The human heart is the first home of democracy.
Terry Tempest Williams

5 Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy

5 Habits to Heal the Heart of Democracy

Oct 10, 2016-- "We the People" called American democracy into being. Today, the future of our democracy is threatened. How can "We the People" call American politics back to health at a time when, in the words of Bill Moyers, "we have fallen under the spell of money, faction, and fear"? One answer is close at hand, within everyone's reach. We must return to the "first home" of democracy: the human heart. In our families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations, voluntary associations, workplaces, and the various places of public life where "the company of strangers" gathers, we need to cultivate these habits: an understanding that we are all in this together, an appreciation of the value of "otherness," an ability to hold tension in life-giving ways, a sense of personal voice and agency, and a capacity to create community. (0 reads)


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