forward world: he travels and speaks at numerous events every year, writes books and resources, blogs, promotes causes, gives media interviews, designs gardens. . .and raises a teenage son with his wife on Vashon Island. So he knows a bit about the challenges of trying to live a balanced life.
When he was younger and a workaholic (two degrees, doing ministry and mission work from Japan to Uganda, Africa), it took a divorce to slow him down. This crisis invited him to reassess his vocational journey—because, like it or not, a crossroads of that magnitude makes you take notice. During that time, the seeds of change began to take root in Terry’s heart. He learned that if we don’t take time to pause and say “no” to the violence of overwork and busy-ness, then “no” would be said by default… and we end up saying no to the people we love the most. As a result, Terry founded Hershey & Associates—an organization that provides products, resources, and seminars on the themes of pausing, sanctuary time, and our need to slow down in intentional ways “to let our souls catch up with our bodies.”
Terry Hershey
Hershey & Associates
www.terryhershey.com
info@terryhershey.com
(800) 524-5370
For more information about Terry
see his Media/Press Kit,
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and visit Creating Sanctuary Gardens.
2 Comments
Terry, with dirt under my nails from an unexpected morning in the mud of my garden (fixing sprinklers for the most part) I feel moved to write. First with appreciation for the tender, thoughtful, touching Sabbath moments. I send them around the world. Scone with a question: what is your theological training? What is the tradition from which you have so beautifully evolved? I happen to be of the United Methodist persuasion but have a son who sits Zen and a Jungian spouse who also happens to be an ordained clergy person as am I. I would value knowing more about you since I am often asked: who is this masked man? I would love to meet you some day. Till then we meet every week! RC
In the magnificence of the SHIFT—the veil is becoming thinner as we live each day. The energy will be the dominant mind set in the not-too-distant future and a new world is clearly, a thought away.
This is an exciting time on the planet. I say, Live it to the fullest and put one foot in front of the other as we nurture life from another dimension.
Love your humor.