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Stories And Gratitude

Stories and Gratitude

  • November 25, 2018
  • see the sacred every day
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  A businessman walks the airport concourse, on his way to baggage claim. His flight is late in arriving, and his mood is melancholy. This is the end of a long business trip; his energy spent and his emotions raw. If…

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Let Us Taste This Life

Let us taste this life

  • September 16, 2018
  • creating a space for grace in your life
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  “I hate people. I hate life. I hate the world.” Lucy is apoplectic. “I thought you had inner peace,” Charlie Brown says to her. “I do,” Lucy responds. “But I have a lot of outer obnoxiousness.” Speaking of life’s…

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Won’t you be my neighbor?

  • August 5, 2018
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Friday night I went to church. I usually don’t take Kleenex to church. Turns out I needed it. The congregation of receptive and appreciative islanders gathered at the Vashon Theater.  Our opening hymn, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” brought smiles…

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For This Moment, It Is Enough

For this moment, it is enough

  • May 27, 2018
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Last week I danced with Manatees. Lord have mercy, it was good. I was in Manasota Key, Florida, my annual gathering with my friends of 35 years. Manatees are unafraid of humans and are curious. They are gentle, docile and…

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Invest In This Life

Invest in this life

  • April 8, 2018
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Perusing the shelves of one of my favorite independent bookstores some time back, I found a title that gave me pause.  "What if I wake up and discover I'm living the wrong life?"  (Mercy. This is a good way to throw a…

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Savor Simple Pleasures

Savor simple pleasures

  • March 25, 2018
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GK Chesterton tells the story of a teenage boy granted one wish by a genie. “Do you wish to be huge or tiny?” We are all swayed by the appeal of being big, strong and powerful. So, the boy chose…

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Inviting Life In

Inviting life in

  • March 18, 2018
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During a noon-hour rush on a steamy July day, two men were jockeying their way through the crowd on a New York City avenue. They practically shouted as they tried to hear one other above the din. One man, a native New…

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A Weight Is Lifted

A weight is lifted

  • February 11, 2018
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I love the uplifting story Sue Monk Kidd tells about her grandfather. My grandfather was a lawyer, a judge, and a farmer.  He was frequently busy and conquesting, but I remember also that he sometimes entered the golden moments of wu wei.  He and I…

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I Want To Live Deliberately

I want to live deliberately

  • January 28, 2018
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A small art gallery near Lake Galway in Ireland holds an exhibition with local art. A poet of no small renown drops by to view it. As he finishes his perusing, a local farmer arrives. Once a year, the farmer…

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Tonic For The Soul

Tonic for the soul

  • January 14, 2018
  • permission to be you
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  Mary had grown up knowing that she was different from the other kids, and she hated it. Born with a cleft palate, Mary would hear the jokes and tolerate the stares of other children (some cruel, others, simply curious) who…

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About Terry Hershey

Author, humorist, inspirational speaker, dad, ordained minister, golf addict, and smitten by French wine. He lives on Vashon Island, near Seattle. His work has been featured on The Hallmark Channel, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He divides his time between designing sanctuary gardens and ... Read more.

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