Terri
https://www.goodreads.com/revterrijane
Out of the Depths (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974) and Claus Westermann, The Psalms: Structure, Content and Message (Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1980). More popularly, see also Thomas H. Troeger, Rage! Reflect, Rejoice!
...more
“This truth means we must invest in trauma-exposed children to prevent the next generation of mass murderers.”
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
“Childhood trauma is not an excuse for the unhealthy decisions that Bill Gwinn and many others, including us, have made. But it is an explanation and helps us think deeply about the need for honesty and transparency and the courage to share what many of us keep “behind the door.”
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
“Fact: Most of the mass murderers/shooters, homegrown terrorists, prison inmates, rapists, and violent criminals in this country grew up in homes with some mix of child abuse, domestic violence, neglect, verbal and emotional abuse, and drug and/or alcohol abuse. The ACEs of childhood produce the rage and criminality of adulthood.”
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
“Not only does the brain send signals to the body to influence it; the body sends signals to the brain to affect it as well, and thus there is constant, two-way communication between them. The body abounds with neurons, the gut alone having 100 million. Only in anatomy textbooks is the brain isolated from the body and confined to the head.”
― The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
― The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
“A growing body of research is also showing that children who are exposed to domestic violence are also more likely to experience physical abuse themselves. The result of these traumatic experiences for children is an increased level of aggression and violence. These children are more likely to enter the juvenile justice system and have an increased propensity to perpetuate the cycle of domestic violence as survivors or perpetrators.”
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
― Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope Can Change Your Life
Terri’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Terri’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Terri
Lists liked by Terri





























