Wait, doesn’t the phrase read: “truth to power?” It does, but we are also challenged to connect across and through “the tension of our differences” that we might reclaim the civility of our communities, our neighborhoods, our families and friendships – and in the process, our country.

Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh says, “speak the truth, but not to punish.” When we are angry, he says we should “hold our anger with an energy of mindfulness, like the sun shining upon a flower, penetrating deeply until the petals open.”

This Sunday follows the Thursday, March 15 launch of the Heart of Hendersonville Project using Parker Palmer’s book: “Healing the Heart of Democracy” to “explore Palmer’s five “habits of the heart” in a community-wide effort “to help us find our way back to each other.”

See Minister’s column for more information and come join us.