The Rev. Dr. Teri McDowell Ott is an ordained Presbyterian minister who has served the church in a variety of pastoral roles and as chaplain of Monmouth College in Illinois. Teri currently serves as the Editor/Publisher of The Presbyterian Outlook, the only independent news resource of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Her first book, Necessary Risks: Challenges Privileged People Need to Face, was inspired by her work with college students and her experience volunteer teaching in a men’s prison. In her life and calling, Teri has come to recognize that if she’s scared to do something, it’s usually worth doing — that there’s something meaningful, something good, on the other side of that fear.