Teri McDowell Ott
Teri McDowell Ott is chaplain at Monmouth College in Illinois and is working on a memoir about her volunteer experience in a men’s prison. She blogs at Something to Say, part of the CCblogs network.
I can choose to be in situations where I feel uncomfortable. My students of color can't.
I thought I'd have to earn the prisoners' respect in class. Instead they gave it freely.
“We more often remember when we have been hurt or wounded," the spiritual director said. “But kindness and love abound.”
Being against something doesn’t cost much—or accomplish much.
His effect on the people gathered for their morning coffee dazzled me. It felt like we'd been transformed into better versions of ourselves.
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