Terry Minchow-Proffitt (1956) was born in Flint, MI and raised in the Mississippi Delta of eastern Arkansas. He spent nearly 30 years serving as a pastor and campus minister in Utah, New Jersey, Mississippi, Maryland and Missouri. After retiring in 2009, he began the serious pursuit of his love for God through poetry and prayer. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Arkansas Review, Big Muddy, Christian Century, decomP magazinE, Deep South Magazine, Desert Call, Freshwater, Hash, Mud Season Review, OVS Magazine, Oxford American Magazine, Penwood Review, Pisgah Review, Prick of the Spindle, St. Ann's Review, Tower Journal, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Wild Violet, Words and Images Journal and The Write Room. Poem "III" from his Seven Last Words cycle was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Terry and his wife reside in St. Louis, MO, where they embody a nearly Franciscan love for their backyard flock of hens, Maya the Wonder Dog, their two cats Fuzzy and Brother Vincent ("Vinny"), and two shy turtle doves who prefer to remain nameless.